I’ve watched a couple 80’s comedies recently, and I found characters’ portrayals of dismay interesting. Much of that era’s comedic moments centered around unfortunate things happening followed by the actors’ reactions.

Unwanted events happen all the time: someone cuts you off in traffic, your package arrives with its contents broken, a person annoys you in a public setting. It’s as if people used to accept that life isn’t perfect, and now we bemoan any setback we experience.

Bad things will happen sometimes, that’s just a part of life. We can rally better as a species if we deem problems and obstacles in life as simply part of the adventure.