See here how the “joke” returns over and over in slightly distorted form. The jokes in combination form an eddy of humor which the mind finds intriguing and subtly soothing like water in a stream. On the larger scale, though, a pattern of dysfunction is revealed that is self-similar to each joke but stands in stark contrast due to its stupendous scale. What was humor before has become horror. The humor/horror contrast is what makes clowns weep.
