You might as well laugh as cry and the tragedy that is the human condition invites sarcasm, invites irony, invites satire, invites laughter.

你哭也好，笑也好，人类本身的悲剧会招致挖苦、嘲讽、讽刺，引来笑声。

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"You might as well laugh as cry and the tragedy that is the human condition invites sarcasm, invites irony,invites satire, invites laughter.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

Fair enough, but we were looking more for satire and sarcasm.

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