Another anagram to add to my collection of made-up anagrams.
This one came up when a dear friend and extremely diehard supporter was not appreciating some very dark comedy: jokes I was making about being an ineffective environmentalist.
The jokes were actually intended to be a wry commentary on our society’s twisted world-view.
Sometimes jokes really are inappropriate and not funny.
And additionally, you can’t rule out the possibility that the person delivering the jokes is simply very inapt at telling jokes, even if the jokes would be funny with the right delivery.
Other times, though, it’s possible that YANTA: You Are Not The Audience.
(Or YANTTA: You Are Not The Target Audience.)
As climate communicators / ecological motivators, we sometimes find we have to try all different approaches. Throw things at the wall and see what sticks — because the wall can be high and slick and solid indeed.
What sounded to my dear friend like beating myself up, was actually taking my pain and self-disgust about being less effective than I had hoped, and transmuting it to wry commentary about society’s priorities.