And they've witnessed the fact that the tariff rates were changed after they came into effect and also the absurd nature of the equation used to calculate them.

There is laughter at the absurd when one cannot even make sense of what they are experiencing.

So while Berman admitted in a phone call Sunday that the line about matching the NFL with 32 teams was more aspirational than anticipated, it can no longer be dismissed as absurd.

Repeatedly on Wednesday, Democrats framed the assertion by Trump and others that the attack plans weren’t classified as another absurd lie.

Affleck said he is aware that the soap opera is often absurd.