I'm not laughing at you, I am definitely laughing with you. As Captain Pike says, "Sometimes things get so bad, all you can do is laugh." Been there for 55 years, off and on.

You can feel it. That makes you special in a confusing, depressing, aware sort of way that the nightmare won't end. The bright side is that the only way out is through, and the Borg won't even bother with us.