When you believe all of humanity is driven by self-interest, but that humanity also has an innate desire to feel good about themselves, and that's a possibility for a person to act kindly. such as actively recycling out of a sense of legacy/guilt.
I could just be cynically optimisticright now, but I think that guy only helped that lady across the rode so he could feel morally superior .
Of Urban, Mid-Western origins (used largely in Chicago, Illinois), "Comical to my Womical" is a phrase used to indicate that an occurrence, object or situation is simultaneously humorous and relevant to one's interests.
The phrase is often clearly articulated in a stately manor, as one wearing a monocle may articulate.
Person A: Ah, notice how low from the waist that gentleman is wearing his trousers.
When something is funny in a way that only a passive observer to the universe would find funny. Usually out of irony or blatant injustice, and often as a result of tradgedy or something that would almost never be considered traditionally funny.
Can also be used to describe something as "funny in a cosmic sort of way"
Did you hear about that guy who got hit by a firetruck while he was on fire?
Yeah, that was really tragic, but honestly cosmically funny.