Banter. Lots of friends/acquaintances do it, but I always fail to see the fun in it since 85% of the time people will go overboard and say insults in disguise of a joke.
I can count on the fingers of one hand the people I felt confortable with doing this
I try to remind myself that, in the great scheme of things (i.e, evolution) a “step forward, two steps back” is a common thing in this chaotic universe of ours.
Meteors, dinosaurs, civil wars, capitalism issues, pandemics, murder, genocide, climatic changes… it’s all accounted for.
Of course, the answer is different if you are suffering directly from these things (apart from the meteors and dinosaurs) I mentioned above, then things suddenly get VERY personal and provoke impulsive reactions from our end.