Born in the wrong era? No. There is no wrong era.

ok, i think i get it.

now in plays there are always the beggars and jesters and clowns and fools who exist for comic relief. kind of a release of tension in tragedies and a staple for comedies.
then there's that chap shakespeare who says that all the world's a stage and that the rest of us are all just players.

so it all makes sense to me now.
on this stage that is the world,
i am the clown!

i'm the guy that's always the butt of the joke, the object of ridicule, the disregarded.
clowns have minor roles, i suppose. and clowns are usually alone. we are the solitary figures that appear when least wanted and talk the most rubbish.
we are not taken seriously!

i.am. a. joke!