Comment by _carbyau_

Humans are amazingly adaptable, even managing to eke out survival under the worst circumstances. You think slaves didn't make jokes about the boss as part of helping them get through the day/week/month?

The craziness is in finding ways to vary the experience within what tolerances you have, with whoever you have with you.

Workplace colleagues can make or break a "this is a good place to work" assessment.