There’s nothing funny about the death of Ashley Flynn, a 37-year-old Ohio teacher and mother of two children gunned down earlier this year. Her family told Fox News in a statement back in February, “our hearts are shattered.” It’s 2026, however, and as is so often the case with tragedies lately, events are too absurd to maintain the seriousness needed to digest them properly. One might even say “Circumstances spoke louder than hearts ever could.” The atten