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“I just became so desensitized to everything going on that I was like, ‘OK, this is my relationship, and this is how it’s going to be.’

"It’s crazy to me that we’ve gotten so almost desensitized to it, or that no one’s really calling it out anymore."

Skylar King, who’s performing at the show, said she had a week of long conversations with her fellow performers on how to joke about climate change without desensitizing people to the seriousness of the topic.

For example, some research suggests that repeated exposure to violent language from political leaders can desensitize individuals to violence, leading to its normalization in everyday life.

"If we can increase levels of GDF15 before someone becomes pregnant, that might desensitize them, similar to how we try to desensitize people to allergens who have severe allergies," says Fejzo.