Why is laughter contagious?
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While the live audience had a blast and sometimes even cried of laughter, i - in front of my screen - couldn't feel the same, because i saw no reason in laughing out loud, if no one was there to show that i think this is funny. Though it probably was the best hour of comedy i watched so far and i rewatched it, like, 20 times.
The science of Laughing is a great topic and i wish people would be more conscious about it.
Date: 2023-08-20
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Eddy
I'm sorry, but this video doesn't apply to me. If the joke is good, I laugh whether a stranger or someone I already know said it.
Plus, when I was a youngster, I barely laughed if compared to how I am now at my 30's, so the age also has not applied to me.
I have to write, it's easier for me to laugh at funny remarks than to actual jokes; back then and nowadays, I almost can't laugh if it's a told joke, NO MATTER who is telling it.
And also, group laughter isn't contagious to me if I don't know the reason of it or if it wasn't funny enough for me.
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I'm sorry, but this video doesn't apply to me. If the joke is good, I laugh whether a stranger or someone I already know said it.
Plus, when I was a youngster, I barely laughed if compared to how I am now at my 30's, so the age also has not applied to me.
I have to write, it's easier for me to laugh at funny remarks than to actual jokes; back then and nowadays, I almost can't laugh if it's a told joke, NO MATTER who is telling it.
And also, group laughter isn't contagious to me if I don't know the reason of it or if it wasn't funny enough for me.
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UsedDentalFloss
I go long periods without laughter. Stress, anxiety, anger all begin to mount and rise. Then something pops up that's funny. Usually something small and actually pretty insignificant, but something I find funny. Suddenly I begin laughing, and hard. I laugh so much I tear up and my stomach aches. Yet, suddenly my stress is gone. I think laughter is beneficial in more ways then we realize, and a good daily laugh may actually help us be more positive in life. Just a theory from my experiences.
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I go long periods without laughter. Stress, anxiety, anger all begin to mount and rise. Then something pops up that's funny. Usually something small and actually pretty insignificant, but something I find funny. Suddenly I begin laughing, and hard. I laugh so much I tear up and my stomach aches. Yet, suddenly my stress is gone. I think laughter is beneficial in more ways then we realize, and a good daily laugh may actually help us be more positive in life. Just a theory from my experiences.
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Ryuuhei:
Too bad I can't laugh much. I can feel amazed, but that's all. I can of course play like I'm laughing, but it's only for the sake of people I'm with.
Out of that, I often ask myself why I should laugh now, or envy others who can laugh easily at everything. It makes my life a lot more difficult.
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Too bad I can't laugh much. I can feel amazed, but that's all. I can of course play like I'm laughing, but it's only for the sake of people I'm with.
Out of that, I often ask myself why I should laugh now, or envy others who can laugh easily at everything. It makes my life a lot more difficult.
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Lorena
When I do something embarrassing, I laugh at myself to hide the fact that I'm dying inside, but also to make the situation more relaxed. People will forget the embarrassing thing easier if you don't really care about it (or pretend not to, at least from my experience.
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When I do something embarrassing, I laugh at myself to hide the fact that I'm dying inside, but also to make the situation more relaxed. People will forget the embarrassing thing easier if you don't really care about it (or pretend not to, at least from my experience.
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May
Thing is that I always imediately get why I laugh. Mostly it's to make someone happy or save him from awkwardness. And well. I think I actually don't laugh about the jokes themselves much, but rather meaning it as an appreciation for the person
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Thing is that I always imediately get why I laugh. Mostly it's to make someone happy or save him from awkwardness. And well. I think I actually don't laugh about the jokes themselves much, but rather meaning it as an appreciation for the person
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Im
Yo, one time a friend of mine told my group of friends and I the capitol of Montana and we all laughed hysterically for 10 minute straight. It got so bad it was difficult to breathe and we were crying. Humans are weird bro
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Yo, one time a friend of mine told my group of friends and I the capitol of Montana and we all laughed hysterically for 10 minute straight. It got so bad it was difficult to breathe and we were crying. Humans are weird bro
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Heinz
Hey I haven't seen all of your videos yet. But if there isn't a vid to this topic. please do one about (suicidal) dreams and meanings of dreams
[I'M SORRY FOR MY BAD GRAMMAR. ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE: ( ]
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Hey I haven't seen all of your videos yet. But if there isn't a vid to this topic. please do one about (suicidal) dreams and meanings of dreams
[I'M SORRY FOR MY BAD GRAMMAR. ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE: ( ]
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KinkyLinky
One suggestion and request:
Change up your intro so the cutting sounds don't sound so vile.
(They personally make me feel a bit uncomfortable and I'm sure other people feel the same way)
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One suggestion and request:
Change up your intro so the cutting sounds don't sound so vile.
(They personally make me feel a bit uncomfortable and I'm sure other people feel the same way)
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Dezmelie
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This happened when I ran out of the school from the front doors and slipped and slammed my knee on ice. My friend laughed at me and I ended up laughing and walking away less embarrassed.
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This happened when I ran out of the school from the front doors and slipped and slammed my knee on ice. My friend laughed at me and I ended up laughing and walking away less embarrassed.
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Abady
I'm sorry but this video talks mainly about why, theoretically, we laugh and its social implications. It doesn't really tackle the issue of contagious laughing regardless of the situation.
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I'm sorry but this video talks mainly about why, theoretically, we laugh and its social implications. It doesn't really tackle the issue of contagious laughing regardless of the situation.
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Ruby
I was in class once and my buddy drops her pen and notes and whispers my life is in shambles and for some reason, this hit me really hard to the point where I giggled about it for a week.
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I was in class once and my buddy drops her pen and notes and whispers my life is in shambles and for some reason, this hit me really hard to the point where I giggled about it for a week.
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hel
And here I am, thinking that I rarely find laughs contagious because I don't feel like they are sincere.
Watched a bunch of your other videos.
I guess I'm just depressed.
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And here I am, thinking that I rarely find laughs contagious because I don't feel like they are sincere.
Watched a bunch of your other videos.
I guess I'm just depressed.
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thecoolestnancy
That makes sense because i have a coworker who i cannot stand and even though his jokes are pretty funny i don't ever laugh, probably because i'm not too fond of him.
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That makes sense because i have a coworker who i cannot stand and even though his jokes are pretty funny i don't ever laugh, probably because i'm not too fond of him.
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Fremy
Sometimes I laugh when I hear my friends laughing even if I didn't really hear what caused them to laugh. My other friend would ask what's funny and I'm like I dunno lol
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Sometimes I laugh when I hear my friends laughing even if I didn't really hear what caused them to laugh. My other friend would ask what's funny and I'm like I dunno lol
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Yvette
I have uncontrollable laughing fits when I hear fart noises. I suppose that's just a means to hide embarrassment, but it makes it impossible to ever just sneak one out.
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I have uncontrollable laughing fits when I hear fart noises. I suppose that's just a means to hide embarrassment, but it makes it impossible to ever just sneak one out.
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Robert
I laugh at a funeral of a friends cousin when I heard a little boy asked his mother if the dead cousin was closer to Hell because he was going into the ground.
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I laugh at a funeral of a friends cousin when I heard a little boy asked his mother if the dead cousin was closer to Hell because he was going into the ground.
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Feel
Laughter is not contagious though if my friend say joke and i dont understand it so i dont laugh but my friends laugh i wont laugh lol ur so wrong idiot
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Laughter is not contagious though if my friend say joke and i dont understand it so i dont laugh but my friends laugh i wont laugh lol ur so wrong idiot
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Think
LOL I did that with my mom bad fall and I was in tears and couldn't stop laughing my friend and my mom both were like what is wrong with you?
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LOL I did that with my mom bad fall and I was in tears and couldn't stop laughing my friend and my mom both were like what is wrong with you?
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Martin
I laughed really hard at memes and jokes that made fun of tragedies, only for me later to be disgusted at myself. What's wrong with me?
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I laughed really hard at memes and jokes that made fun of tragedies, only for me later to be disgusted at myself. What's wrong with me?
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Light
Jokes nowadays does not make me laugh, it offends me to the core because of of its sarcastic nature. #peopleareassholes. #iwantworldwar3
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Jokes nowadays does not make me laugh, it offends me to the core because of of its sarcastic nature. #peopleareassholes. #iwantworldwar3
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Geeky
Laughing for 16 days straight? That's insane! Btw I thought that laughter is contagious because of the mirror neurones in our brain.
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Laughing for 16 days straight? That's insane! Btw I thought that laughter is contagious because of the mirror neurones in our brain.
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Salt! and
The best kind of laughs are the ones that are silent because you are laughing so hard, but the best is the crying laugh.
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The best kind of laughs are the ones that are silent because you are laughing so hard, but the best is the crying laugh.
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Masked
I'm so mad. I saw the title and just kinda giggled because the idea was implanted in my head. Maybe I just love to laugh.
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I'm so mad. I saw the title and just kinda giggled because the idea was implanted in my head. Maybe I just love to laugh.
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Zane
that wasnt realy an answer ion why is laughter contagious. It was more answer to a question why others pretend laughter
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that wasnt realy an answer ion why is laughter contagious. It was more answer to a question why others pretend laughter
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