Neurologists, psychologists, evolutionary biologists, etc. all try to figure out what makes something funny, but can never *exactly* pin it down. Meanwhile, comedians have no trouble at all figuring out what makes something funny, but don't explain it, for the obvious reason that jokes aren't as funny if you stop to explain them. So we'll probably never get a really good explanation of what funny is from anyone. That being said, I think laughter is a signal to the rest of the tribe that all is well. Take any situation where a person would normally laugh, but doesn't. You'd immediately think something is wrong. A person being tickled looks just like a person being violently attacked, but the difference is that in tickling, the "victim" is making a sound to let everyone else know that it's not an attack, but simply playing. A person who gets suddenly scared might scream (a distress signal), but if on second look, the thing that scared them isn't a real danger (such as a person dressed as a monster in a haunted house), they immediately laugh, letting everyone hear that the scream was a false alarm. One person insult another person, and it looks like a fight might break out, but if they're both laughing, then we all know that they're just friends kidding each other. A person falls down, and it looks like he might be injured, but if he laughs, then we know he's all right. In any case, the laughter spreads from person to person, so that the whole tribe can join in spreading the signal that all is well. Now extend this concept to something that might be considered intellectually dangerous, such as bad logic, challenging preconceived notions, disrespecting authority, spreading stereotypes, recounting painful experiences, pointing out social injustice, or even using deliberately distorting the language that we use to communicate (i.e. puns). These are unpleasant things to think about, but by framing them in a way that triggers the "all is well" signal, then we can face unpleasant truths without fear, because we're reinforcing the signal that even though we're talking about unpleasantness, we're going to be fine. As for HOW to frame these unpleasant ideas in such a way that we can face them with humor rather than fear is an art form, which, like other forms of art, can only be achieved through years of practice.
Is it odd if I laugh by myself ALL THE TIME? Like when I walk out for lunch, I see something funny, or have a funny thought process, and just laugh. Or my imagination takes me away into another world and I laugh myself. Or sometimes in the shower, when I look at myself in the mirror, do funny things, and just laugh at myself?
Frozencup Omg, that plays in too! I imagine looking at myself from a third person's point of view, and I look so crazy laughing alone that I laugh even more.
my son is 15 now. he has Asperger's and he's always making a joke. he has a dry sense of humor. he doesn't understand why people laugh when he says things. he use to ask me and his father, all the time, "why did they laugh?" we'd tell him "because you said something funny". he'd ask "what was funny about what i said?" most of the time i couldn't explain it, i just found it funny and so did others. his peers talk and some of the talking came back to Zach, my son, and they said he does't even laugh at his own jokes. he's always been like this. i think he's going to like this and the series that's coming. thank you for making these videos, because it helps people like him understand more about himself and the reactions he causes in others.
me and my friend have the *SICKEST KIND OF DARK HUMOR* like jokes who cant exist you should get you into hell but it always get me laughing uncontrolibly during school XD best school moments
+Darth Revan The next question of Testube should be "why japanese people don't laugh at American jokes". Am serious, they really can't get our sense of humor. Funny japanese TV are similar to kid cartoon to us, not subtile at all. And am not trying to be mean to Japanese comedy, they are just different If you know the character "ichy and scratchy" from Bart Simpson cartoon, that's a good exemple of japanese comedy. Another exemple of most funny japanese comedy " An ordinary 40 something japanese lady take an elevator, every level shoe goes the men press a button so they don't meet her. When she asked them why, one of the men said, because you too ugly. This exemple is actually a very funny japanese show and japanese laugh a lot during that particular joke. I think that japanese are good in technology and work ethic but poor at comedy
A bear walks into a drug store. "Whe'ah the Aspirin!" he drawls. "Ah need Aspirin, whe'ahs it at!" "We have many different kinds of pain reliever," the pharmacist replies. "If you tell me what sort of pain..." "No, no, no!" the bear interrupts. "I need Aspirin, whe'ah is it!" So the pharmacist gets the bear his brand name and the bear pays for it, (don't ask how), and starts to leave. "Pardon me," the pharmacist says, "but I just have to know. Why that particular drug?" "It's Bayer Aspirin, ain't it? Well, Ah'm a bayer!"
There is a pan full of muffins baking in the oven. One of the muffins turns to the another and says, "Is it just me or is REALLY hot in here?" The other muffins responds "Holy S**T A Talking Muffin!"
People with a sick sense of humor are the least sensitive. At the same time high emotions get you involved with both crying and laughter. It's a perfect example of how emotions have nothing to do with sensitivity. Sensitivity has everything to do with perception.
Its kinda weird...... When people laugh our brains light up and we get chemical changes going on (brain reacting to external influences) and all this is quite normal. But when people feel shit and have chemical changes in the brain they are labelled as depressed and told they need medication.
Ali Alshakhs Unfortunately it is NOT severe cases that only get medication...... I know here in Ireland its VERY VERY easy to get prescribed medication just by visiting a doctor and telling them your feeling 'low' etc....no tests needed, they just write prescriptions based on your humour. Its wrong and people are being medicated when they don't need it, and told that when they feel bad they can get a tablet to fix it. This is sooo wrong.
so I have a question. I don't normally think the normal things are funny. normal things as in stuff most people find funny. most people don't find the things that I think are funny to be funny. one thing I find to be extremely funny is the violence in Quentin Tarantino movies. I also could not stop laughing at the end of the movie departed when everyone got shot in the face. no one else found this stuff funny.
I absolutely love these videos. But allow me to offer some constructive criticism. It's frustrating to watch one of the 5 videos only to find yourself struggling to find the next one. NONE of the rest of the videos appear in the recommended videos, there are no links to the other videos in the description (ever), and clicking the link at the end of any of these videos merely takes us to your channel and asks us to subscribe, as opposed to taking us to the listed video as implied. I can personally guarantee that your channel/videos would not only get more viewers but also more subscribers if navigating from video 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc was less of a chore.
Brandon Reinhart Answer C: I draw the line in the civil right for any person to say whatever he wants (no matter how stupid), unless its advocating for violence. We cannot regulate everything based on ephemeral feelings. Answer A: Then that person will always take offense on things that are not meant to offend him. B:There are no rules for such things,each case is different as people have different taste and perception of humor. Offense is taken not given.
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the past, present, and future walk into a bar. it was tense.
This is quite intense, i dont know if i can handle it.
@@EvilNeonETC you have a point
Your Mom walked into a bar, and here we are now.
An Irishman walks past a bar.
+BTVS666 HA
+BTVS666 Impossible.
I'm Irish and can comfirm that this is not possible.
Irish Potatoes are credible.
+Aaron Lin exactly what I was saying
A jew, a black guy and a homosexual woman walk into a bar
What a fine example of a well integrated community
+Robo Batman Ha. :)
hahaha
+Robo Batman They were all the same person.
Trace Dominguez Trace wtf is your g+ background
Robo Batman
Then Mr Don Trumpy got
dictatorship
He believes in equality
"I hate everyone the same"
lol
Neurologists, psychologists, evolutionary biologists, etc. all try to figure out what makes something funny, but can never *exactly* pin it down. Meanwhile, comedians have no trouble at all figuring out what makes something funny, but don't explain it, for the obvious reason that jokes aren't as funny if you stop to explain them. So we'll probably never get a really good explanation of what funny is from anyone.
That being said, I think laughter is a signal to the rest of the tribe that all is well. Take any situation where a person would normally laugh, but doesn't. You'd immediately think something is wrong. A person being tickled looks just like a person being violently attacked, but the difference is that in tickling, the "victim" is making a sound to let everyone else know that it's not an attack, but simply playing. A person who gets suddenly scared might scream (a distress signal), but if on second look, the thing that scared them isn't a real danger (such as a person dressed as a monster in a haunted house), they immediately laugh, letting everyone hear that the scream was a false alarm. One person insult another person, and it looks like a fight might break out, but if they're both laughing, then we all know that they're just friends kidding each other. A person falls down, and it looks like he might be injured, but if he laughs, then we know he's all right. In any case, the laughter spreads from person to person, so that the whole tribe can join in spreading the signal that all is well.
Now extend this concept to something that might be considered intellectually dangerous, such as bad logic, challenging preconceived notions, disrespecting authority, spreading stereotypes, recounting painful experiences, pointing out social injustice, or even using deliberately distorting the language that we use to communicate (i.e. puns). These are unpleasant things to think about, but by framing them in a way that triggers the "all is well" signal, then we can face unpleasant truths without fear, because we're reinforcing the signal that even though we're talking about unpleasantness, we're going to be fine. As for HOW to frame these unpleasant ideas in such a way that we can face them with humor rather than fear is an art form, which, like other forms of art, can only be achieved through years of practice.
Good explanation
I can't give a thumbs up using this device, but if I could give you a thumbs up I would.
This is the best explanation ive ever read about laughter, good job bro.
Wow
Nice
Whats the hardest part to eat of a vegetable? The wheelchair... I'm sorry-_-
To far... Just to far
+Josh Horsman HAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAH
+Josh Horsman see you in hell...i'll be there too! :D
+Josh Horsman i don't get it, some one give me a hint
narutodssunny A "vegetable" is also a rude term for someone who is disabled. e.g. requires a wheel chair.
Is it odd if I laugh by myself ALL THE TIME? Like when I walk out for lunch, I see something funny, or have a funny thought process, and just laugh. Or my imagination takes me away into another world and I laugh myself. Or sometimes in the shower, when I look at myself in the mirror, do funny things, and just laugh at myself?
When I'm out alone and laugh, I can't help but feel that I look like a crazy person.
Frozencup Omg, that plays in too! I imagine looking at myself from a third person's point of view, and I look so crazy laughing alone that I laugh even more.
+Julius Khoo Those are called self jokes.....
+Julius Khoo
Laughing alone just adds flavor to my already eccentric characteristics!
+Julius Khoo I always make funny faces in the mirror and laugh at myself haha :D
my son is 15 now. he has Asperger's and he's always making a joke. he has a dry sense of humor. he doesn't understand why people laugh when he says things. he use to ask me and his father, all the time, "why did they laugh?" we'd tell him "because you said something funny". he'd ask "what was funny about what i said?" most of the time i couldn't explain it, i just found it funny and so did others. his peers talk and some of the talking came back to Zach, my son, and they said he does't even laugh at his own jokes. he's always been like this. i think he's going to like this and the series that's coming.
thank you for making these videos, because it helps people like him understand more about himself and the reactions he causes in others.
Best comment by far.
+Victoria Reed dry humor makes people day better and is a fresh funny air in everybody's life
+Victoria Reed this wan't a bad joke
What do you call a cow that is twitching? A beef jerky! No? Okay... Bye.
+Maui0895 did you know that cows beef jerky on the internet?
me and my friend have the *SICKEST KIND OF DARK HUMOR* like jokes who cant exist you should get you into hell but it always get me laughing uncontrolibly during school XD best school moments
Butterbean butterbean!
Why did the console peasant cross the street ? So he can render the building
Why did the tofu cross the street? TO PROVE IT WASN'T CHICKEN!!
+Darth Revan The next question of Testube should be "why japanese people don't laugh at American jokes".
Am serious, they really can't get our sense of humor. Funny japanese TV are similar to kid cartoon to us, not subtile at all. And am not trying to be mean to Japanese comedy, they are just different If you know the character "ichy and scratchy" from Bart Simpson cartoon, that's a good exemple of japanese comedy. Another exemple of most funny japanese comedy " An ordinary 40 something japanese lady take an elevator, every level shoe goes the men press a button so they don't meet her. When she asked them why, one of the men said, because you too ugly. This exemple is actually a very funny japanese show and japanese laugh a lot during that particular joke. I think that japanese are good in technology and work ethic but poor at comedy
+Kat gray that is horrible, but i laughed anyway
+A - Kuma I laughed at you laughing because the joke sucked
+Kat gray 10/10 booo you should feel bad for that
+Kat gray shouldn't tofo not cross the road to prove it was not chicken?
what's red white and blue and unpatriotic?
Santa Clause Suffocating.
yes !
Two goldfish are in a tank. One says to the other, "you take the guns, I'll drive!"
Funnily, I wrote this before watching episode 4.
who else laughed their ass off today and are still on a mission to find it... XD
What did the baby grape say when he was ran over by a carriage? ..... Nothing, he just let out a little wine :)
What do you call an alligator that wears a vest?
An investigator!
I heard this one from a kid when I was working at a day care center: A man walked into a bar and said, "Ow."
A bear walks into a drug store.
"Whe'ah the Aspirin!" he drawls. "Ah need Aspirin, whe'ahs it at!"
"We have many different kinds of pain reliever," the pharmacist replies. "If you tell me what sort of pain..."
"No, no, no!" the bear interrupts. "I need Aspirin, whe'ah is it!"
So the pharmacist gets the bear his brand name and the bear pays for it, (don't ask how), and starts to leave.
"Pardon me," the pharmacist says, "but I just have to know. Why that particular drug?"
"It's Bayer Aspirin, ain't it? Well, Ah'm a bayer!"
+D' Otter So... The bear is bavarian?
Lorenz Zahn
American southern states; the clue was that he speaks with a drawl. But if it reads to you like a Bavarian accent, maybe that works, too.
D' Otter
Uhm... That was another bad joke from my side. "Bayer" is German and means "bavarian"...
+D' Otter I got it and giggled.
+Lorenz Zahn I never knew that. Bavarian Aspirin...
What do you call a happy person with no home?
- A nomad
I think what makes us laugh is the gap between perceived danger / discomfort and actual danger / discomfort.
A man walks into a bar.
ouch!
There are two types of people in this world: Those who can make inferences when given partial information . . .
There is a pan full of muffins baking in the oven. One of the muffins turns to the another and says, "Is it just me or is REALLY hot in here?" The other muffins responds "Holy S**T A Talking Muffin!"
Do you have eleven electrons? Because your sodium fine. .......😃😔
Kazeem Aderoju * slow clap *
Two guys walk into a bar. The third guy ducks.
Jeffrey Dahmer says to Lorena Bobbitt, "You gonna eat that?"
Danny Owen, Huntsville Real Estate, Keller Williams Realty that's hilarious. My mom used to work for KW
So many different parts are at work, I guess it makes sense why people find humor in very different things.
What's the difference between a pregnant woman and a light bulb? You can unscrew a light bulb.
Nice, glad to see you guys finally do this
All my classmates say that I am a happy baby because i can act all innocent and happy and throughout the whole video i laughed sooooo hard
Why did Adele cross the road? To say hello from the other side 😂
My favorite bad joke..... What do zebras have that no other animals have? Baby zebras.
Bob Clark Bahaha u made me giggle
People with a sick sense of humor are the least sensitive. At the same time high emotions get you involved with both crying and laughter. It's a perfect example of how emotions have nothing to do with sensitivity. Sensitivity has everything to do with perception.
Humor is also Hue-More because healthy laughter adds color to your life.
I need to know more about the brain and one liners
Can you guys do a couple of videos of the Fibonnaci sequence and what it means please? Explain its significance if you can
Its kinda weird......
When people laugh our brains light up and we get chemical changes going on (brain reacting to external influences) and all this is quite normal.
But when people feel shit and have chemical changes in the brain they are labelled as depressed and told they need medication.
Ali Alshakhs Unfortunately it is NOT severe cases that only get medication...... I know here in Ireland its VERY VERY easy to get prescribed medication just by visiting a doctor and telling them your feeling 'low' etc....no tests needed, they just write prescriptions based on your humour.
Its wrong and people are being medicated when they don't need it, and told that when they feel bad they can get a tablet to fix it.
This is sooo wrong.
I laughed multiple times while watching this for no reason
so I have a question. I don't normally think the normal things are funny. normal things as in stuff most people find funny. most people don't find the things that I think are funny to be funny. one thing I find to be extremely funny is the violence in Quentin Tarantino movies. I also could not stop laughing at the end of the movie departed when everyone got shot in the face. no one else found this stuff funny.
"It is good to laugh. Laughter is spiritual relaxation." ~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Baha'i Faith
Dont you hate it when a sentence doesn't end the way you refrigerator?
I'll definitely be tracking this.
I absolutely love these videos. But allow me to offer some constructive criticism. It's frustrating to watch one of the 5 videos only to find yourself struggling to find the next one. NONE of the rest of the videos appear in the recommended videos, there are no links to the other videos in the description (ever), and clicking the link at the end of any of these videos merely takes us to your channel and asks us to subscribe, as opposed to taking us to the listed video as implied. I can personally guarantee that your channel/videos would not only get more viewers but also more subscribers if navigating from video 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc was less of a chore.
Why are some people more sensitive to humor than others. Sometimes I find something funny at inappropriate moments or by myself when I shouldn't.
+wongoli wongo >.> wait what about bad joke timing because jokes are funny 24/7
+wongoli wongo same here
Please do a series on insomnia
me and my friend have inside jokes so deep even a finger movement would trigger us to laugh hard in a situation 😂😂
My friend and I
+Elliott Gordon I think the jokes on you if your friend told you that's where the joke was and that's how you reach it
What are you talking about. Shut up no one asked you to talk😂😂 Life Improvements
Talking about you giving your friend a finger ring (wkuk reference)
Trace is my hero
Go Trace!!
Sheep, drum and snake fall of a cliff.
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Baa Dum Tsss
Why can't Hank drive a car? Hank is a stone.
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Dishes.
Dishes who?
Dishes a very bad joke.
(Credit to Undertale and Toby Fox for this one.)
So, A priest, a mullah and a rabbi walk into a bar....
Bartender: Is this a joke???
I’m drinking chocolate milk rn
What's the difference between a duck?
One of its legs are both the same.
Nothing, that's the point ;)
A cow walks to a bar.
Why doesn't anyone like hanging out with Tigger?
Because he's always playing Pooh.
+Noel French 2 girls 1 pooh
I wouldn't be surprised if oxytocin was tied to laughter. But, alas, I'm too lazy to Google it.
+Figaro Fog Haha!
What do you call a guy with rubber toe?
Roberto
Is humor exclusive to humans?
Bronze medal for life
So a Jimmy Saville walks into a nursery
Please don't dignify that guy by mentioning his name.
+Figaro Fog Then don't defend repeat child molesters, dude.
Im waiting for you guys to honor your agenda and say that humor should not offend people feewings!
What if an individual cannot differentiate between humor and an insult. When does a good natured joke become offensive? Where do you draw the line?
Brandon Reinhart
Answer C: I draw the line in the civil right for any person to say whatever he wants (no matter how stupid), unless its advocating for violence.
We cannot regulate everything based on ephemeral feelings.
Answer A: Then that person will always take offense on things that are not meant to offend him.
B:There are no rules for such things,each case is different as people have different taste and perception of humor.
Offense is taken not given.
+MeLexdy this and with a pen and/or pencil
I'm bored
Nice to meet you bored ( that's a horrible joke )
Omg this gave me one dollar
@@mesnounou888 Nice , I expect you to send me my share by next week , that's 50 cents :P
why did the idiot cross the road?? he was following the chicken
Want to hear a joke about sodium hypobromite?
YES
If clowns are scary then why do people still hire clowns?
who the fuck hires clowns?
Clown's are not scary
+Bobby Harper people who like scary clowns or people who like less scary clown.....also are we talking phobia level fear?
coulrophobia = Fear of Clowns
I always think it's dumb to say comedy isn't a science. Of course it can be.
Calcium
Whats red and bad for your teeth?.... a brick!
bad joke: what happens when you dial 119? The Police arrive in reverse gear........ :D
😂😋🤣🤣🤣😛😜😝👍🏼
There is no graphic or picture ? This show is so poorly made.
Second
bad joke: Trump. Too soon?