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Anonymous Mon 18 Nov 06:52:13 2019 No.11156992 View Reply Original Report

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what is the origin of humor?
Why do we laugh?

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Anonymous Mon 18 Nov 2019 06:53:23 No.11156994 Report

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>why do we laugh?
cause shit's funny

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Nov 2019 06:55:50 No.11156997 Report

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>>11156992
Socializing, it also helps attract women.

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Anonymous Mon 18 Nov 2019 12:03:40 No.11157335 Report

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>>11156992
See >>11156997
Specifically, it can be a way to signal intelligence. This is probably why you laugh at jokes you don't understand.

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Anonymous Mon 18 Nov 2019 12:09:08 No.11157339 Report

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Laughing comes from the brain

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Anonymous Mon 18 Nov 2019 12:09:37 No.11157340 Report

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>>11156992
laugh =/= humor
they have some overlap, but are two different things

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Anonymous Mon 18 Nov 2019 12:13:25 No.11157344 Report

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humor is a BS detector
https://youtu.be/TzN-uIVkfjg?t=2m

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Anonymous Mon 18 Nov 2019 12:53:10 No.11157382 Report

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>>11156992
To put you at ease in unexpected situations with the added benefit of being used as a social bonding tool.

>snake jumps out at you
>instant anxiety, panic
>it was actually just a vine that fell from a tree
>laugh, instant relief

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