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@JerryFlowersIII5 жыл бұрын
What I'm fascinated by is how uncontrollable a laugh can be.
@VeritasEtAequitas3 жыл бұрын
Can be ,yes. It's literally a monkey hoot. To hear it objectively can be difficult, like saying a word repeatedly until you bypass the automatic meaning we attribute and you only hear the sound. Laughter is literally just apelike hooting at each other. Imagine if people made a fake "monkey" noise every time they spoke during bonding. Yeah, that's kinda what it sounds like.
@Knuckles2oO62 жыл бұрын
To the point of crying 😂 There the best laughs.
@trevor54852 жыл бұрын
I was stroking my cat so gently his face looked so funny I was holding in my laughter for about 30 seconds until I just exploded then he jumped off and ran away
@shadowmair15012 жыл бұрын
It's like yawning XD
@Knuckles2oO62 жыл бұрын
@Jackassalope it’s a nervous laugh, Majority of people know why others laugh at something your not supposed to laugh at 😂 A coping mechanism, But still uncomfortably funny.
@sandijo20107 жыл бұрын
Two scientists went to a bar. The first scientist sais "I'll have a glass of H2O" and the second scientist sais afterwards "I'll have H2O too". The second scientist died.
@John-X4 жыл бұрын
h202 is Hydrogen Peroxide, for any non-nerds who read this very funny joke
@angrycharcoalcat4 жыл бұрын
@@John-X Hey bro, let us do the research LOL
@roseyfirequeen3144 жыл бұрын
What lol
@Heedllauer14 жыл бұрын
LMFAO. Did he just drink H20!? 😂
@secondgryphon2544 жыл бұрын
@@John-X hey weren't you to roblox thing a few years ago
@dancingann10 жыл бұрын
Hydrogen and Oxygen are sitting in a bar. Gold walks in and they say 'Au...get outta here!'
@BoDiJyPz10 жыл бұрын
Omg xD
@masol37268 жыл бұрын
Ei u!
@thetravelinsagittarian13166 жыл бұрын
dancingann Lol! 😁👍
@haluushi27535 жыл бұрын
Wow that’s a bad joke 😂😂😂😂 sorry I am four years late 😂😂😂do u even still have the account 😂
@jayque27505 жыл бұрын
Aha.
@charliechurch398910 жыл бұрын
Why don't cannibals eat clowns? Because they taste funny!
@BrainStuffShow9 жыл бұрын
Love it. -Ben
@thetravelinsagittarian13166 жыл бұрын
Charlie Church Hahahaha! 😁👍
@MsTubemusic4 жыл бұрын
That moment when I realise what cannibal mean: runnnnnnnn we’re all gonna dieeee
@_InTheCosmos_3 жыл бұрын
that was bad but i still lauged my breath was stolen for me
@honeybun59053 жыл бұрын
Oh my god it’s not funny but somehow my body just forced myself to chuckle
@Nejmen.10 жыл бұрын
A doctor says to his patient, “I have bad news and worse news”. “Oh dear, what's the bad news?” asks the patient. The doctor replies, “You only have 24 hours to live.” “That's terrible”, said the patient. “How can the news possibly be worse?” The doctor replies, “I've been trying to contact you since yesterday.” :D
@paulflint62546 жыл бұрын
best joke ever
@shashavengesayi60556 жыл бұрын
🤯😬
@thetravelinsagittarian13166 жыл бұрын
Lmao! 😁👍
@swiftbuddy88785 жыл бұрын
😴
@katieducky235 жыл бұрын
Bruh that made me laugh 😂
@thepeppanugget35944 жыл бұрын
Patient: how often do people die on hospitals Doctor: only once
@lukeskywalkerjediknight2.0133 жыл бұрын
What?
@snowarmth Жыл бұрын
@Luke Skywalker Jedi Knight 2.0 "How often do people die in hospitals?" "Only once." The person asking is asking how often people die. The person replying says that each individual person only dies once (which isn't even necessarily true lol).
@brockobama25710 жыл бұрын
My grandfather died at aushwitgz... How? He fell of the gaurd tower
@darkworld98503 жыл бұрын
huh?
@MarianoRodriguez4 жыл бұрын
Schrodinger's cat goes to a bar, but also stays home.
@BrainStuffShow10 жыл бұрын
Our brains light up like a pinball machine when we laugh. What's going on there? And why's it so good for us?
@IanAtkinson55510 жыл бұрын
Laughter is not unique to humans and is related to the exited chittering that most mammals produces.
@MsTubemusic4 жыл бұрын
It’s good for people cause ummmmm. Idk
@MsTubemusic4 жыл бұрын
BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks hiiiiiii. Byeeeee
@chihiro6683 жыл бұрын
because.. ahem ahem, a cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. -Proverbs 17:22 😉
@psikoexe6 ай бұрын
Why didnt you pin your comment?
@KnowledgePlaylists10 жыл бұрын
My favorite joke ever is by Bo Burnham, it goes something like.. "I'm going to do an impression, do you like impressions?" (The audience says yes) "Why?" (Awkward pause) "That was Socrates!" HAhahahahaha classic!
@evilmaya10 жыл бұрын
How did darth vader know what luke got him for christmas? He felt his presents!
@BrainStuffShow9 жыл бұрын
You're hired. -Ben
@chihiro6683 жыл бұрын
Aye nice one! ahahah
@lukeskywalkerjediknight2.0133 жыл бұрын
Hehehe….
@ellock199810 жыл бұрын
The average person laughs 14 times a day!? WHAT! I must have a really mundane life then, I laugh MAYBE 1-2 times a day... maybe. I smirk quite a bit though, so that may be what they are counting. Interesting, I never really thought about laughter from a psychological perspective before, it just never occurred to me.
@dani.phantm4 жыл бұрын
hope you're doing better now?
@shreyashzade23793 жыл бұрын
@@dani.phantm How are you doing Daniel?
@meghanashley42813 жыл бұрын
Same!!
@chihiro6683 жыл бұрын
@@shreyashzade2379 How are you doing there mate?
@littlestrangling2 жыл бұрын
@@chihiro668 how u dooing brook? all good?
@Julianmory10 жыл бұрын
What is black and white laughing? The penguin that pushed him xD
@masol37268 жыл бұрын
If you see an Apple store being robbed. Are you an iWitness?
@yuvrajdhillon10365 жыл бұрын
Lmao 😂
@missagente81003 жыл бұрын
This should be in a Philosoraptor meme!
@honeybun59053 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@lukeskywalkerjediknight2.0133 жыл бұрын
Lol
@4CIDIC4gaming4 ай бұрын
Knee slapper*
@RosheenQuynh8 жыл бұрын
The one time I don't have a joke.... Oh well. I have severe depression, I could totally use laughter therapy. Thank God I have two silly cats to help me along ^^
@davecalado5 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry to hear that, really. However, in case your cat is into mouses ask him if he knows this one: Q:What did the cat say when the mouse got away? A: You’ve got to be kitten me!
@durpify53003 жыл бұрын
I found somewhere on reddit this meme: there are 2 astronauts on the moon, one asks "Hey,doyouknowwhereIcouldgetadrinkaroundhere?" the other one says "sorry,thereisnospacebar"
@marialawal74493 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@RobloxGamingCorner Жыл бұрын
I was watching Tom and Jerry and I was laughing and sudden stopped just to wonder how it actually happened, Man, life really is more fun with laughter
@wakeupnthinkclearly2 жыл бұрын
What makes a joke funny? Obviously funniness is in the eye of the beholder, or you could say, it's in the mind. And yet, there's a social and cultural component. There's timing, and priming, and even having the sound of laughter to support whatever it takes to trigger the laughter in us, or tickle the funny bone in our mind. Those are just starting thoughts. Help me out.
@jakobdodd80667 жыл бұрын
So does your mood determine your likelihood of laughing at something comical? Or is it truly contagious and if u get one going it's an epidemic? Guess it probably depends on the overall atmosphere.
@All_i_want_is_a_slammed_Mk4R324 жыл бұрын
I made this one up when I was 10, not kidding. A gay guy walks into a doctors office and says to the doctor: “Doctor doctor, I think I’m gay!” The doctor pauses for a moment and says: “Okay, lemme get this straight”
@jay3062_4 жыл бұрын
lol
@LordNegativePrime10 жыл бұрын
Wife- honey, you think i look fat playing with this hula hula? husband- Holy shit!!! Saturn is talking with me!! :P
@kandykornpumpkins4 жыл бұрын
"The average person laughs about 17 times a day" oh wow wait... I laugh way way way more than that. Does that make me above average? 🙂
@yournightmare943810 жыл бұрын
I bought shoes from a drug dealer. I don't know what he laced them with but I've been tripping all day. I could also say that my favourite joke is the amount of twats in the comment section of *_every video ever_* that feel the need to announce their comment number even though it has nothing to do with the video...
@BrainStuffShow10 жыл бұрын
Haha! I've been reading this one aloud to people (the shoe part, I mean). Thanks, Peter Mcwilliams! -Ben
@yournightmare943810 жыл бұрын
BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks Haha anytime :)
@eventercharlotte99123 жыл бұрын
i found this fascinating, i cracked up a lot. my friend found it entertaining, cheers mate.
@nullvoided83879 жыл бұрын
Here's a question. If black holes are rips in the fabric of space time, is it theoretically possible to reach other dimesions, if you could pass through one without getting squashed by the gravity
@reesetyra9029 жыл бұрын
What do chemists decorate their homes with on Christmas? Chemist-trees!!!
@sterlingm927910 жыл бұрын
But if you're bullied most of your life it's hard to laugh. It's hard to be happy. it's hard to try to put a smile on your face. Interesting vid though.
@odpaws10 жыл бұрын
loved the brain stuff pun. If its trust related, I would have expected some mention of oxytocin. Favourite joke isn't funny at all but that is what is funny about it; why did the spider... Basically, if you were asked why you were laughing in class and it was inappropriate, you'd put in a spider joke. The teacher would just think you have weird humor. You can literally make the out of anything. ANYTHING. Its not there to be funny, its a get out of jail card
@mrprocrastination254 жыл бұрын
what do cannibals call pregnant people? kinder surprise
@HaiyanAlras Жыл бұрын
Gelotology is the scientific study of laughter and its effects on the body and mind. It seeks to understand the psychological and physiological benefits of laughing, such as reducing stress, boosting the immune system, and improving mood. "The Physiology of Laughter" is a field of study that explores the physical processes involved in producing laughter, including the activation of muscles in the face and throat, changes in breathing patterns, and the release of endorphins in the brain. While these two fields of study are related, they do have distinct focuses. Just as there is a difference between how a car works and the benefits of using it, there is a difference between "How Does Laughter Work" and the positive effects it can have on our health and well-being.
@simplyella57943 жыл бұрын
There’s always these types of laughters!! And my rating on them. - plan laughter. 5/10 it’s okay, more energy tho🗿 - laughing so hard you cry 10/10. If you do this, your automatically my friend🥺 - rolling on the floor laughing100/10 when you do this, your automatically cute. - uncontrollable laughter8/10 sometimes for me it can get annoying, but it’s still enjoyable!! - unable to breath laughter 2/10. no explanation. that’s my ratings from personal experience...probably my fav is rolling on the floor laughing, it’s just so cute😩✋🏽
@codeative3 жыл бұрын
وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ (43) (43) And that it is He who made [one] laugh and weep (43) et que c'est Lui qui a fait rire et qui a fait pleurer
@kingemocut10 жыл бұрын
a bear walks into a bar and asks the barman "can i have a cola and..." he waits for about a minute "... a bag of chips". the barman asks, "why the big pause?". works better when spoken tbh...
@BrainStuffShow10 жыл бұрын
That's one of my go-to favorites! -Ben
@zukodude4879879 жыл бұрын
I don't get it.
@kingemocut9 жыл бұрын
zukodude487987 the bear waited for a minute (or a long/big time) before continuing his order, or had a big pause. bears have big hands, or paws.
@zukodude4879879 жыл бұрын
kingemocut Oh i got it, but it sounded really cheesy.
@shagi24463 жыл бұрын
A bear walks into a bar and asks the barman "can I have a bag of chips and..." he waits for about a minute "...a bear" ba dum tiss
@anurag88624 жыл бұрын
My fav joke : teacher asked the student to come the next day with an essay on cow. Next day, the student literally came with a big ESSAY written on a REAL COW.😂😂😂😂 🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤
@MsTubemusic4 жыл бұрын
When I laugh rlly hard I pee
@frankj.eichman735810 жыл бұрын
What do you call a cow with no legs ground beef!!!!!
@patehkhan91196 жыл бұрын
Watching and laughing 😂
@robertshaw54010 жыл бұрын
Johnny has five apples. Steve takes away two. How many apples does Johnny have left? Zero, Johnny got hit by a train.
@neverenough52433 жыл бұрын
my jokes are so good, people forget how to laugh and go straight to crying.
@marialawal74493 жыл бұрын
L🤣l
@TwinsStream_Official3 жыл бұрын
😂
@xxD3xx10 жыл бұрын
what did the mermaid wear for her math class?? an ALGAEbra.... get it???
@masol37268 жыл бұрын
yes but it wasnt funny. tbh.
@jvnmanee3 жыл бұрын
I can’t be the only one who saw something funny on tv and came to KZbin look up a laugh 👉🏽😂
@PrinceHill2 жыл бұрын
Me: Would you rather eat a baby goat or a matter baby You: what's a matter baby Me: nothing sugar whats a matter with you
@TaylorMadejdm19755 жыл бұрын
Four nuns are on their way from Murfreesboro Tennessee to Atlanta Georgia for a nun convention. On their way a cement truck jumps the median and slams into their van and kills them all instantly! The four nuns go up to heaven and see St Peter at the gate. St Peter tells them "ladies, I know you've done some fine work down there on Earth but, if any part of your body has touched the male genitalia please tell me and we will wash it in this bowl of holy water I have here and you are free to go on into heaven.." The first nun looks at the other three nuns and holds up her left hand and says "my left hand St Peter.." he says "all right then come over here and will cleanse that hand and you are free to go into heaven." The 2nd nun tells St Peter "my right hand." St. Peter says "okay come up here and let's clean that hand in the holy water and you are good to go and relinquished of all your sins." The third nun looks at the fourth nun, and says "Now I know what you've done and you know what I've done, so do you mind if I gargle before you wash your ass??....."
@nexusvexusus409610 жыл бұрын
Sorry, Brainstuff, but I feel you only came through halfway on this one. I was additionally expecting a discussion of the relationship between laughter and pleasure-seeking involving dopamine or endorphins and a possible relationship between laughter and nitrous oxide or euphoria as from marijuana. How do you talk about why people like laughing and not discuss these things?
@ltaylor72415 ай бұрын
“Gelotology” 😂😂😂😂
@redeagleministries54093 жыл бұрын
I'm pissing myself just watching this 🤣🤣🤣
@sonkarsoma4 жыл бұрын
My one of the favourite joke is the people when they don't understand my joke. No one but the people who are close to me understands my sarcasm and I just don't like when the other people don't get what did I just say because of that, I don't put any things up sarcastically.
@jacksonbeattie33278 жыл бұрын
This helped on my science fair project.
@jessedickerson230210 жыл бұрын
Why does America never knock? -because freedom rings!
@jessedickerson230210 жыл бұрын
***** Haha that made me crack up. You're a funny man.
@angrycharcoalcat4 жыл бұрын
MURICA!!
@honeybun59053 жыл бұрын
Oh my fricking-
@joseph17793 жыл бұрын
I thumbed down this joke
@bibibiti10982 ай бұрын
Thank you
@rainbowdashisdabest1462 жыл бұрын
What do you call a magic owl? Hoodini
@youravgsloth53773 жыл бұрын
so if I never stop laughing, I will be invincible to virus's and tumors? good to know..
@TheJudoJoker9 жыл бұрын
Ben is by far my favorite HowStuffWorks member
@BrainStuffShow9 жыл бұрын
Ah shucks, TheJudoJoker. You just made my day. I'm going to go brag to Josh about this. -Ben
@TheJudoJoker9 жыл бұрын
BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks lmao, love yours and Matt's "stuff" on Stuff They Don't Want You to Know as well.
@rainbowdashisdabest1462 жыл бұрын
What do you call a dog with no legs? It doesn't matter, he ain't comin'
@masol37268 жыл бұрын
So you can heal someone by tickling them.
@redeagleministries54093 жыл бұрын
That a called torcher method
@gmoney16618 жыл бұрын
I laugh 1 time a day or 1000 times a day no in-between
@Mr66Darek10 жыл бұрын
It's so hard to make chemisctry jokes in nowadays, all of them argon!
@BrainStuffShow10 жыл бұрын
Well played Dariu... well played.
@stupidement_poetique9 жыл бұрын
Yeah, in fact I told a chemistry joke once but there was no reaction.
@Matt-ot9nx5 жыл бұрын
I would make one but Na
@haluushi27535 жыл бұрын
Amandine GHEZI lol nice one 😂😂😂
@BoDiJyPz10 жыл бұрын
Something I recently started say is that "Comedy keeps the world going" I suppose this video can help support that.
@BrainStuffShow10 жыл бұрын
I like the title of Patton Oswalt's latest album for this idea: "Comedy + Tragedy = Time."
@thegoodguy40243 жыл бұрын
My Joke: HA ! That was Funny .. But it wasnt ? YES IT WAS , Why ? Bekuz i LAUGHED 😉
@jaysilverheals44452 жыл бұрын
anyway it was about 1975 and I was in the airport getting ready to fly to Vegas since I got a free fare for being a gambler. When I landed in LA for the transfer Jackie Onassis was there with her entourage. Believe it or not I did ask "do you remember exactly where you were-------------------------------------- and what you were doing? She gave a nasty look and they led me away
@NotSandwichRandom3 жыл бұрын
Lol, I'm laughing at the name gelotology.
@kluse.23293 жыл бұрын
What do you call cheese that doesn't belong to you ? ....... Nacho cheese
@BrainStuffShow10 жыл бұрын
FIRST.
@yournightmare943810 жыл бұрын
***** you clearly missed the joke... -_-
@JohnnyRebKy2 жыл бұрын
It just accidentally happened while apes were turning into humans. Suddenly we had a species that had humor and laughter. Makes perfect sense. Now that’s some funny shit 😂
@Napoleon_dynamite4 ай бұрын
I feel like laughing at things that aren’t normal funny is sociopathic behavior lmao
@DrGrantH3 жыл бұрын
But why is it that I cough every time I laugh hard? It's uncontrollable and happens every time.
@SakuretsuMusic2 жыл бұрын
i laught like 10 times a month... lol
@druwu77 жыл бұрын
you should learn how to make science jokes periodically
@victoriamax9 жыл бұрын
What do you put on a pig's owie? Oinkment. I made that joke up myself. Really. Can you tell?
@masol37268 жыл бұрын
more like a pun...
@mr.chimps962 жыл бұрын
Your opening statement was not a joke ; it was idiocy masquerading as a joke. However overall an informative video.
@jer35049 жыл бұрын
Ive got a joke... why did the atheist dislike the exponent?? He doesn't believe in a higher power! *cues tumbleweed*
@MsTubemusic4 жыл бұрын
Yeah this is confusing
@robnewman61012 жыл бұрын
Understanding our bodies in the Future.
@motdot161910 жыл бұрын
There is a chair... And the chair walk... With shoes... Lalalala... On the street... And the chair... Is a walking... Yes!
@vanessapierce231 Жыл бұрын
I was watching a video about Charlie Chaplin. Intelligent, dignified, sophisticated, excellent posture, charming, sensible, raving about him left y right. Then I looked up y he was playing Mr verdeaux a real live serial killer. I was so focused on his delightful y educated demeanor that I wasn't focusing on his character. I put it all over you tube only to later want to cringe. I do tend to cringe a lot. It's only customary for my Jewishness to be a bit eccentric at time. FYI, this is my natural personality.
@suhuakai Жыл бұрын
Joke? ... Never mind . .. . Whispers : your life
@pilotembgamers46442 жыл бұрын
3:13 Joker vibes
@robonia64243 жыл бұрын
When a guy throw 6 wheels and hit your head
@ceno1010110 жыл бұрын
if only josh clark had told the bar joke. His deadpan delivery would have been awesome.
@BrainStuffShow10 жыл бұрын
I'll see if I can get Josh to do it on another video... - Christian
@ceno1010110 жыл бұрын
BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks That would be awesome!
@richiegray68474 жыл бұрын
The population in Vegas never ever is ever change when is a new baby there’s one man to get-out of town!!
@qwertyuioplkmjnhbgvfcdxsza3 жыл бұрын
Laughing is good for you. *If you survive it.*
@girlfoxproduction10 жыл бұрын
My favorite joke is one I have not heard before.
@micahcrawford70603 жыл бұрын
What is the cheapest cut of meat? Deer balls Because they are under a buck
@user-lv4bb1pl7w5 жыл бұрын
*_Well, Dr Poopy Pants knows this._*
@AngeloGi10 жыл бұрын
Whenever weird things have a name it's just the Greek word for it and "ology" or "phobia" at the end.
@hyenaedits346010 жыл бұрын
That could be why depressed people are often great comedians. I know humor helped me through depressing times.
@EscudosdeTimes Жыл бұрын
Oh no... Im a great comedian...
@jod12510 жыл бұрын
What is classed as 1 laugh, how can you count 100 if you don't know what 1 is?
@GOJIKING063 жыл бұрын
I have a funny joke *MY LIFE*
@Julianmory10 жыл бұрын
I have two x) What is black and white,black and white, black and white, black and white, black and white rolling down a hill? A penguin rolling down a hill
@FunLittleMovies Жыл бұрын
Wow, lots of self promo yet no credit or citing of the study your video relies on? Not cool.
@JUSTICEBEETLE9 жыл бұрын
now to go to school and tell everyone about that
@gen.aladeenhandsome31015 жыл бұрын
Yeah, you can put a smile and laughter to people. But when the time you have a severe problem. They mock and laugh at you. Instead of saying condolence. I love when I put some laughter to my friends in an online game. But they didn't know I have a problem. I just want to hear there laugh.
@DerFroschMitMaske10 жыл бұрын
do you that movie abou the mountain climber? - it was a cliff hanger
@stinsonmonrovia2 жыл бұрын
3:01
@simonm0010 жыл бұрын
Hi Brainstuff. Just wondering how the mechanics of a seatbelt work ?
@hkonmyren10 жыл бұрын
what is often black, has four legs, and is painful if it falls from a tree and hit you in the head? a piano... ba dum tss..
@reubenjoseph9510 жыл бұрын
more like PAM PAM PAAAAAAAM
@kingemocut10 жыл бұрын
what's black and runs around my garden? A fence.
@Kiwi270310 жыл бұрын
Except pianos have three legs, not four... :)
@HiAdrian10 жыл бұрын
How is babby formed? How girl get pragnent?
@WorthyVII8 жыл бұрын
+Adrian Best comment.
@WorthyVII8 жыл бұрын
+Adrian Best comment.
@HandsomeBoyGarion2 жыл бұрын
I laugh all the time everything is funny to me
@animeOfDarkness4052 жыл бұрын
I have uncontrollably laughing fits for no reasons One day i was in car back seat stuck behind slow driver my aunt said why this driver so slow I said james may is front of us then i started giggling
@davesnowjonesboro10 жыл бұрын
Why is the US Government considering banning bailing hay in round bales? They're afraid cows aren't getting a square meal.