A History Teacher Reacts | "Mass Hysteria Throughout History" by Sam O'Nella

[@djsalad5752]

It’s funny when a teacher says he’s seen people laughing hysterically from stress “all the time”

[@levithedragon2208]

Big sad

[@cakehunt3r442]

The Villan looking at his deeds

[@Jurkyification]

Not sure how often that has happened to me but might aswell share a little story. Once i came from gym and for some unknown reason my shelf had collapsed over my expensive quitar and all that was in there was all over the place and created huge mess. My first reaction was to laugh..- '' Like really, this shit happened '' Then i sat down opened couple cans of beer before cleaning up anything and looking damage on my guitar.

[@djsalad5752]

Jurkyification Wow, i feel really bad for you now.

[@trevorpatten7688]

my Spanish teacher started bringing in her therapy dog because it helped students chill out.

[@epicman590]

Clearly not a real teacher, he takes the cursor away from the pause button when watching.

[@declan7164]

Epicman590 ikr

[@Brioche16]

Yes

[@ColonizedEthan]

@Maddox Boyles it's a joke, boss

[@YoPinkOmega]

@Maddox BoylesYa hear that? I think it is the sound of the joke going over your head.

[@gamingtime3514]

Maddox Boyles r/woooosh

[@SpiralSine6]

“400 people? Started joining in and dancing?? In the Holy Roman Empire??? No wonder they collapsed.”

[@tusidex5228]

he confused OG Roman Empire with German sequel

[@RedwoodTheElf]

My guess would be Ergot mold poisoning. The modern equivalent is LSD.

[@bakedhawaii]

I find that funny

[@PascalSWE]

I understand that it was supposed to be funny but that joke didnt make any sense. Any history teacher should know that the holy roman empire in the 1500s is no true empire at all and just refers to a loose confederation of autonomous states ruled by dukes and princes rather than the man who called himself emperor.

[@beaubangston8211]

@@PascalSWE but its still called the holy roman empire, therefore there's nothing wrong with the joke.

[@sloopdoopyh1493]

Student: Why hasn’t my test been graded yet? Teacher:

[@rodolfogalvan5749]

i know why

[@daniellegroves4830]

Teacher: so you know that KZbin career your parent say is stupid...

[@savannaowl6301]

I’m 420th like lmao

[@X.3.N.0.N.2]

You grades are history XD.

[@kylaxial]

i recognize that pfp...

[@juanfranciscovillarroelthu6876]

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it."

[@9051team]

And VERY POWERFUL

[@slashingraven]

"1500 years ago, everybody KNEW the Earth was the center of the universe; 500 years ago, everybody KNEW the Earth was flat; and 15 minutes ago, you knew that people were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know, tomorrow."

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

@@slashingraven Spherical Earth theory was broadly accepted after Eratosthenes' Experiment at the Library of Alexandria on June 27th, ca. 240 BC, incorporating data from an Egyptian city on the tropic of cancer, which demonstrated the exact shape and produced an estimate of the circumference of the Earth that was only off by ~23 kilometers. Maps were just really, really bad for a really long time, and people knew they were bad, so even though they guessed Japan was about where Cuba actually is, no-one was desperate enough to try until the Silk Road was physically halted by the Ottomans. I'm sorry, that particular Columbus myth is just a personal peeve of mine.

[@slashingraven]

@@dashiellgillingham4579 Line from a movie, dude. Chill.

[@BJGvideos]

@@slashingraven Maybe not the most accurate movie line, but one of the best ones I've ever heard.

[@siarlses]

The fact that this teacher knows Skyrim references makes him even more cool than he already is.

[@unitpita]

Tephro everyone has played a bit of Skyrim at least once

[@charlesvitanza8867]

Have you taken notice of the game collection in the background?

[@notkingali1798]

UNiT PITA I know about the game but unfortunately I haven’t played it yet :/

[@AgentPedestrian]

He's our age. Playing skyrim isn't cool with the zoomers anymore

[@leelambert1559]

AgentPedestrian *excuse me what?* -Zoomer who loves Skyrim, 2020

[@ComradePhoenix]

Mr. Terry: "Is there anything more cancerous than Black Friday crowds?" COVID19 panic buying: "Allow me to introduce myself."

[@greything9169]

In hindsight, this was a very bad choice of video to watch at 2 am amid the current crisis.

[@buddamassa]

Truth

[@kylesebring]

Racist people and looters: "Please step aside"

[@thebeaniestbeanboys5735]

My grandfather: lmao amateurs

[@LockheedRep]

Obviously you have never been in a COD lobby

[@GreebleClown]

"Makes you wonder how many people were actually affected by it and how many were just faking it.." I'd say at least the ones with bleeding feet or dropping dead were probably not faking it.. and it takes a special kind of dedicated conman to wildly dance nonstop 'til you literally drop unconscious for days.

[@ayzix-polytopia3854]

greebleClown dance dance till you’re dead

[@kristofingaming9888]

@@ayzix-polytopia3854 dance dance dance dancedance dance dance dancedance dancedance dance

[@wdjh3434]

@@ayzix-polytopia3854 dance dance revolution

[@Wanking_wanker]

“Hey kids” “Hi” Bruh

[@SmoothTurtle840]

Desolate

[@toadztongmainchannel1039]

Desolate

[@il-dottore]

Desolate

[@biancamitchell3810]

Desolate

[@ithmiths]

etaloseD

[@alexise8206]

Tbh should have named his channel “mr. histerry”

[@MrTerry]

🤔

[@alejandraandrade2623]

Mr. Terry History 🤔

[@politecat8802]

🤔

[@symphony-of-the-mint2008]

🤔

[@FiSH-iSH]

Mr. Terry History 🤔

[@N1ghtStalkerNL]

"hysterical laughing is a real thing, I see it all the time." Ehmm Mr. Terry, not meaning to be rude here but.. Are your students really ok?

[@thebeaniestbeanboys5735]

No students are ok ever

[@ninjagirl-ri1pc]

@@thebeaniestbeanboys5735 as a student I can confirm

[@lividpringles7198]

as someone partaking in the outdated system known as school, i can attest to not being ok

[@undernerd5824]

@@lividpringles7198 yeah

[@thisguyyyyyyy2723]

“Do you think they all danced the same dance?” *VOCAL PERCUSSION ON A WHOLE ‘NOTHER LEVEL* *COMING FROM MY MIND*

[@soonlytaing1708]

Ahhhhhh, We’re Golden Wind

[@cyberface4122]

Kono me amareri maroreri memare-maro

[@101Volts]

If not, I'm imagining a great ancestor song to "Frownland" by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band.

[@diegonatan6301]

13:02 - 13:44 1 - Good observation, Hysteria and Hypnosis are the same effect triggered by different reasons, you could say that hypnosis is controled hysteria or that hysteria is the natural hypnosis. 2 - If you start playing along in the midst of a Mass Hysteria outbreak you are almost certain to start having the real thing very soon.

[@IK4MS]

3- if you dance night and day until passing out, with your feet bleeding, odds are, you're not faking it.

[@allenholloway5109]

With hypnotism, at least, and I highly suspect mass hysteria, you have to believe (at least on a subconscious level) in whatever suggestion is being given to you. It is dangerous to an extent, as it can influence your mind, but it has also been equally helpful in certain situations. The crazy situations you might see people do under the influence of hypnosis are the result of pretty much all external behavioral influences being removed. Like how alcohol removing your inhibitions, but to a greater extent, and (often) with suggestions being proposed to the brain. Mass hysteria probably starts with a lack of care. This could be as simple as "that kinda looks like fun," "I desperately need *something* to take my mind off things," or even "I just don't care anymore." I suspect the initial hysteric person has a lot more going on than that, but the people joining in probably don't suddenly have the same hysteria. They are just relaxed enough, or depressed enough, that they are in a particularly suggestible state. At first, the example with the sun seems to indicate that this isn't the case, since some skeptics also saw the effects, but keep in mind that exhaustion from the sun is a factor, as well as the part where, you know, they showed up to see what would happen, *just in case.* Some part of their consciousness believed it could be possible. I also find it interesting in that sun example, that there were a few people regardless that didn't see anything, and were completely unaffected, despite a huge majority of the crowd seeing all the stuff. There is no solid evidence of course, but that makes me suspect the same effect as hypnotism is indeed the culprit for this mass hysteria. Among the community of people who practice hypnotism for either fun or personal improvement, it is recognized that there is a small subset of people on which hypnotism just *doesn't work* very well. (Of which I am one of.) From my informal study on the subject, I have come to believe that meditation, and its positive effect on people changing their own life, uses the same general concept of hypnotism, but to a lesser extent. You bring yourself close to a hypnotic trance state, with just enough of your conscious mind aware enough to pass suggestions directly to your subconscious mind. Anyway, regardless of possible connections to mass hysteria, I would never endorse someone undergoing hypnotism, except for medical purposes, or if the person performing it is someone you trust with your life. Even though you cannot be hypnotized to do something in opposition to your subconscious mind, always remember that the subconscious is *all* of you, not just the parts of you that you like or show to other people. Meditation (self-hypnosis, whether purely beneficial, or purely for fun mind tricks) is a lot safer.

[@MrsKhaos]

For #2, placebo effect?

[@allenholloway5109]

Of course it's placebo, but when placebo happens with *mental* issues, it's still just as "real." What we normally label as placebo is a mental state that recreates physical symptoms (or even fixes physical problems, which makes things interesting), but when the problem is mental to begin with, who is to say it isn't "real" now? Sure, it's not the same issue as the originator of the mass hysteria in the cases when it's gradual (like the dancing, the meowing, etc.), but its effects are the same.

[@heidistone4147]

@@allenholloway5109 one possibility as to what was seen by the people watching the sky may have been simply that depending on temperature, and amount of time they were looking up, and wether they were actually looking at the sun, could explain several claims of what different people saw.

[@lightningstudios9559]

Yes, Mr. Terry. You are correct on the fact that laughing is a self defense mechanism when overstressed.

[@MadTheDJ]

It's why it's hard to shake the giggles once they kick in at important events like weddings, funerals, exams. It doesn't even have to be overly stressful, as anyone who can't stop giggling in church or in school will tell you.

[@lahormiga1989]

I remember I had a girl in my class that was spacial needs. We were watching WW2 movies, and she would always laugh. Everyone in class was scared of her because they thought she was crazy. But I notice that she always looked away, so I figured she was nervous laughing. I was the only one that sat next to her because I couldn't see the board because of my bad eyesight. I also noticed that she was always getting lost, so I started walking her to class. I was always getting to mine late because of it. But my teachers didn't care, because they could confirm that I was just taking her to class. Eventually the school found out she needed to be in the spacial needs class that has the teacher walk with the kids everywhere. They only figured that out because one of my teachers kept telling them. I was also special needs, but I wasn't as special. I could navigate to school and take a regular bus. People couldn't even tell I was spacial needs. I was the only one that talked to her, and the only one that stud up for her. Everyone eventually left her alone when I told them what was happening. And that is when another kid told the teacher about her. I saw her once after she moved classes and she was really happy.

[@theortheo2401]

You're a good person ma boi.

[@nitrade87]

This, this is the people we need in life.

[@lahormiga1989]

@@theortheo2401 only sometimes, I am also an a hole.

[@lenoxnd1307]

@@lahormiga1989 Relatable

[@luggilu7864]

The good ending

[@vladdythebear5872]

Don't forget his Banana Republics video! Its great

[@darthironamerican]

CORRECT!

[@turbowolf302]

WORLDSTAR!

[@polaknasieci1331]

And the lesser known christmas folklore

[@patchouliknowledge3481]

COMMIE!!!!!

[@darthferaligatr2968]

@@patchouliknowledge3481 COMMIE!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@untermann322]

For some reason I want to see him play Hearts Of Iron IV

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

Seconded. He shall call it 'a historian plays history games' and it shall be the most popular thing on the internet.

[@Skulldolphins]

isorrowproductions already does this, you should check him out

[@space_lemonz4561]

Matias Maass isorrow as funny as he his, is not a historian

[@Skulldolphins]

he actually has a degree in history and knows every detail of the Roman empire off the top of his head

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

@Matias Maass From which university?

[@alphadenden6168]

"did they really whip all the nuns" i love this channel

[@pineappleland5502]

Imagine a simple typo where you typed ‘nuts’ instead of ‘nuns’ I’ll go.

[@angelserenade]

i love that he laughed at the "Mao" punchline. That one was soooo good lol Also the 3 children that foresaw the Virgin Mary apparition, if I remember correctly, they made a movie out of it. I watched it because it was part of a homework. Also I think the eldest of the children was canonized too

[@PedroSobrosa]

There is a Sanctuary on the place where it "happened"

[@willlastname]

My favorites are ones for him to react to are the Sam O'Nella ones- I have a personal bias.

[@darthironamerican]

Will last name Amen

[@henrichvonruben9114]

Did you have a stroke writing this?

[@willlastname]

@@henrichvonruben9114 probably

[@ItsAsparageese]

@@henrichvonruben9114 stronk*

[@CyanideOwl]

Laughter is a panic and /or fear reaction. Just think about when someone tickles you. You don't like it but you can't stop.

[@childofslaanesh1251]

wartime is a better example, men watch their brothers in arms be blown to shreds by howitzer fire, then in a moment of respite they break out laughing, not because having whats left of billy be strew across you while you await your own inevitable death is funny.. but because your body needs a way to force endorphins into your system so you dont lose it (laughing causes your brain to dump them into your system)

[@oracle372]

I love having what’s left of billy being strewn across me while i wait to die, so fucking hilarious.

[@draw2death421]

Yeah when i wasent on meds and had panic attacks everynight one time it got so bad i just started to heckel to myself constantly. So yeah its Totally a thing.

[@frankhorrigan2047]

I've seen it plenty of times at work. The most amazing example I can think of is when one of my coworkers got tipped over while up on a 20 ft extension ladder. He somehow only managed to get a few scratches and a twisted ankle and when I was doing a basic first aid assessment, all he could do was laugh hysterically because he could've easily died or been seriously injured. After that, our boss has made it a rule that when someone is going high on an extension ladder, someone is required to be at the bottom to keep it steady.

[@jorgevazquezberea8538]

This man leaves the ads and sponsors at the end. Epic

[@Tayl0r_]

Jorge Vazquez Berea We stan youtubers supporting other youtubers

[@raz675]

Hello yepta

[@darthenoh]

I like that you mixed up hypnotism and ventriloquism, seeing as in both you're simply controlling a dummy

[@spiders4877]

I love seeing people react to Sam's videos

[@romanec.c.petiot9876]

Stress can cause a laughing or crying reaction which then activates the parasympathetic nervous system to make you feel more relaxed/comfortable. That's why that nap after crying or the little recovery after a laughing fit feels so good physically. There are plenty of other activities that induces the same reaction to varying degrees 😊

[@RedwoodTheElf]

5:25 You can actually see this yourself. Go out on a sunny day, and stare at a point near the sun (but not directly at it, or you will damage your eyes) for about 1 second, then look away. You will see an afterimage of the sun, which you can't look at directly which will move around as you try to look at it.

[@Brave_Sir_Robin]

*don’t look at the sun you plonker!*

[@XiaoYueMao]

"Ash E.N. White Academy for Albinos" lmao

[@majorphysics3669]

Yea, I wanna say that stress induced laughter is something along the lines of why thrill seekers like doing dangerous things. Something jargony along the lines of the brain saying "oh, your stressed? Here, have some dopamine to chill you out", but it goes way beyond that and people start uncontrollably laughing. I'm not a doctor, that's literally just a wild guess.

[@Cherealz]

They is actually a theory about the dancers in France. In times of missing food mold bread could be eated daily, wich could contain Rye Ergot wich LSD is derived from.

[@twmufc]

I feel like if people were literally dying from exhaustion around you, you probably wouldn’t just play along with the dancing lol

[@jjnn2]

Maybe they died because they weren't dancing enough

[@goncalosousa8652]

They were trying to see who lasted longer

[@irgendwer3610]

@@goncalosousa8652 -Random peasant dies of exhaustion - "Pfft, stupid Hans couldn't handle all the fun of dancing, I will show him how its done"

[@aminimoose3971]

I've watched a video where a guy collapsed on stage while a large show was going on. The rest of the players just kinda laughed it off and kept playing for a good few minutes before they started getting worried when he didn't get up.

[@JessycaLunawoona]

Oh yeah stressed induced laughter is indeed a real thing. A couple months ago I went to visit my family after the death of my grandmother. Trying to cope due to how she died, then trying to fulfill her final wishes, handling her will... it was a stressful and emotional situation. Then one day, when coming back after visiting the cemetery, I tripped and skinned my leg pretty badly. Something in my mind just snapped and my first instinct was to laugh. I had no idea why but I couldn’t stop. I laughed non stop for about 5 minutes before it tapered off into crying.

[@Bob-lr2xp]

"Uncle Arnie's Learnin' Shack for Curious Buckaroos"

[@fandomguy8025]

"St. jgzjshgnbjisd's school for the blind. "

[@ayyylmao101]

@@fandomguy8025 It would have been so good if it was written in Morse or Braille LOOOL

[@brendanbarrett8421]

Re: plague dr. mask. As far as combating the plague itself, the mask was quite useful, but accidentally. Turns out plague is bacterial, and all but requires fluid transfer, with airborne live times that can be measured in single digit minutes. Gloves, masks, and eye protection did most of the heavy lifting of keeping doctors exposure minimized at a demonstrably higher survival rate than their patients. Alcohol based perfumes and camphors/spices/oils and so on in the mask may have helped as well. It's basically the birth of medical sanitization.

[@luk4s56]

13:35 yeah i agree but when they dance to the point of bleeding feet and straight up dying i dont think anyone would go that far to fake something :D

[@adamknopp4379]

The laughter part is a reaction to stress that I experienced, I went trough smth and I just started laughing like a fucking maniac, I tought there was smth wrong with me, glad to see that is aint like that uncommon

[@QuickSilverD]

You should react to CGP Grey video on Federal Land, since it talks about the history of it and why certain thing ended the being the way they are today

[@acrocanthasaurusisbae6368]

"Ah the good old days..."

[@karimmoop9560]

I like how he sounds like an older sam o nella

[@dabeastfromdaweast9788]

6:51 Terry sees hysterical laughing in his students all the time right around finals week.

[@gaddis8263]

I've been watching your videos lately, and I've concluded why I like you so much. At 1:31 you are obviously and completely based in what you say, and I am living for it.

[@terbin4487]

mr. Terry, your so close to 100k. Keep it up! i love the perspective you bring to historical content on youtube

[@Trevor21230]

Fun fact: the outfit worn by plague doctors during the Bubonic Plague very, very nearly worked to protect the physicians from the disease. Its inventor knew that the disease could be contracted by close contact with an infected person, and so designed it to be as close to air-tight as possible, being made of leather or waxed cloth, leaving only two openings: the nostrils for breathing, and the ankles between the pants and the boots. Unfortunately, rodent-borne fleas tend to be around ankle-level.

[@davizitopa7252]

"Everybody Gangsta till the nuns start meowing". The lesson I learned: Trying to drink water while watching Sam is dangerous.

[@supersonicstrat]

I wish I had you as my teacher, you're awesome.

[@BelgorathTheSorcerer]

I'm eating Hershey Kisses while watching a 3 year old Mr. Terry video on the toilet. Let's all do it together, and make the cut for the next mass hysteria video.

[@bucminster9172]

The Salem Witch Trials apparently were ergotamine inspired shenanigans.

[@markthe1707]

After going to the store and feeling the wrath of the 2020 great tp depression, this video popped in my feed. Fitting.

[@AtaMarKat]

At 4:11, I just realized, Emperor Norton is part of the crowd.

[@spugintrntl]

He turns up a lot, oddly enough.

[@jetz9226]

“Hey kids” “Hello”

[@SonOfFudge]

“Excuse me, but Sister Gertrude, could you cut the shit” xD

[@ayyylmao101]

Can we just respect that Mr. Terry stayed for the sponsor, though?

[@MadTheDJ]

The 1518 Strasbourg hysterical dancing event inspired Peter Gabriel to write "Moribund The Burgermeister" about it, which is a great song off his debut solo album. It basically puts you right in the middle of the madness of the town swept up by the mania.

[@snakeking211]

"university of Delaware just kidding engineers arent allowed to laugh" just fell out my bed laughing

[@pudgeboyardee32]

Can we get a video of you saying teacher stuff? "Therell be a quiz at the end" was great in another video awhile back. You obviously enjoy your videos, history, your work, so have a little more fun with it. You say funny stuff and you're obviously a good teacher, people need to see more teachers like you doing their fun-teaching thing. Growth on your channel can and will translate to better learning outcomes for your students and others. Keep up the good work. Oh and show us that game collection. Or do some reactions to the angry video game nerd lol

[@ArtisticChimera]

I'd love to watch Mr Terry watch Puppet History and play along with the quiz in each episode

[@Birb_of_Judge]

Please watch the videos "A brief history of Austria" and "How to fail a democracy 101" (About the republic of Weimar) by Guy Bloke

[@thecoolaxolotlnova8523]

laughter is a sign that you're comfortable to its probably trying to offset the effect of stress's unusuality.

[@artsysabs]

"We've all done both of those right?" No. Absolutely not 🤣 I used my big brain Also I like Sam O Nella's stuff. The animation and humor is 👌

[@SquirmieWormington]

“No wonder they collapsed” HAD ME D Y I N G

[@electricpizza5774]

St. Vitus' Dance, also known as Sydenham's chorea, is a symptom of rheumatic fever. It causes violent muscle spasms that mimic dancing. The "dancing" may have been the result of an infectious outbreak rather than a psychological issue.

[@jaxeatssnacks1436]

The dancing thing isn't that weird considering there is also a part of Italy where they thought you could dance enough that you sweat out toxins from a wolf spider bite. They would dance for days on end and make a whole party of it. Little did they know, the bite just wasn't that bad.

[@Pessimystic]

A teacher that plays/knows video games like skyrim- I have respect. Subscribed.

[@ReapWhatYaSow]

On the topic of plague doctor masks, I believe that the flowers that they shoved into the "beak" portion were used more to help combat the smells from their patients who didn't bath and there is shit everywhere. I know that certain plants were thought to help against plague and some flower (can't remember off the top of my head, quick guess is lilac) skyrocketed in price due to supply versus demand. I think at least 60% was to deal with smell, just like how in the E.R. they have peppermint oil for emergency situations, i.e. Swamps of Dagabah (look up and read).

[@science_bear]

It might be a bit of both, related to the idea of the thieves herb blend that supposedly protected against it

[@rj.ortiz31]

That Roman Empire pun was chuckle-worthy.

[@jonahhagin9059]

I'm so glad he uses the adjective cancerous. It's like my favorite word

[@Wittle_Boyo]

I was just watching Sam O Nella today! Great timing teach.

[@haingis]

oh god, I didn't even notice all the Nintendo games in the background until you started mentioning video games

[@sentinals4440]

I love how you said that it was so goofy that they used to attribute mass hysteria to supernatural things and that now we are so much smarter that we know it cant be supernatural........but its called mass hysteria for a reason we still cant explain it

[@sadcatproductions3853]

Everyone gangster till the nuns start meowin

[@lovelylynxie8113]

Sam O'Nella: *talking about mass hysteria in sub Reddit's* This guy: *video game forums*

[@ItsAsparageese]

Reddit is literally a forum by another name lol he's just using a broader general term

[@noneofyourbusiness3288]

In the game crusader kings 2 with the reapers due dlc (which adds an in-depth plague system) there is actually a dancing plague in the game, it is scripted like a regular illness and it can infect your character, which leads to hilarious event chains.

[@ohokau1104]

I thought that the reason for the plague doctors' masks shape is not only because of the crow and bad omen surrounding it but also because the smell of rotting flesh was really hard to bear. they also didn't know that it was transferred by flees so they thought it was airborne. they even complained about being really hot under all the clothes because they didn't realise that that was what was keeping the flees off.

[@llwellynn]

The part with the dance made me go like "Oh, it's the Totentanz."

[@spiders4877]

That one "barf" at 2:32 tho-

[@ballisticbeast1637]

I had something like this I tried to hold in a laugh in my Spanish class and couldn't stop laughing for 3 class periods, till my brother choked me out and I stop laughing.

[@chrislaezur730]

R u a girl This doesn’t sound like a male’s post Unless perhaps you are of the homosexual persuasion Don’t worry though, I don’t judge books by their cover Theironyisthejoke.exe

[@MrMbc77]

Have you heard of video game historian? Seems like you have an interest in retro games and it kinda fits the theme of your channel.

[@TerryBollea1]

Dogs and Cats living TOGETHER!

[@frankdelgrosso8297]

I have a lower degreee in psych (a BA) but I can tell you the power of immediate others is very strong. It was very likely few if any were faking it. Ticket sales for concerts and sporting events rely on the same phenomina to get people to pay absurd abounts for what they can see and hear at home. What you are paying for is the energy from the crowd making you excited. As soon as a few people start woohing at the band or cheering at the game it spreads and nearly everyone in the crowd gets sucked in. Also see the Bystander effect for how it can work the opposite way where if one person sees a terrible accident they will likely jump in to help but if 12 people do they all stand around and do nothing looking to each other to see what to do. These are all the same thing.

[@pinkyclown]

Laughter is contagious but there's also the fact that laughter and crying are very similar in many ways. It's hard to explain but I'm sure the majority of people understand what I'm trying to say

[@davizitopa7252]

A plague doctor's mask while stuffed with strongly fragrant things would also greatly help someone deal with offensive odors.

[@SpectreSpook]

Same with the neck ruffles on old royal garb. Full of spices so they didn’t have to smell all of the rotting bodies

[@jactuscack6196]

The best react channel by far.

[@Kaylo-ren]

This is such a good series

[@JaggedBird]

Lovely NES collection you've got there

[@keithbassett4730]

For the dancing one,the plecibo effect was the solution

[@timwatz2948]

Some people actually trace the event in strassburg down to a specific grain fungus called the Mutterkorn in german.

[@MySerpentine]

There's always a cameo of Emperor Norton in these videos, he must love that one

[@popycorn3005]

What about Sancho The Fat

[@skiller5034]

Pretty sure stress-induced laughing is usually caused by the brain not knowing what to do about a new and stressful situation, so it thinks "when in doubt, laugh it off."

[@mta4562]

my great uncle saw the martians land back when orson wells was on the radio. swore to his dying day he saw them.

[@angelicspectra]

No one has said it, so I'm going to. Meow.

[@ItsAsparageese]

No one has continued it, so I'm going to. Meow.

[@angelicspectra]

@@ItsAsparageese Meow?

[@zotzot5]

Meow

[@0h34l3y]

Meow

[@ayyylmao101]

_Mao_

[@ZephyrusAsmodeus]

Thr nuns stopped meowing after the guards threatened them, also In Germany in the 15th century, another nunnery was subject to mass hysteria event as well in the form of biting each other. People would say they had some weird illness and it turns out it did kind of spread around nuneries all around Germany, some in Holland and Rome as well, the eventually quit out of exhaustion.

[@Ugrasrava]

I'm one of those people who laughs when extremely stressed. From an "inside" perspective it very much is a coping mechanism, I get to a point where I can laugh or freak the hell out and start throwing things. Laughter is generally the better option.

[@nip3004]

With hypnotism everyone is "playing along" that's how it works and why you can't actually use it on anyone to make them do something they don't want to do. At the same time it's not "faking"

[@RecordedMercury]

The nuns did eventually stop meowing. It took the soldiers litterally beating them to a pulp for them to come to their senses.

[@stanleybright2597]

I suffer from a mentel illness called psychosis and I will have random burst of laughter. I will laugh then come to a sudden stop. Like I didn't even realise I did it

[@elijahdechert5322]

4:36 the dude with the hat is the emperor of America in another one of Sam’s videos

[@riddlerthediddler4392]

That dancing thing happened a second time somewhere in the carribean

[@amazingappendages353]

Maybe I just didn’t have good history teachers but I like this new way of learning history

[@Meatman8089]

Welp. This one is gonna hit differently now.

[@bigjdog3354]

IM WATCHING THIS AT SCHOOL AND GETTING DOUBLE THE KNOWLEDGE

[@biobthe1613]

big smart