QI | What Do You Call Someone Who Doesn't Laugh?

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This clip is from QI Series G, Episode 11, 'Gifts' with Stephen Fry, Alan Davies, Clive Anderson, Jimmy Carr and Jan Ravens.

[@gyped]

Fry is such a gentleman. He already knew what echopraxia and echolalia was, but was delighted with the info contribution regardless.

[@annashaw2156]

gypshyn how do you know he already knew? or are you inferring from his reaction?

[@gyped]

Anna Shaw he mentions it on a previous episode.

[@WalterLiddy]

Knowing Greek (corrected), the words would make sense to him, but to assume he already knew them is utter nonsense. In fact, usually they are used in the context of infants learning behaviors through imitation, so they don't exactly mean what she said. He just took her word/s for it.

[@gyped]

WalterLiddy he mentions it on a previous episode.

[@DerEchteBold]

Yes, of course he knew these. I haven't seen the previous episode where he talks about it but there's absolutely no question that someone like Stephen Fry has that particular bit of knowledge.

[@aniforprez]

this is one of those QI moments where the answer wasn't that interesting but the discussion around the question elevates the show

[@TheoneandonlyDrops]

Isn't that -a lot- ALL of QI though?

[@craigriley1075]

Hence why it's called QI (Quite Interesting), and not BI or FI.

[@SebHaarfagre]

That's not just one of "those QI moments" that's the whole point of the show :p

[@khymaaren]

Whether you like or dislike Jimmy's comedy, you have to admit that he knows his craft.

[@kisbie]

It's very similar to how some people couldn't warm to Bob Monkhouse's smarminess, but there was tremendous respect for his broad-ranging and intensely nerdish interest in the art.

[@qwertyTRiG]

My introduction to Jimmy Carr was actually his book.

[@JayDee-xj9lu]

His laugh can be sort of annoying, but you also wonder is it real or a stage act laugh.

[@lancer525]

If only he didn't affect that drunken bray of a fake laugh. It's annoying and phony.

[@johnc3403]

admit? How do you mean "admit"? Do you reckon there are hoards of us in denial?

[@notmyname9261]

2:23 Stephen's reaction when she mentions comedians feeling miserable in real life.

[@tretsy]

Breaks my little heart

[@xxGizmodioxx]

Keep in mind the show is edited so that might not have been the only reaction, it might just have been cut out :)

[@wobblysauce]

+

[@dtoaler]

coughcoughsigh came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed

[@malakai4800]

what are you talking about ?

[@lancer525]

A catholic priest, a muslim imam and a rabbit walked into a bar. The bartender asked the priest, "what'll you have?" "Wine" the priest responded. The bartender asked the imam, "what'll you have?" "Water, we muslims are forbidden alcohol!" The imam replied. The bartender asked the rabbit, "what'll you have?" To which the rabbit replied, "I have no idea, I'm only here because of autocorrect."

[@stephaniee1109]

"When I told them I wanted to be a comedian, they laughed. Well they're not laughing now." Lol, love that joke.

[@kisbie]

I've long thought Jimmy Carr was this generation's equivalent of Bob Monkhouse.

[@codyweaver1097]

I read your comment before I even saw jimmy was on the panel and i thought it must have been him who cracked that joke

[@billgowland3250]

@@jackevans1092 Bob monkhouse had ledgers full of jokes from way back So it may even go back to musical Hall days

[@billgowland3250]

@@jackevans1092 Bob monkhouse collected jokes from as far back as music hall days But now you've got me thinking I to may have a false memory My brain is now connecting this little gem to Groucho marks in one of his appearances on the American version of what's my line Oh dear I won't sleep now

[@billgowland3250]

@@jackevans1092 who mentioned the Tory party

[@DF-su8sj]

I always liked the theory that laughter developed as a primal response to suspecting danger and then finding out that those suspicions were wrong, like when the grass is rustling and your animal brain thinks, "Oh! Maybe a tiger!" and then you find out it's just the wind. So you laugh as a way to shake off the feeling of dread and sense of danger.

[@SundaraRamanR]

D F yes! That's the conclusion I came to after thinking about why humour comes from "benign violations", I'm glad to know it's been articulated by smarter people before. Do you know where I can find more about this theory and who presented it?

[@luciusavenus8715]

DF then fuckun BANG, Tiger nomming on your neck son!

[@animerlon]

Lucius Avenus lol

[@animerlon]

What an interesting theory.

[@logancasner8467]

That makes a crazy amount of sense...

[@aarondaines6067]

Stephen's reaction when Jan Ravens mentions comedians are miserable broke my heart. Much love and happiness, Mr. Fry.

[@The8347135]

I don't think I've ever heard Jimmy Carr laugh. I'm sure he has a perfectly normal laugh :)

[@thedanishgirl7683]

The8347135 It is perfecktly normal if you are a sealion or a seal.

[@The8347135]

Ja, jeg er faktisk en sel.

[@Sigart]

... er du en selv eller er du en sæl?

[@t45tt4tr]

hold kæft en sel. han er en vinduesvisker

[@thedanishgirl7683]

J awm En vinduesvisker efter regnen er stoppet 😂

[@JackBous]

At 4:10 why does Jimmy start 3 sentences in a whole second 😂

[@-Gorbi-]

I love how generous Steven Fry is with pretending he didn’t know what echolalia or echopraxia was

[@CalLadyQED]

Well, she's wrong about what they mean, so...

[@StKozlovsky]

@@CalLadyQED Echopraxia is the involuntary imitation of someone's actions, in her example, a walk. And echolalia is, like she said, the same but with words. Where is she wrong?

[@doesyomamaknowtho1468]

@@StKozlovsky she was talking about "having the urge", not suddenly doing it without her control.

[@221b-Maker-Street]

​@@StKozlovsky Echolalia is not about the imitation, it's about the simple _repeating_ of their words - not in an attempt to sound like them or be them. It's recognised clinically as an adaptive coping mechanism, or even dysfunctional form of communication. Typical cases are experienced by patients after an acquired brain injury, or experiencing severe amnesia, as they try to regain their speech and language abilities. It's also a common feature of children living with autistic spectrum condition as they attempt to learn language in a different way. It's a symptom of being unable to communicate effectively because one struggles to express one's own thoughts. Someone with Echolalia might only be able to _repeat_ a question rather than _answer_ it. In most cases, Echolalia is an attempt to communicate, learn language, or practice language. What Jan is describing is *_The Chameleon Effect_* - an urge to imitate people, which is not Echolalia. See Chartrand & Bargh's 1999 paper on the Perception-Behaviour link for more. [Source: I am a Clin. Psych.]

[@grease_monkey6078]

I liked that analogy of killing the joke when analysing it, spot on Jimmy Carr

[@Chafflives]

Stewart Lee does it masterfully. 😬

[@Jess-vw5mh]

the answer: richard ayoade

[@livb6945]

Jess 85 He does laugh! But rarely, I'll give you that.

[@livb6945]

Jess 85 No bursts into wild laughter but definitely giggles :-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGbaiKKmmq15rcU

[@danwic]

He sort-of smirks most of the time. It's subtle though.

[@gavin5410]

What about Jimmy carr? You cant tell me he actually ever laughs.

[@rusemode]

@@gavin5410 HYOA HYOA HYOA

[@CharlieSpencers]

2:08: "I'm amazed at that, he was such a chirpy character" - One of the funniest things I've ever heard on this program.

[@TheYeetusLord]

Yet another example of british sense of humour being so heavily driven by well timed and well executed sarcasm XD

[@rufusgreenleaf2466]

Echolalia is something i have then. Most of the time when i talk to someone, doesn't matter what region they're from i'll talk to them in their own accent. Sometimes i have to stop myself but i always endup slowly tweaking towards their accent again mid convo. I can't help it, even if i don't manage to 100% mimic their accent i still hear the slight changes in my voice. This doesn't happen all the time but with most accents.

You just have a death wish.

[@howey935]

Seán O'Nilbud haha

[@Taramushi]

Same. I pick up he tempo and cadence of the person I'm talking to, but I don't think I've ever met someone who's done this to me. Worst off after watching all of these English panel shows, like a sponge, I end up soaking up how every one speaks and it takes me an hour or so to wring it all out.

[@pareesgillard]

Oh me too! That's how no one can tell what accent I have anymore because mine is constantly changing 😓

[@ragnarokangaroo]

I think that's a little thing everyone does. Might have to do with how we acquire new words and fit into new speech communities. Genuine echolalia seems to be a more serious affair where you uncontrollably repeat the other person's words verbatim. Toddlers do this when they're learning (probably as a way of processing what was said) but in adults it can be the sign of a disorder.

[@dazzaboy04]

"What do you call someone who never laughs?" A miserable bastard

[@youngdolo8]

First thing I thought of as well

[@yelenaangeleski3354]

Chimps, gorillas and orangs do have a sense of humour, equivalent to that of a 2 or 3 year old. They can both appreciate jokes and make jokes of their own.

[@Formedras]

"There's a sort of epilepsy where you- *sudden scary laugh*" Oh yay, Stephen Fry is The Joker.

[@TallSilentGuy]

Although it isn't mentioned in this video I always felt that one of the greatest comic devices was pointing out the truth which others have either failed to observe or shied away from; as demonstrated by the likes of Billy Connolly or George Carlin.

[@matthewsermons7247]

So Joaquin Phoenix's Joker had a type of epilepsy.... Neat....

[@tarantula_7u863]

I think it was more than that, but still.. points! :D

[@tommyparker3459]

shut up

[@fourteencrows1244]

@@tommyparker3459 dink

[@Eralen00]

I think he was using the word epilepsy as a sort of colloquial approximate word that was close enough to convey the idea.

[@xonxt]

Actually, many of Stalin's contemporaries mention that he laughed and snickered a lot, excessively even.

[@medievalist]

That's interesting. Maybe he just though Zhukov's jokes were shit?

[@Lattamonsteri]

If the Death of Stalin film is anything to go by, Stalin even died laughing :D

[@marccolten9801]

That is the most terrifying thing about Stalin.

[@scoffslaphead7246]

Kruschev's career is proof that stalin laughed.

[@onemercilessming1342]

Well...I, for one, am at home, alone, binge watching these snippets of QI and--especially when Alan gets going--I am laughing just as hard as anyone in the audience. After all, who is here to hear me, or be disapproving, or attempt to stop me?

[@IstasPumaNevada]

"He was very old-fashioned about what women should and shouldn't do" The absolutely most gentlemanly way you can say "despicably sexist".

[@dustscatter3619]

I sit here and laugh by myself. Then cry into a pillow. I'm all alone.

[@cyberpleb2472]

If you'd like, I could laugh at you... errr, with you. ;)

[@tedbreckner]

You are not alone. You are with all of the people who are watching this clip and enjoying it.

[@zapkvr]

Youre unhappy and you know it. More than can be said for most people

[@zapkvr]

@@cyberpleb2472 im not laughing at you. Im laughing toward you

[@cyberpleb2472]

@@zapkvr Yikes. I must have been rather drunk when I made my comment. That was rather nasty (and I have absolutely no recollection of it). Hang in there Dust Scatter! By all means, fart or laugh in my general direction. ;)

[@Aaaaaaaaaaaaa558]

What he talked about is the concept of circle of expectations versus circle of possibilities. Which is the base of all comedy and stand ups.

[@shotforshot5983]

Then there is genuine nervous laughter, even inappropriate laughter. Varying levels of those from basically "I screwed up, please sympathize with me! Don't punish me!" To laughing at a dire circumstance. As if "normal" signals are crossed.

[@howey935]

shot forshot I laugh inappropriately when I get told about someone's death I hate it but it just happens and I can't stop it even when I was told about my dad dying a laugh came out.

[@pauldamienbrady9058]

The debate on why we laugh reminded me of Ken Dodd’s take on Freud’s analysis of comedy, “but Freud didn’t play Glasgow Empire on a Saturday night “

[@AdelioNightstorm]

Danes have a lovely term for people who are prone to laughing; "grinebider", which literally translates to "laugh biter"

[@sharonready5102]

I sort of laugh inwards .....I’m at home watching this on my own , and when a funny bit happens I sort of think “Hahahah” but it happens inside of me . I don’t laugh out loud . I enjoy it just as much ! Does anybody else ‘ laugh inwards ‘ ??..??

[@rogerjahn2236]

Most of the times I do. Especially when I'm with other people. Though, I do tend to laugh out loud at my own imaginations, when I'm by myself in my apartment or out-and-about. You get kind of funny reactions from people nearby when you're walking all alone and laughing by yourself. :)

[@Species1571]

Jimmy is right. I spend most of my time on my own and seldom laugh out loud even when I find something funny. Telling somebody about it the next day, I will be more likely to laugh along while talking about it.

[@Magmafrost13]

I find I'm the opposite to what Jimmy Car described, I can only laugh when I'm alone, I cant laugh around other people

[@tin2001]

I'm not quite that far, but I will laugh a lot more alone than in company.

[@Egg-mr7np]

I had to teach myself to laugh with other people but it was worth it. It feels great to laugh together.

[@rich1051414]

Does Jimmy Car laugh at all? He is such a dry comedian, I can't even imagine what his laugh would sound like.

[@Magmafrost13]

Richard Smith he's laughed in a few episodes of QI. Its a... controversial, laugh, I guess you could say. Lots of people seem to really dislike it.

[@TheDominantSloth]

Jimmy laughs all the time?

[@Lord_Skeptic]

4:24 I like 2 fish in a tank. One says to the other how do you drive this anyway.

[@knightad33]

And the other one goes "Aaargh, a talking fish!"

[@Lord_Skeptic]

2 Muffins in an oven. One says it is hot in here and the other one says fuck me a talking Muffin.

[@johnhall3867]

" Lots of comedians don't laugh." That look on Stephen Fry's face right after. Battles depression. Nothing said, or edited out. I winced as he did.

[@zapkvr]

Groucho was a famous depressive.

[@fredh1720]

Having depression and not laughing are not the same thing. She didn't say anything controversial. Depression is incredibly serious.

[@ClaudeSac]

Or edited in... Not a single second in these shows is 'by accident'.

[@brokenwave6125]

That moment was clearly edited though...

[@dementare]

Anyone else notice this has *BOTH* the new Joker's "condition" the uncontrolled laughter, *AND* the line "When I said I wanted to be a comedian, they all laughed. Well they're not laughing now" from the Joker movie... wonder if they saw this episode.

[@DanDownunda8888]

It's an old joke by Bob Monkhouse, as Stephen said and Jimmy acknowledged. :)

[@mooncowtube]

I was watching on my own, and I laughed out loud when Jimmy Carr said people don't laugh on their own.

[@cloudsparrow7729]

to be fair, someone saying "what's the point of studying Euclid?" is pretty funny

[@rogerjahn2236]

I agree. I would probably react in the same way. Or if I was asked ''what's the point in studying *any theoretical subject/theorists thoughts*?'' That's the only response you could give to a question of that nature.

[@nofacee94]

Here's a different version of the frog joke: "explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog, you learn more about it, but it dies in the process"

[@marcusreading3783]

Supposedly, HP Lovecraft was Agilastic...although considering I read that in a fanfiction of the Lovecraft Mythos, I'm not sure how accurate that is.

[@ElLenadorLA]

I dated a girl that wouldn’t laugh. I purposely took her to a comedy club, I couldn’t stop watching her, weirdest thing ever.

[@RevJamesCostello]

Sounds cruel.

[@Lord_Skeptic]

That reminds me of something my mother said about when she and my father went with my father's parents to a comedy show. My father's mother did not have a sense of humour. Every time the comedian told a joke and there was laughing she would say "I don't see what's funny".

[@VenomBurger]

I can see that Jimmy Carr lives in a Society

[@DavidTheRoss]

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[@him050]

What Jimmy is saying is so true. I can sit on my own in the house and watch Blackadder, Life of Brian, Eddie Izzard stand up and not even crack a smile. I’m entertained, but I’m expressing no emotion to it. As soon as my flat mate starts doing something in the kitchen or joins me on the sofa then I’ll be falling about laughing. It’s kind of a way of showing how you get the joke so no one thinks you’re stupid. Alongside of course giving off that, oh look how social and happy I am! Accept me please!

[@AutomaticDuck300]

I stopped caring about what people think of me long ago. I still laugh my ass off if I'm watching something alone. It's just that I laugh more when I'm with people. Maybe I'm weird like that.

[@cijmo]

I love the story that Sandy told that someone wrote in and asked them to bring the studio audience back because the canned laughter was annoying. They HAD studio audience but they heard Jimmy Carr's laugh and said "that HAS to be canned laughter."

[@sharonerigonia2917]

Rats have been found to giggle when tickled! :O

[@alephbunchofnumbers]

classic Hans

[@OfficialSmifi]

Anthony Trollope invented the postbox and inadvertently allowed women to start corresponding to others without their father's knowledge. Does anyone think this is where the term 'trollope' came from? A slang word for 'loose woman'.

[@rach_laze]

My thoughts exactly though I did use the word slag not loose woman 😂

[@notdaveschannel9843]

@Neil Smith I had the same thought but Merriam-Webster has the first use in print of 'trollop' as 1621 so I guess not.

[@louispks]

Brilliant analysis mate.

[@asterix7842]

There doesn’t seem to be any definite etymology online for trollop. A common theory is that it came from the verb “troll”.

[@resplndnt]

That laugh epilepsy sounds terrifying

[@QUARTERMASTEREMI6]

(I'm no expert), it's called Gelastic seizures or laughing seizures because "they may look like bouts of uncontrolled laughter or giggling." (Epilepsy Foundation).

[@lavrentivs9891]

German field marshal von Moltke is said to have laughed twice; when his mother-in-law died and when he saw the fort of Vaxholm.

[@kennyn1992]

If Trollope was laughing a lot at the post office then the jokes must have been hysterical as it wouldn't have been the delivery.

[@StevieObieYT]

What would you call someone who never laughs? That bloke 😂

[@walterwalters154]

Most sociopaths never laugh. They just put on fake smiles, or rather smirks.

[@GGMCUKAGAIN]

Walter Walters course we dont lol

[@philipsmith1990]

It seems to me that long ago animals had a way of recognising imminent danger. Sometimes this system was mistaken and a way of cancelling the alarm was needed. That is how laughter evolved.

[@osuscyan3143]

Oh shit, here I am home alone on KZbin laughing out loud with full lung capacity. Maybe I have hit a new level of loneliness

[@rachelcookie321]

I remember when I was in school sometimes we would so,times play this game in class where everyone would have to remain stone faced and one person would go around trying to make everyone laugh. If you smiled or laughed, you would join in trying to make the others laugh. I was always the last person left and they were never able to break me, even with the whole class trying. I didn’t even have to try suppress it, I just didn’t feel any urge. I just chose not to laugh. I never understood how others found it so difficult not to laugh. I also have never failed at one of those ‘try not to laugh’ challenges. It’s not that I don’t laugh, I just can control my laughter.

[@stayforthepeelpronpls4774]

Rowan Atkinson I believe.

[@stuartyoung5110]

“That bloke!!!” That poor man in the front row getting bullied🤣🤣

[@yelar9000]

0:24 so that's what the joker had

[@mzansime]

This discussion was actually VERY interesting!

[@haydenwhite7352]

Morning all

[@fds7476]

Morning, Major.

[@Telstar62a]

There's a brilliant episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show that sort of touches on this. It was called "Chuckles Bites the Dust" and it revolves around Mary's reaction to a colleague dying. Often cited as one of the best examples of US television comedy.

[@jamesbishop1610]

I generally laugh more on my own than when in company. Whenever I see stand up I find myself not laughing even when I find something funny, always checking on myself.

[@justincronkright5025]

Why do people immediately say that immediately mimicking someone's speech or behavioural patterns is wrong or inappropriate. I bet the definition has nothing to do with the inappropriateness of the action, it's just the action itself. Truly, there are plenty of potential reasons for why mimicking would actually be a good thing. Not only for the person doing it but for the person being mimicked. Probably many if not most of them have ''Theory'' Stylised names attached to them already!

[@jeffnarum1373]

I just found this show and love it!

[@philipmonihan8222]

Loved the presence of Victor Meldrew.

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

Look at Stephen's reaction at 2:23 when she says "Lots of comedians are miserable in real life."

[@sargent9968]

You can see, that her comment bugged him about comedians being miserable.

[@richmarsh5029]

Brilliant show

[@lucasfabisiak9586]

Interesting that the “well no one’s laughing now” joke was used in the recent Joker movie. Didn’t know that wasn’t original.

[@cjhunt9532]

it's a classic

[@leanderschuster3196]

@@cjhunt9532 yeah but they also mention that uncontrollable laughter

[@markmayonnaise1163]

It's certainly become quite a cliché. When I first heard it, Amy Schumer was the subject.

[@rohitanand14]

1:24 hey! I laugh when watching QI, alone.

[@TehKhronicler]

Well we now know animals do indeed have their own forms of laughter, so I think laughing makes you alive rather than specifically human.

[@DanDownunda8888]

Is this dolphin laughing? I think it is! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKTTkH2KqapmY9k

[@gavincurtis1364]

An audience member at a Michael McIntyre gig

[@sinomirneja771]

IDK man. I'm a proponent of analyzing jokes. The Jokes as you said are made of two statements, first causing an assumption second breaking the assumption. The second statement breaking the assumption creates more than just laughter. It demonstrates a laps in our judgment. The laps in the judgment is blamed on what many call the "bot of the joke." In political comedy usually bot of the joke is suggested to be the opponent, tradition, law,.. (what ever you may want to describe as obviously illogical) using the power of laughter to persuade. The analysis prevents the misplacement of the bot of the joke (and keeps the life expectancy of the frogs unchanged as they don't live that long any ways.)

[@RubelliteFae]

Non-human animals certainly laugh, Clive. I know for a fact other primates do

[@pauldog]

i love the analogy of the frog. I'll use that next time someone doesnt get a joke

[@DaseinTorres]

Todd Phillips must have been watching this episode when he wrote Joker

[@brokenwave6125]

You're dumb

[@CaptChrispy]

Did he say Trollope was the one worrying about girls being promiscuous?

[@884dan]

Marvellously entertaining

[@baskoning9896]

'animals dont show this' Pardon me? Ever been sad around a dog? Dog will be sad to. Happy? Dog happy. Angry? Dog angry. Animals WILL mimic the emotions of other living beings.

[@moonwalker4696]

Bas Koning he said they can't laugh not be happy

[@bingola45]

Not dogs. Dogs are always happy. They haven't the mental capacity to be anything else. "Yip Yip! Foul-tasting dog food...my favourite! "Yip Yip! Fetching a stick for my master...my favourite! "Yip Yip! Going to the vet to be gassed..."

[@bingola45]

Gassing is the answer to the domestic dog problem. The domestic dog is a product of mankind's stupidity, and has led to an unmitigated nuisance. Mass gassing on an industrial scale will START the process towards a society free from these worthless freaks.

[@TranscendentLion]

I'm not quite sure why you think stupidity is the reason domestic dogs exist - if anything, it was a practical thing for our many-times-removed ancestors to tame and domesticate wolves to give human societies a survival advantage. Granted, some breeds today exist for more cosmetic purposes, but I would have said that dogs were originally bred because they were useful.

[@bingola45]

There probably was sense in taming the wolf; but it was a long time ago. For every useful dog now, there must be a hundred or more with no purpose but to stink and be fluffy.

[@marycanary86]

sod off jimmy carr im in stitches every time i watch qi even if im sat alone

[@LtMarx]

mary canary 7hghjjkt ??lohhlblbh

[@Johnny-Joseph]

A german

[@TheRegret]

this is the most meta video about comedians that ever, a quintuplet of comedians, did make.

[@emilygilbeyful]

I do that copying accents thing I saw a Scottish friend and greeted her back och hyellloooooo!! so embarassing

[@boredphysicist]

Asking a mathematician whats the point of studying euclid is like asking a physicist what the point of studying Einstein is lol

[@zapkvr]

I laugh to myself all the time. I also talk to myself all the time. Im very amusing

[@rockymckay1705]

animals do laugh actually

[@animerlon]

SavageArfad Go watch a few orangutans laughing at card tricks then come back & tell me if you need more proof.

[@Dragonair08]

They do but not usually for the same reasons we do.

[@brokenwave6125]

@SavageArfad It already has been proven, dipshit

[@Valandar2]

Laughter after danger has passed, and thus nervous laughter is currently thought to be a sort of instinctive "all clear" signal...

[@zhukov2116]

Why are there so many pictures of Stalin with a big grin on his face?

[@brokenwave6125]

Why wouldn't there be? He was probably a happy person.

[@Chafflives]

Belies his true nature and reassures his public.

[@erilassila409]

Echolalia isn't necessarily about imitating a person's speech, but repeating what they say. Then there's koprolalia (literally "poop talk") which is repeating inappropriate words/cursing, and palilalia which is repeating specific words or phrases because they sound funny/good or feel good in your mouth when you say them. Palilalia is a thing I do, because I get funny rhyming phrases (like Danny DeVito mojito burrito) stuck in my brain. One of my favorite jokes is actually kinda based on a rhyming phrase: what does a bodhran player do when he gives you a pedicure? He bucks up the feet and fucks up the beat.

[@freshswash9934]

Anyone else watching this who isn't british?

[@luciusavenus8715]

In Britain?

[@freshswash9934]

It's a rather british show so I was wondering if people from around the world watch this

[@JustinCase99999]

Fresh Swash Me.

[@veronikap.7081]

As I usually read the comment section of QI videos, I notice that plenty of nonbritish people are watching the show and being genuinely interested in it. BTW, hi from the Czech Republic! :-)

[@JustinCase99999]

Veronika Polčíková I love Prague.

[@Simon_PieMan]

Actually interesting to hear them talk seriously about humour for a bit.

[@Jennyfisch]

People who never laugh are sociopaths

[@eleSDSU]

Not true, sociopaths also laugh, not all of them the same way not all of non-sociopaths can or do laugh.

[@zapkvr]

Im a sociopath I laugh all the time.

[@SilentChaos713]

You really need to study more psychology

[@6luealreadydead]

1:00 (ish) I like how he's giving out points just for fun facts LOL you don't see that on the newer shows🤷‍♂️

[@adamlancsak6606]

It's so true and so strange that, yes I find the show really funny but I always watch it alone and have hardly laughed out loud

[@Serai3]

Many animals laugh. Disappointing the fact checkers didn't catch this.

[@mrbrown2186]

I think they mean laughter as a reaction to something funny, not as a noise an animal makes that resembles human laughter. As far as I am aware, animals such as hyena's don't laugh in response to a kid wearing boxing gloves, punching his dad in the bollocks on an episode of 'You've Been Framed'.

[@weckar]

Just about all rodents laugh, actually. We can't hear it because of pitch, but they do. Schadenfreude has even been observed in rabbits.

[@terranovarubacha5473]

The fact checkers generally sleep through QI

[@Serai3]

@@mrbrown2186 Look up "apes magic tricks" here on YT to see apes laughing at things that are funny. We are NOT the only animals who get humor, dude.

[@brain_apostrophe_t]

"What do you call someone who never laughs" My mum, from experience...

[@NewMessage]

I called the one I knew 'Dad'.

[@Cleeves358]

2:51 WRONG. Trollope was born in 1815. The oldest post box (wall box) in England dates from 1809. A post box in the modern sense (publicly installed box where people can anonymously insert sealed and via stamps pre-paid letters) has first been installed in 1653 Paris. Precursors of this idea are to be found in 16th century Italy or even earlier. In 1853, Trollope suggested to Sir Rowland Hill the use of a freestanding pillar box which he had observed in France the year before. The only thing about the post box that Trollope invented was the octagonal design.

[@flamencoprof]

In my view, QI should be renamed VI: - Very Interesting. Laugh while you Learn!

[@weirdunclebob]

'Quite' and 'very' are synonyms... ;)

[@qwertyTRiG]

Weirduncle Bob V Not quite.

[@weirdunclebob]

TRiG (Ireland): Actually, they're quite the same but not quite the same. It has two contrasting meanings. It's quite annoying quite frankly though not quite. "Quite."

[@phastinemoon]

It depends what variation of English you're using: Americans use it as a synonym for 'very', while the Britons use 'quite' to mean 'rather' or as a subtle way of saying 'somewhat, but not really'. For example, there's a bit during one episode of QI where Stephen regards a panelist (Jack Whitehall) and says to him "You're being very flirty Jack, I quite like it" -- using the American 'quite', Stephen's saying 'I like it, very much', whereas using the British 'quite', it translates more as 'I suppose I like this, as opposed to being called an ugly twat, but I really wish you'd stop being an insufferable tease'. Considering how the audience laughed, I'm willing to bet Stephen meant it in the latter. So... that leaves the question -- is QI: Quite Interesting about things that are 'Very Interesting'... or about things that are 'Interesting, I suppose, but not really'?

[@PhizetaHD]

I like to think it's called QI, yes for Quite Interesting but also it is IQ backwards

[@KijasFX]

Stephen Fry and Jimmy Carr. Two sides of the same genius coin.

[@rich1051414]

To be fair, I thought newton was in the middle until he said something. Swift does look like newton after putting on a few pounds.

[@jamesluby6705]

It's like disecting a frog, no-one's that interested and the frog dies. Brilliant 👏

[@CSmyth-]

Stephen, I should assume you're not the one running this channel but if you see this... Where did you get that tie and how can I get one?