Why people laugh less these days

[Messy]

Screen time?
Not if you watch funny videos.

 

[Aunt Bea]

It seems like we’ve all become too thin skinned and are more easily offended than we used to be.

Maybe it’s one more thing that we can blame on social media.

“He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool.”
- Brigham Young

 

[horseless carriage]

"When I first said I was going to become a comedian, everybody laughed. Well, they're not laughing now!" Bob Monkhouse.

 

[RambleTamble]

I don't laugh as much since Norm Macdonald passed away.

 

[CinnamonSugar]

Humor and laughter are there, but you may have to dig for them….

There’ve been some great humorists… check the writings of Will Rogers, Mark Twain, Abe Lincoln…

Authors that keep one in stitches— PG Wodehouse, Dave Barry, Terry Pratchett…

Old school comedians can be enjoyed on YouTube — Red Skelton (his routines have made me laugh till I had cramps in my cheeks ), Steve Allen, Bob Hope, Victoria Borge (another cheek-cramp-inducing genius)

I make it a point to share humor with my kids nearly every day via messanger— cartoons, videos, etc

Keep on the lookout for laughter and share it when you find it— I’ll see you in the humor section

 

[debodun]

Could also be related to desensitization. Everyone is exposed to so many shocking and outrageous media, they become used to it.

 

[IrishEyes]

 

[MarkD]

Looks like God has put into practice what all the airlines recommending we do before helping others. He made sure he had something to laugh at.

 

[IrishEyes]

Looks like God has put into practice what all the airlines recommending we do before helping others. He made sure he had something to laugh at.

I loved his way of explaining how we have lost our vocabulary ability over centuries. The most joyous sound to a parent's ear
is that first baby's laugh. How many remember that feeling hearing that? And such a perfect timing for that laugh to happen.

 

[MarkD]

 

[EmptyCup]

I try to see the humor in everything. It does make others angry and perplexed at times. But that is their issue. It’s a short life. I try to find the joy in small things and large. I remember Chris Rock the comedian saying that if you are happy, life is short. But if you are miserable, it’s loooong.

 

[seadoug]

I still laugh all the time, but then I'm not on Social Media very much. We just watched Jury Duty on Prime, which is hysterical and I was laughing all the way through it. Hubs usually laughs watching me laugh. But then he makes me laugh as well. I REFUSE to give it up!

 

[seadoug]

That is what I would like to know too.... the whole thing smacks of AI opinion and not a credible study.

I would guess those who are questioning the study don't laugh nearly as much as you should!

 

[Coco]

If you want to laugh there are so many places to find laughter.

If you don't want to, there are even more places to find negativity.