Show notes
Laughter: humorous or social?Did you pick your laugh?Uncontrollable laughterWhen have you laughed the hardest?The giggle loopShould we do the “ha-ha” game at a PFL retreat?Trash in the HimalayasIs that funny, punk?MemesThe irony of laughing at something that’s not funnyWatching bad movies—on purposeThe Room, Tommy WiseauStephanie’s high school summer of bad sci fiBlockbuster: the virtue of escaping recommendation enginesBest of the Worst and Neil BreenTrying to beat Netflix’s recommendation engineChef’s Table, Switched at Birth, and other good findsWhen have you laughed the hardest?Commercial break: Laugh AssistantLaughter is auditoryEvolution and laughterComedians as laugh-makersEvolution of humorLaughter as a way to de-stressGallows humor, laughter as a way to copeHumor in older ageTwo extremes: outrage and laughterWhen humor goes wrongKnowing your audienceMichael RichardsJustine SaccoMocking others: when people pile onAre trolls normal people?The woman who followed up with her trollBullying on social mediaThe implications and context of laughterLaughter because of anxiety and as a medicine for anxietyDo you practice self-censorship to avoid possible offenseOr, do you feel free to say what you feel?When a comedian calls out their audienceHave courage, try your best—continue to bring laughter to the world!

