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Why you laugh at jokes you didn’t hear

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We all share a desperate human need to belong, which manifests in chuckling loudly at punchlines completely lost to background noise. You mirror the facial expressions around you, praying nobody asks you to repeat the punchline. It is a terrifying bluff that holds our societal fabric together.

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