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[SheltieLover]

1. Of course. I laugh my ass off every morning reading Orrex's thread...

[Faux pas]

2. Every day

and most of the laughter has nothing to do with the hump. My sanity is safe

[SickOfTheOnePct]

3. I laugh all the time

With family, with friends, while reading or watching TV…asking myself for permission to do so never crossed my mind.

[Tree Lady]

4. What's that saying either laugh or cry?

I am on the Oregon coast, having a breather from weeks and weeks of around a 100 inland.

We don't have cable so it was good to see Jon and Stephen last night.

I fnd a good walk on the beach, a hike and a massage more comforting. Laughing not so much, don't find too much funny. Even the cartoons are sad in their truth.

[alwaysinasnit]

5. I have to, as my sanity requires it. I've lost some of my marbles so I'd like to preserve the few

remaining.

[Aristus]

6. My signature line says it all.

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[mwmisses4289]

7. I just laugh if I find something amusing,

don't need to give myself permission. I also look for people doing acts of kindness or compassion; those always put a smile on my face.

[electric_blue68]

8. Oh, Hell, YES! When we need it most! Left off steam, for pure fun, rebalance!

[Ping Tung]

9. Yes. Laugh AT. Not With.

Trump and his blockhead cult make easy targets.

[KentuckyWoman]

10. It is involuntary

I once laughed right in the face of what was then a good friend who repeated birther shit. There was no stopping it.

I'm not nearly as polished as Dr. Fauci

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Not literally, no

When something stimulates my brain's laughter synapses, I laugh. It's an autonomous response. "Permission" doesn't come into it any more than at any other time.

I've laughed during funerals and wakes. I suppose most of us have. This isn't a funeral or a wake. It's a battle.

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. So is laughter

And it doesn't require permission.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

12. laughter is absolutely essential right now.

I'm buried in bad news. The only way to not want to die is by seeking out laughter.

[EnergizedLib]

13. If I can be distracted and block out the nonsense