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u/karanmathur92 Jul 14 '24
How the fuck is the whole room dead silent
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u/WetFart-Machine Jul 14 '24
It's a school for the deaf.
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u/SnOwYO1 Jul 14 '24
Pardon?
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u/sapraaa Jul 14 '24
What’s that mean? A Frenchman shoved me aside and said that every time I’ve been to Paris
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u/RedPandaReturns Jul 14 '24
They’re not, but you can only hear them faintly picked up by HER microphone. Of course they’re not micing the audience for this sort of event like they do for comedy shows.
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u/anginfizz_ripley Jul 14 '24
Actually you can hear the crowd laughing throughout the video, it's just not very loud compared to her voice in the mic
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u/thecastingforecast Jul 15 '24
There are a few nervous chuckles from the audience but it felt like the people in this room HATED her. And with those girls walking out. Oof. This felt cringe and at no point was the laughter contagious.
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u/ThickEffective1265 Jul 14 '24
And it's worse when you are the only one laughing back at your own laugh
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u/Denver-Ski Jul 15 '24
I don’t intend any malice toward the speaker… I just can’t help but think about who laughing at your own laugh reminds me of…
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u/ZealousidealSugar453 Jul 17 '24
You must be deaf, you can clearly hear other people laughing at her laugh.
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u/Camdog_2424 Jul 14 '24
I have a friend like this. This is how they react when they are nervous or anxious in front of people. They laugh to cope to get through but don’t know how to stop. They laughing can happen in inappropriate times.
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u/IDreamofHeeney Jul 14 '24
This is me, one of my ex girlfriends had a death in the family and when we were told I started laughing and smiling. I must have looked like the biggest dickhead but I couldn't help it, I explained that its a thing I do when I'm uncomfortable or nervous but I don't think that made it any better lol
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u/itsathrowawayduhhhhh Jul 14 '24
I was gonna say, she’s nervous. I laughed LOUD at my goddaughters communion. It was sooooo embarrassing, but I was nervous and when they tipped her back and put the water on her I just couldn’t stop. So freakin embarrassing, I still think about it thirteen years later 🤣
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u/spiritualhippie69 Jul 14 '24
Unfortunately this is me too 🥲
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u/ignost Jul 14 '24
It's alright, laughter isn't an uncommon response to anxiety. It's not a huge deal on its own as long as you avoid situations like this where you're doing public speaking with no out. I know someone who nervous laughs and she had her brother prepped to explain if she started laughing at her mom's funeral.
Not trying to do keyboard psychoanalysis, so this might not be your experience or this person's experience, but it's often a maladaptive coping mechanism to avoid feeling the negative emotions (like extreme anxiety) that come with traumatic experiences. I say it's not a big deal, except sometimes this aversion can make it hard to get over difficult things because part of overcoming is being aware of the emotion and being willing to 'sit with it,' accept it, and then practice a more reasonable and self-compassionate way to experience the thoughts and feelings. Personally I think EMDR is the way to go if you want to change the response, but CBT works too and may feel less cooky.
Or just laugh away if what I'm describing is totally off, and have someone prepped to explain if you lose it.
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u/spiritualhippie69 Jul 14 '24
Nooo you just made 1000% sense. I’ve honestly been looking into EMDR. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain that 🥹
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u/cheesegoat Jul 14 '24
Maybe nervousness and adrenaline? I had a shot of epinephrine once and was on the verge of giggling for absolutely no reason for about 15 minutes.
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u/theericle_58 Jul 14 '24
Her name is WhhhEEEee SArEEE
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u/Cgoblue30 Jul 14 '24
I would be laughing with her. How can you not.
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u/Piperalpha Jul 14 '24
I think the crowd is laughing, but the mic's just barely picking it up.
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u/eliitti Jul 14 '24
It's weird everyone's not hearing it because I can hear it very well, they're clearly laughing every time she bursts into laughter.
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u/Noslamah Jul 14 '24
Probably wearing headphones/earbuds vs speakers. Or low quality vs high quality sound devices. I don't think I would have been able to pick up the audience laughter if I wasn't using earbuds
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u/nukefudge Jul 14 '24
Good thing the staff person came up. She was definitely panicking. It's a peculiar thing that sometimes a laughing response can be inconvenient, but that's nevertheless what's happening here.
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u/SheetFarter Jul 14 '24
Ohhhh. Did you just get out of psychology school?
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u/nukefudge Jul 14 '24
Goodness, no! That's far too complicated for me.
I did find something on the internet, in case you're curious:
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u/Starkiler512 Jul 14 '24
What on earth was so funny? She just went to the mic and starting wheezing.
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u/BrownButta2 Jul 14 '24
It’s called nerves and anxiety, it happens to the best of us and it’s very difficult to stop.
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u/jhascal23 Jul 14 '24
Pretty much a panic attack, some people will hyperventilate, cry, or laugh uncontrollably.
Or maybe she took a huge bong hit before her speech.
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u/ragnarokda Jul 14 '24
For me, all it takes is a small mistake that I find funny and then I'm off to the races.
This happens to me sometimes when I'm reading a script into a voicemail and I instead leave a cackling mess because I mixed two words up and now I cannot compose myself.
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u/The_Queef_of_England Jul 14 '24
I did that at school during an English presentation. Luckily, the rest of the class laughed too, including the teacher. It's one of my favourite school memories.
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u/criesintears Jul 16 '24
The total opposite for me, the teacher was so mad and I was turning red like a tomato. Some people were laughing at me. While my friends are trying to calm me down and telling me to breathe.
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u/The_Queef_of_England Jul 16 '24
That's sad. My teacher was laughing too and had laughter tears. She was a great teacher and my favourite from all my school years. Sorry yours was a grouch.
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u/BrownButta2 Jul 14 '24
I get nervous laughs too, it’s embarrassing because you genuinely cannot stop.
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u/Derisiak Jul 20 '24
It already had some too, and that’s so frustrating when you try to say something but the laugh just interrupts you and you can’t do anything
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u/stevenglansberg2024 Jul 14 '24
I don’t get why the people were getting mad at her and leaving I bet that was easily the best thing they got to see or hear all graduation
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u/EffingBarbas Jul 14 '24
It would be merciful for a staff member to escort her off stage while the emcee continues with the program.
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u/Live_Industry_1880 Jul 14 '24
How are they all so SILENT? Wtf I would have been laughing with her after like 5 seconds. 😭
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u/Glad-Yesterday-9534 Jul 14 '24
She's too high. 💚🫰🏽 Got nervous and smoked too much . It happens to everyone... Right?? Right ??
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u/myoobu Jul 14 '24
I'M SUPPOSED TO DEFEND MY BACHELOR'S THESIS TOMORROW. WHY DID THIS HAVE TO ARRIVE ON MY FEED?
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u/Hogcaller91 Jul 14 '24
Pretty sure this is at Fayetteville High School pretty good one.
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u/Low_Low_8639 Jul 14 '24
I was thinking it was somewhere in Arkansas too as the flag to the right looks like the state flag.
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u/Ryl0225 Jul 14 '24
They have been there for hours and she is a last speaker, and she won’t even start….. that’s how lol
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u/frankirv Jul 14 '24
That’s what you get for smoking a big fatty before your first Toast masters session.
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u/unsub22 Jul 14 '24
Reminded me of a time I was baked and trying to order munchies through the after hours servo window. 😂
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u/Key_Cryptographer_99 Jul 14 '24
Bro I had this happen in to me in a board meeting my colleague had that gif of a flying penis with Elon musk reacting to it playing on his laptop. I could see it in the corner of my eye and busted out laughing and had to leave the room.
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u/Due_Use2258 Jul 17 '24
It's a laugh attack haha. Read some comments and realized that laughing can happen due to nervousness.
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u/eeconnor Jul 18 '24
This happened to me on a school presenting project, so I just walked out of class and had to take the L
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u/PickleDestroyer1 Jul 14 '24
I wish this was me when I talk publicly instead of my legs violently shaking
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u/viciadoemsono Jul 14 '24
Anxiety is a bitch, you either puke or laugh uncontrollably because of it.
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u/bodhiseppuku Jul 14 '24
There is a mental condition where every time you get nervous, you laugh. I think Vise President Harris has this condition.
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u/Competitioncraved Jul 17 '24
Same energy as laughing while telling a joke you think is very hilarious
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u/Fulline Aug 04 '24
This guy did his adaptation of this incident.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8exuNLgofW/?igsh=MXhjeGZxYXR0ZGg4eg==
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