Do you ever feel like you have to fake laugh when everyone else thinks its funny?

Question

Lets say someone at work is showing a video of a cat peeing on a dog on their computer at work, and everyone is laughing hysterically and you dont find it funny. You see the humor but you just dont think its laugh-out-loud funny. Do you pretend to laugh?

I usually do pretend but its hard to laugh when you dont really mean it! I have a sense of humor, but not over that kind of stuff. Why do I feel like I have to go along and laugh? Does anyone else do this?

Answer 1

Sometimes I fake laugh but I'm careful not to over do it for fear that someone will catch on.  I also experience the flip side where I'm the one laughing at something and no one else really thinks that it's comical.

Answer 2

I'll smile, but I won't force myself to laugh.

Answer 3

usually when someone thinks something is funny and i dont i jus smile a little but not too much and when i really dont think its worth laughing over or even smiling i stay serious and nod my head as if what i think d other person laughs at is ridiculous and well they stop laughing in which i think it is funny.. but if you dont want ppl to think you dont hav a sense of humour then your jus totally ignoring your principles....

Answer 4

It's an automatic reaction for me... I don't laugh if it's not funny. Then laughter isn't fun if you do it when you're not really feelin' it!

Answer 5

I might smile, shake my head, or slightly chortle.  Mostly if it were something like you described, I would say ew gross.

Answer 6

I dont ever feel I need to laugh out loud un less its funny to me. If i was to see a cat peeing on a dog, i would maybe smile say, "oh my god..." and walk away, even if others were laughing. Sometimes I think it is annoying when people laugh hysterically at things that are not funny. And sometimes people begin to laugh because of the sound of other peoples laughter. There should be no need to fake laugh just smile and think to yourself, "what a bunch of idiots!"  that alone may make u chuckle.

Answer 7

no i can't fake things out so um i can't fake laugh in this situation..i might smile in a sarcastic way tho..i just laugh when it really feels like it and that's the best thing about laughing,when you laugh from your heart!

and yeah maybe you did that because you actually didn't want to feel like you are the only person not laughing while all the people around you are cracking up..or maybe just because laughter is contagious!

Answer 8

courtesy laugh, polite smiles

Answer 9

I am a terrible faker. It comes out completely sarcastic. So rather than do that and make it worse, I just smile.

Answer 10

I might chuckle a little and shake my head like "you people are so silly", but never fake laugh unless there's a child involved.