You can find humor everywhere. Research also suggests that it sparks energy, boosts brain power, improves immunity, curbs stress, and enhances mood. The tricky part is recognizing it.
So let's try and learn it from the masters. There's a subreddit called 'Funny Pics' and even though it's not the biggest community on the platform, its 19.6K members constantly surprise each other with the sheer amount of amusement they find in everyday life.
From ridiculous posters to clever email exchanges, here are some of their most popular posts.
#1 The Artist Has Done A "Runner"
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#2 Yep, That Looks About Right
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The benefits of a good sense of humor are so profound that colleges like Stanford offer business courses on humor in the workplace to teach "the power (and importance) of humor to make and scale positive change in the world, and also – surprise! – to achieve business objectives, build more effective and innovative organizations, cultivate stronger bonds, and capture more lasting memories."
#3 Misunderstanding
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#4 Gordon Ramsay Roasting On Tweeter
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#5 Sometimes Words Is All It Takes
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Probably not all of these pictures will make you laugh. After all, comedy is like music in that we're all drawn to different genres.
Kate Nichols, a New Jersey-based psychotherapist and stand-up comedian, agrees that social media can be a great source for daily giggles.
For example, after you're done scrolling through 'Funny Pics,' you can create a folder on Instagram or TikTok where you can save the most hilarious memes or videos, and then return to them when you need a moment of levity.
#6 A Sad Fact
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#7 USA Math Team Olympiad Beats China For The First Time In 20 Years
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#8 Cat Looks At Groceries
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#9 Rip Brenda
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Comedian Jim Tews has five tips for inviting humor into your daily life:
- Find your comedy comfort food. "Mine is old episodes of Cheers and Taxi," Tews said. "There's a lot of great new comedy you can watch to distract yourself, but there's something more soothing about watching a show that doesn't use cell phones in a storyline."
- Learn to laugh at yourself. According to the comedian, it's his own coping mechanism and he believes that we are all ridiculous beings.
#10 Good Point
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#11 Party Animal
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#12 Paid Leave Request
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- Share your most embarrassing stories with people you love. "This is pretty connected to number two, but I spend a lot of time around my peers who regularly do embarrassing and mildly improper things," Tews added. "Being able to share those stories is cathartic. Just know your audience. This might be a better activity for a family gathering as opposed to a work meeting."
- Laugh at a stranger when they're well out of earshot. "Feel okay about it, knowing a stranger will one day do that to you," Tews added.
- Get a cat or a very goofy dog. If you've been thinking about it but had your reservations, remember how much you enjoy funny animals on the internet. If you find them hilarious, why not?
#13 I Laughed Way More Than I Should’ve
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#14 I Before E Except
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#15 Not My Pic, Op Unknown
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#16 Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooof
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However, desperately trying to be funny can have the opposite effect, so don’t put extra pressure on yourself.
If you’re regularly exposing yourself to more funny things, you’re going to wake that part of your brain up,” Nichols reassured. "It's just like exercising—if you're working a muscle group over and over, those muscles get stronger. Think of your sense of humor in a similar way."
#17 Advocados
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#18 Mtv
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#19 I Can Relate To This
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#20 He’s Not Wrong!
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#21 Christmas All Wrapped Up
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#22 My Drawing Wasnt So Bad
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#23 It's So True, It Hurts
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#24 At First Glance I Really Thought That This Woman Was One Of The Muppets
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#25 Dad's Everywhere
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#26 I Couldnt Believe My Eyes
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#27 Harry Potter Honesty
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#28 Truth
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#29 I Aspire To Be
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#30 Just No Pleasing Some People
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#31 Over The Moon
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#32 This Awesome Teacup
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#33 She Salty
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#34 Never Skip Leg Day
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#35 If 2020 Was A Scented Candle
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#36 #guilty ?
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#37 Need Help With My Tomatoes
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#38 How To Confuse The Machine Learning
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#39 The Book Works
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#40 #accurate
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#41 Meow
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#42 Costume Fail
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#43 Husky And Puppies ??
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#44 Ruined!
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#45 The Perfect Date
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#46 Aight, Imma Head Out
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#47 Dog Bowl
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#48 Movie Cinematography Be Like
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#49 Pro Tip: How To Drain Oil
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#50 Everytime!
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