Why are they laughing…👀🤭?

[Rosexøxø]

I need to know this.

What absolutely causes a baby to smile, their first smile and/or laugh their first laugh?

If you tell a kid an “adult joke,” they will most likely- NOT laugh.

Some adults laugh at kids jokes because it will either be adorably funny,

OR

make no sense, whatsoever.

Stand-up comedy thrives on relatability and (verbal) communication, at the very least.

When you apply this to babies- you’ll recognize they don’t understand a word we say.

Some people laugh when others become clutzy or make mistakes of a certain kind because it’s expected that most people be able to handle certain tasks, by that time.

Some say laughter was derived as a submissive trait, from ancient times.

laughter, on the contrary, is indeed rewarding.

Babies come right from a dark place (the womb) and see everything for the first time, after they are born.

What could cause them to laugh? What are they thinking? Why is ANYTHING truly funny to them? 👀👀👀

They have no previous knowledge (memory) or logic, no dialect, no standard of “normal,” and they don’t have to be tickled, and certainly aren’t scared (otherwise they’d cry)…

so?

What could possibly cause all of these

munchkins to be laughing?

Is it laughing gas? I genuinely don’t know. 🤭

Throw out some theories if you wish.

[NathanDavis]

bonding, stimulation... engagement

it is one of the earliest ways they find to communicate, crying and laughing... lol

they're not necessarily laughing because they find something objectively (or subjectively) funny and hilarious, in fact not even as an adult you need to see something funny to laugh it, like my ex-girlfriends... they would very often laugh at my dumb jokes, because they would be random and creative and hilariously timed EVEN if they were bad awful puns... however the intention of bonding and creating a moment, is there so they still laughed at it and enjoyed it, anywho... back to babies

it is not that difficult to make babies laugh with anything you do, because they do not see you as a comedian making jokes, they just see you as a loved one, a familiar one... trying to bond and engage with them, so what's not to love about that? it is rewarding for them yes, it is stimulating to them yes... so that's what they want to communicate to you and others they are familiar with, and it is a back and forth is it not? it is contagious, you make them laugh and they laugh, and their adorable laughter makes YOU laugh even more

they're just reciprocating the joy and the love in the best way they can and have available at that very young age

[Rosexøxø]

This is helping me find some correlations!

Thanks a bunch!

[NathanDavis]

another example... of laughter being a sharing/bonding bridge

when my niece a teen now, sometimes has to study and do homework for as long as eight hours in a row, so she gets tired, fed-up and moody, lol... at the peaks of frustration, she starts to stare at me with death stare of -not amused nor happy with you- because yes, I make sure she completes her tasks... not only she's communicating me that, but she's also expecting what I always do, lol...

I'll either say something or do something dumb and funny (or both) that will eventually make her break and she'll chuckle or laugh and shake her head like "no way that worked" but it does, it works between us because well, we've been doing that since she was a little baby, and that is our thing... she trusts me as the one that will always see her and treat her seriously while at the same time treating her as the kid she is and she knows my intention is to get her through it

laughing it's a very feel good experience to experience, and one that we can start as early as two or three months old, and if you think about it... we just carry it through all of our lives

now, think about it... how sad it is if we actually grow up and ONLY LAUGH when something is "clinically and methodically funny" imagine how sad to live like that, to see something and instead of genuinely react to it, you first have to analyze it and deconstruct all of it, categorize it, compare and then evaluate till you finally decide to give into it "haha... that was mildly or hysterically funny"

for the love of laughs I say... lmao, keep it simple, keep it joyful

[Rosexøxø]

This is so pure. Wonderful share.

#Smiling #GoodVibesOnly

[TheSpaceGnome]

Babies are dumb.

Dumb people laugh at everything because everything is funnier when you don't understand it, which is why absurdist humor (silly things that make no sense) thrives in comedy, even for adults.

As the child grows up, they understand more and more, so more and more things go from absurd to "oh, I get it now". So they laugh less often.

It's kind of a trade off, and it's why the smartest people on earth tend to like the most absurd kinds of humor, because its all they find funny.

Laughing is the body's way of avoiding shock when experiencing confusion, its a pretty nice survival mechanism (except when you laugh so long that you die of suffocation or choking... but thats rare).

[Rosexøxø]

This is very enlightening. Thanks a bunch!!

[TheSpaceGnome]

You're welcome :)

[menina]

That's a great question! I've never thought about this even though I love making babies laugh and seeing them laughing.
Perhaps laughing is something natural, something that is born with us. So, it doesn't matter if we have previous memories or not.

[Rosexøxø]

I absolutely love this 🙏 thank you 😄.

How awesome for us to be born with such a gift. That’s probably part of why babies are considered gifts also!

Such a superpower amirite? 😁

[menina]

Thank you! :) You're welcome! :)

You're absolutely right! 😃

[WhitneySnow]

Cause they’re happy

[Rosexøxø]

So simple. So profound 🤭

Thanks a bunch!!

[RainBat]

They've not yet forgotten the universal truths, they laugh at your hubris.

They laugh at your ignorance, for they understand the cosmic truth.

[Rosexøxø]

I’m just gonna… step aside.. from this digital finger pointing at me (supposedly) lol

[exitseven]

They are laughing at how absurd the world is.

[Rosexøxø]

Oh I see a similar them with this and @RainBat ’s answer. Intriguing!

[bowenw]

Low humor thresholds.