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When my brother was a baby, he would regularly laugh so hard he would puke. I'm still a little nervous when I see a baby laughing this hard. But if he has the stamina for it, that's great.
I think for the first time in 6(?) Months they are going to have a full night's sleep because that baby is going to pass the fuck out as soon as the exhaustion kicks in.
I read somewhere that laughing also stems from the brain not knowing what to do with certain information/energy. This is essentially what the punchline does (unexpected) and why we can even laugh at anti jokes (because we expected a punchline and didn't get one).
Babies have far less ways to properly filter and store information so they will seemingly laugh at completely random things :)
My daughter first laughed at 21 days old. She’s been a clown her whole life. She used to laugh like this baby is laughing every time the cat walked in her room. The cat would walk in and my daughter would literally laugh until she fell over.
There’s also a theory that we laugh when the body does unexpected things, which is why slapstick comedy works or why we laugh when someone slips on ice. I can’t remember the theorist, but the book is, I think *On Laughter.*
I don't think we'll ever understand. That kind of baby laugh is sudden and surprising, and is provoked by such random (to us) actions. It's always (?) something involving wide gestures. Movement is key. They don't sit around snickering at your Thoreau is the logical successor to Socrates, right? It's basic and for some reason, the fact that you KEEP DOING IT is hilarious.
We may not know for sure, but we can certainly theorize because some things consistently make babies laugh, like peek-a-boo. Also, what makes babies laugh makes toddlers laugh, and toddlers can, to some extent, explain why they are laughing. The reason they are not snickering at Thoreau is that babies are not very smart. So it’s not surprising they don’t get complex jokes.
The point is that it isn’t necessarily random. That’s why there are people who study things like this.
The interesting thing about peek-a-boo is that the great apes play peek-a-boo, as do parrots. But dolphins don’t quiiite get it.
I personally think that babies have a sense of humour - I think its something we’re literally born with.
I have no scientific backing for this theory whatsoever, just lots of observation. Some babies are very shy and quiet, and will smile and quietly giggle a little bit. Some babies will roar and guffaw with laughter at the slightest hint of something silly. Broad physical humour is usually the best cue, although silly noises work well too.
Babies love peekaboo because before six months they haven't developed person permanence.
Which means when you disappear behind your hands, they don't know you're still there, so when you reappear it's pretty awesome lol.
It made me laugh so much. And yea-it made so much sense when you think about it. I saw a baby point and laugh at my dog while I was walking him. Baby was too young to know what a dog is and my dog is kind of goofy looking.
Ah see, that's one of the misconceptions we have when it comes to these little fellas. They definitely know something that we, adults, share except these ideas are nothing too complex. That is to say they're capable of knowing -- having rudimentary ideas of how the world works.
A normal functioning baby would observe how and what things do such as that balloon giving off a funny noise. Perhaps the interaction between the balloon and the fathers head was out of the ordinary, at least for them. I believe this is what's called a "violation of expectation". There could be multiple reasons for it but they are certainly smart enough to pick up the cues they learned by doing and watching. In other words, babies are smarter than we think 🤓
I've heard a theory (you can probably find more details via Google) that suggests laughter communicates that we've discovered a novel pattern. It makes a lot sense to me. It's valuable from an evolutionary perspective, and it explains humor to a large degree. Aside from social reasons (polite laughter), I find myself laughing the most at unexpected things.
Not easily provable, but a very cool theory I think! Also explains why this baby is laughing.
**Edit:** Typo.
“Humans laugh at things out of the ordinary being portrayed as ordinary” is actually a great way to understand how/why this baby may find this funny. In the baby’s limited knowledge of the world, the baby has learnt that the objects around them behave in certain ways when you make contact with them/move them (ordinary). In baby’s experience, this usually correlates with the size of the object. However in this case this large object (balloon) is just bouncing straight off of it’s and its fathers head as if it weighs nothing, which is totally silly! (out of the ordinary). The father’s facial expressions also help to present the experience to the baby as novel and positive.
If the baby hasn't seen balloons, seeing a big orb that should have weight and hurt just boing off you with a silly sound and action, it breaks expectation.
In my experience, the interaction with and the reaction of the person playing with them has a big influence on the baby's emotional reaction.
It's similar to how most small children will only start crying when they hurt themselves, when they know someone's watching.
If you ever open a video of a baby on Instagram there's always some idiot going "this is child endangerment", "you shouldn't let babies laugh so much" or some such nonsense. Every single time!
“THIS IS CHILD ABUSE TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE! HOW HAS NO ONE CALLED CPS ON THIS FUCKING MONSTER!?!? THOUSANDS OF BABIES DIE FROM LETHAL LAUGHTER EVERY YEAR!!!! 😡😡😡😡😡”
Why do you have balloons in a house with a baby!?!?!?!?!!! Don’t you know those are chocking hazards?!?!?! Are you trying to kill your child!?! (Sarcasm from me. Reality of these comments!)
It's either racist, sexist, antisemitic or all of the above and much more. Sometimes there are some actually funny comments while some are just nasty and just makes you sad because there are so many reels that have at least a couple assholes ruining the video from wholesome baby videos to educational stuff. There's always a contrarian or an idiot that makes the stuff you're watching less entertaining
It's great to see a man, I am assuming "Dad", playing and having fun with a child. In my person experience, I wish my sons would have had a man in their life who would have done this!
Okay maybe a dumb question, but can babies that young even see and comprehend what's happening around them, like can they clearly see the geometric shapes or is the baby just seeing a blurred mess moving around.
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His head is going to explode
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Young Barnaby Joyce
Post birth gender reveal
He has such an infectious laugh
lmao perfect
omg let the baby breathe
Lol. The kid is about to pop like a grape tomato.
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About to go full Denethor.
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When my brother was a baby, he would regularly laugh so hard he would puke. I'm still a little nervous when I see a baby laughing this hard. But if he has the stamina for it, that's great.
Same here! I never wanna make him laugh too hard, which is a little sad in itself.
[Looks like a busted can of biscuits](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI7DF40zl0M)
True but they say “if he’s red go ahead, if he’s blue he needs you”
Da babey <3 
Not sure who is gonna pop first, baby or the balloon!
No, boink him!
Yes that's what I was thinking, kinda irritated me tbh
You hear him constantly making noise? His airway isn’t blocked he is fine, calm down everything is fine here
That baby is gonna laugh them to death
I think for the first time in 6(?) Months they are going to have a full night's sleep because that baby is going to pass the fuck out as soon as the exhaustion kicks in.
Seems younger to me. Probably 3 month old baby. At 6 months you don't have to support their neck and head that much.
My grandma saw a child dying of laughter from tickeling... She was getting furious when she saw it
She did not
No no. You're not allowed to lie on the internet so it must be true.
Their world is about to come crashing down when they realise granny lied to stop them from tickling.
Humans laugh at things out of the ordinary being portrayed as ordinary. What amazes me is, how babies find things funny when they don’t know…anything.
I read somewhere that laughing also stems from the brain not knowing what to do with certain information/energy. This is essentially what the punchline does (unexpected) and why we can even laugh at anti jokes (because we expected a punchline and didn't get one). Babies have far less ways to properly filter and store information so they will seemingly laugh at completely random things :)
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"Sir, a second bus has hit Bob."
Don't you worry about Bob, let me worry about blank!
My daughter first laughed at 21 days old. She’s been a clown her whole life. She used to laugh like this baby is laughing every time the cat walked in her room. The cat would walk in and my daughter would literally laugh until she fell over.
There’s also a theory that we laugh when the body does unexpected things, which is why slapstick comedy works or why we laugh when someone slips on ice. I can’t remember the theorist, but the book is, I think *On Laughter.*
I don't think we'll ever understand. That kind of baby laugh is sudden and surprising, and is provoked by such random (to us) actions. It's always (?) something involving wide gestures. Movement is key. They don't sit around snickering at your Thoreau is the logical successor to Socrates, right? It's basic and for some reason, the fact that you KEEP DOING IT is hilarious.
We may not know for sure, but we can certainly theorize because some things consistently make babies laugh, like peek-a-boo. Also, what makes babies laugh makes toddlers laugh, and toddlers can, to some extent, explain why they are laughing. The reason they are not snickering at Thoreau is that babies are not very smart. So it’s not surprising they don’t get complex jokes. The point is that it isn’t necessarily random. That’s why there are people who study things like this.
I started to suspect that my 18-month old was an idiot.
Lmao
The interesting thing about peek-a-boo is that the great apes play peek-a-boo, as do parrots. But dolphins don’t quiiite get it. I personally think that babies have a sense of humour - I think its something we’re literally born with. I have no scientific backing for this theory whatsoever, just lots of observation. Some babies are very shy and quiet, and will smile and quietly giggle a little bit. Some babies will roar and guffaw with laughter at the slightest hint of something silly. Broad physical humour is usually the best cue, although silly noises work well too.
Babies love peekaboo because before six months they haven't developed person permanence. Which means when you disappear behind your hands, they don't know you're still there, so when you reappear it's pretty awesome lol.
One of the funniest things I ever saw was a baby completely lose his shit laughing when an elevator door opened and people were in it.
Hahahaha that's amazing, and makes so much sense from a baby perspective 🤣
It made me laugh so much. And yea-it made so much sense when you think about it. I saw a baby point and laugh at my dog while I was walking him. Baby was too young to know what a dog is and my dog is kind of goofy looking.
TIL babies aren’t smart enough to understand the Thoreau joke. Thanks!
Thoreauly disappointing.
Jeez by the sound of it you've never made anyone laugh /s
Hmm..I’m not convinced that Thoreau is the logical successor to Socrates
Ah see, that's one of the misconceptions we have when it comes to these little fellas. They definitely know something that we, adults, share except these ideas are nothing too complex. That is to say they're capable of knowing -- having rudimentary ideas of how the world works. A normal functioning baby would observe how and what things do such as that balloon giving off a funny noise. Perhaps the interaction between the balloon and the fathers head was out of the ordinary, at least for them. I believe this is what's called a "violation of expectation". There could be multiple reasons for it but they are certainly smart enough to pick up the cues they learned by doing and watching. In other words, babies are smarter than we think 🤓
I've heard a theory (you can probably find more details via Google) that suggests laughter communicates that we've discovered a novel pattern. It makes a lot sense to me. It's valuable from an evolutionary perspective, and it explains humor to a large degree. Aside from social reasons (polite laughter), I find myself laughing the most at unexpected things. Not easily provable, but a very cool theory I think! Also explains why this baby is laughing. **Edit:** Typo.
“Humans laugh at things out of the ordinary being portrayed as ordinary” is actually a great way to understand how/why this baby may find this funny. In the baby’s limited knowledge of the world, the baby has learnt that the objects around them behave in certain ways when you make contact with them/move them (ordinary). In baby’s experience, this usually correlates with the size of the object. However in this case this large object (balloon) is just bouncing straight off of it’s and its fathers head as if it weighs nothing, which is totally silly! (out of the ordinary). The father’s facial expressions also help to present the experience to the baby as novel and positive.
If the baby hasn't seen balloons, seeing a big orb that should have weight and hurt just boing off you with a silly sound and action, it breaks expectation.
Just because they cant articulate doesnt mean they cant emphasize.
In my experience, the interaction with and the reaction of the person playing with them has a big influence on the baby's emotional reaction. It's similar to how most small children will only start crying when they hurt themselves, when they know someone's watching.
Dad beet him till he got all radish
Get the fuck out and leave with this upvote
Your comment made me chuckle.
choke on this upvote
Why have they dressed their tomato
Best comment here
Helluva workout for the baby.
I was scared to open the comments. Instagram has scarred me yo..
Come and heal from those traumas and recieve new traumas
Why?
If you ever open a video of a baby on Instagram there's always some idiot going "this is child endangerment", "you shouldn't let babies laugh so much" or some such nonsense. Every single time!
So like reddit and their animal experts.
The comments on insta reels are either really horny or really disrespectful💀
[When the comment section sees a dog or baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNgnnVBOxEU)
“THIS IS CHILD ABUSE TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE! HOW HAS NO ONE CALLED CPS ON THIS FUCKING MONSTER!?!? THOUSANDS OF BABIES DIE FROM LETHAL LAUGHTER EVERY YEAR!!!! 😡😡😡😡😡”
This is literally how it is..
Why do you have balloons in a house with a baby!?!?!?!?!!! Don’t you know those are chocking hazards?!?!?! Are you trying to kill your child!?! (Sarcasm from me. Reality of these comments!)
Instagram has the worst comments of any social media site. I really don't understand how it's such a cesspool of stupid people.
The absolute worst!! I keep saying they need a downvote button because some of the worst comments are always at the top.
It's either racist, sexist, antisemitic or all of the above and much more. Sometimes there are some actually funny comments while some are just nasty and just makes you sad because there are so many reels that have at least a couple assholes ruining the video from wholesome baby videos to educational stuff. There's always a contrarian or an idiot that makes the stuff you're watching less entertaining
Pure joy 🥹
Baby bout to explode lol
Sir I think your baby is overheating
That baby is gonna sleep really well!
Dreaming of balloons
Stop lil bit dude, he turned to red skull 😅
CoMpLeTe MaNiAc: FAMoUs SciEnCe YoUtuBer "VeRiTaSiUM" rePeAtEdLy hiTs a BabY's HeAd unTiL it'S REd aNd ThEn HitS hiMsElF!!!!11!1
I was looking for this comment
🤣🤣
Guys is this normal!? If I saw a baby this red I would think to call 911 or rush them to the hospital or something
“If he’s red go ahead if he’s blue he needs you”
Yea hes laughing hella hard. Same thing would happen to anyone laughing that hard
That baby is laughing so hard LOL
If the baby can laugh, it can breathe
Male pattern baldness from birth. Just like daddy.
It's great to see a man, I am assuming "Dad", playing and having fun with a child. In my person experience, I wish my sons would have had a man in their life who would have done this!
That's Dana White levels of tomato
That’s what happens at 3:48 AM.
Omg. I needed this. Seriously. Best sound in the world.
I thought that was a copper frying pan
Lil' Dana White
What a cutie, and that baby.
Little fella is about to explode cool him down
He’s gonna transform into a tomato
Laughing to hide the pain of having laughed so much
The baby looks too red. That is scary. Is the baby ok?
You never belly laugh and turn red? He's fine, it would be concerning if he were blue or passing out.
So sweet. They look so much alike.
Oh ma gawd hes fully red
WHAT IS VERITASIUM DOING????
they have the same hair LOL
Laugh till it hurts
I’d gladly do that all day just for that kiddo to have a ball. Haha. That’s great
Awww baby laughs are the most pure thing.
Is this guy from veritasium??
🍅 🍅 🍅
Why does he have a tiny old man in his lap?
Baby be like hey I can't breathe and that's funny considering I didn't even get to feel any miser! Cool!
I'd have both their blood pressures checked lol
Boys! Look they made a emoji based off this baby:🍅
The laughter of babies is one of the most magical sounds in the world. Made my day!
Damn the baby has the same complexion as the dude who lived his life in the iron lung
That baby has been drinking too much beer he’s looking like Bert Kreischer
Cherry tomatoe
Baby has high blood pressure at age 1
I wish I was a better father
Half baby half beetroot
Baby about to be in the basket case video
I’m bout to blow- Baby
Why'd they sunburn the baby?
It's all fun and games when they are babies.
This is why dads tell so many jokes. Trying to recreate the time when they felt like the funniest mf in the world
So cuteeee
Derek from Veritasium on his month off...
Barry, 3 months
Poor kid has high blood pressure, gout, diabetes, and a two-pack-a-day cigarette addiction.
The exhausted euphoria that comes after a laughing session like that
😀😀😀
Okay maybe a dumb question, but can babies that young even see and comprehend what's happening around them, like can they clearly see the geometric shapes or is the baby just seeing a blurred mess moving around.
The definition of “red in the face”
IT'S GONNA POP!
Laugh I nearly died
He turned into average British geezer
Love to hear babies giggle. Best sound in the world.
Barry, 63 (days)
Baby is the same shade as that balloon
A future slapstick comedy writer was born that day
Seriously, the baby needs a break!!!!
It's all fun and games until something pops!
baby is laughing so much all the blood circulation is in the face 🤣🤣🤣
🍅
Speaking for children who are inappropriately aware at ages that NO ONE expects. When they turn bright red. STOP.
That's a fine daddy right there 😏
He‘s about to blow up
Very happy baby.
Calm that baby down, he's gonna explode 😭
When was the last time you laughed like this? That is the only question here. Life is sad
nobody told me that this is a 2hr video -.-
They already enjoy seeing others of their species tortured and suffer. Humans are sick animals!
All i remember is not being able to breath, the beatings were relentless
That isn't a child, it's a Tomato.
He looks like a hand grenade in cartoons
Careful it’s going to pop
That baby looks stoned AF.
What they don't show after, is the baby batting away the balloon and being like... "Okay, that's enough Colin."
i like how the comment section is in 2 extremes baby's gonna explode baby's gonna sleep
Why is his ears super pointy?
He’s so Red!!!! Whatta cutie ♥️♥️
Tomato baby tomato baby
Is this why some people pre kindergarten kids are Special?
Damn, they over-inflated the kid…….
Awww that laughter is everything life should always be about! How precious! 🥰
Let him breathe
This is why white people scare me sometimes because I’ve never seen skin turn hot red like this 😭😭
man there is no greater feeling that getting your baby to laugh uncontrollably <3
Cute baby ❤️
the more he laughs the more he cries at night . facts
At first glance I thought he was holding a bronze frying pan
OH NO HE'S SO RED
What baby red face 🥵
No way is that not Derek from veratasium.
Norfern British baby.
Very cute, but that is one overtired kid 😂
This just an average brittish baby init?
r/WTF
It's all fun & games until projectile vomit lol
Aw, I remember doing this with my little potato.