#Laughter

[cruelstardemon]

realest thing I've seen today.

[lotusyiyen]

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[fortuneaday]

[shakespearian-love]

Getting wet with you ❦

[beccawise7]

Orgasms and laughter. Two of the best things you can share with one another.

~beccawise7💜🖤

[dinosaurwithablog]

I love this dog smiling in between videos sooooooo much!! 😁😁😁🤣🤣🤣

[nemfrog]

Laughing cats. Cats in gloves catch no mice. 1887.

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[thechandrian-iii]

You’ve not lived until you’ve gotten to experience life with that partner who gives you everything.

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[jayrockin]

Are centaurs capable of laughing? And if so, how?

Humans and centaurs have amusement responses that are fairly similar, in that it's derived from an exaggerated playfighting "pant." Laughing humans vocalize loudly while they rapidly pant, and don't have any built in muscle response besides the diaphragm contracting; centaurs will release a short loud pant from their excurrent nostrils and reflexively flick their head upwards. If something is especially funny they might do it several times, usually spaced apart by 2-3 seconds. It's not audibly voiced to humans and would sound just like a whoosh of air. In infrasonic it's a quick bark. They also do this in response to tickling. As for the other sophonts... avians might bob their head and flick their ears forwards in amusement, but do not have a vocal reaction. They seem to have more culturally influenced amusement responses than something resembling centaur and human reflexive laughter. They have no positive tickle response, just discomfort and reflexive fear of being attacked (like a milder version of your response to something approaching your eye).

Bug ferrets emit a high pitched squeal and will drum with their hands when amused, or tickled. Bug ferrets playfighting will squeal and drum on each other. Instead of being derived from a pant, it appears their amusement response is derived from a distress scream and defensive swatting. Actual distress screams tend to sharply climb upwards in pitch, while amusement screams start high and then fall down into a grunt before starting again.

Scuds will express amusement via a facial expression and excited behavior but do not appear to have any specific vocal or reflexive responses comparable to laughter. Hopping is a common response to release the excited energy but cultural context is important to understand their responses.

[positivelypresent]

Necessary!

[lotusyiyen]

[andytheteamuk]

She heard from her friend that this was fun, so wanted to try it too

[aseaofquotes]

Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower