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How about a laugh, (hopefully)

Posted by Leonard @jakedduck1, Dec 31, 2018

I believe laughter is the best medicine. Laughter has actually been scientifically proven to help people with depression issues.
Let’s give it a try so we can all get happy and feel better. Many Epilepsy forums I’ve been on had joke sections. I was probably the biggest joke of all since I didn’t get a lot of the jokes. They said the jokes couldn’t be above 4th grade level for me to understand them so my jokes may be rather simplistic but let’s give it a try.
Have a lovely day everyone,
Jake

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Lagrange 5 | @lagrange5 | Jun 3, 2023
In reply to @annewoodmayo "Re; "Airplane" Hiya, Lagrange! Thanks, but no thanks for the google suggestion. I saw this movie..." + (show)
@annewoodmayo

Re; "Airplane"
Hiya, Lagrange!
Thanks, but no thanks for the google suggestion. I saw this movie with my husband when it was first released. [really showing my age here, right?] He loved it, but it's not really my cuppa tea.

Hey, did you see the NASA report on UFOs (or whatever the new name is) this past week? It was pretty interesting!

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Anne, the movie had every cornball joke there was and I guess that people either loved it or hated it... no middle ground.

NASA's new designation is UAP for Unidentified Flying Phenomenon. It looks like they have decided to take it seriously. Stay tuned......

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Lagrange 5 | @lagrange5 | Jun 3, 2023
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@loribmt

That was worth the groan and an eye roll!!! 👏👏👏 😅

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A groan,
an eye roll,
and
an ouch.

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Lagrange 5 | @lagrange5 | Jun 3, 2023
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@kamama94

I enjoyed the same book and all of Hemingway's novels.

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So did I.

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Lagrange 5 | @lagrange5 | Jun 3, 2023
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@loribmt

Good morning, Sisyphus. I’m feeling a bit like a poser after reading your comment referencing me in the same sentence with Socrates. I admit, his teachings had an impact on me when first introduced in high school. They were troubled times for me until I ‘met’, Socrates. ‘Know Thyself” fostered one of several seminal moments over my lifetime. It gave me permission for self introspection and helped me find a place in my world at that time of life. I could be myself and not have to fall in the shadows of my siblings or try to fit in with the popular kids. 🙃 I did ask too many questions to be ‘cool’.

But in this case, nah…the comment that “You’re pretty annoying” really doesn’t miss the mark! 😅

I’ve been enjoying reading your philosophical comments this morning and appreciate the moniker you’ve given yourself; Sisyphus, a man with a passion for life, cheated death only to be rewarded with an eternity of hopeless struggle.
I hope you don’t mind, but for any member who isn’t familiar with you, I’d like to post a link to your first comment in the forum so they can also learn more about you and your philosophy to a happy life. You’d be a fascinating lunch date.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/859950/
I’m so happy you’ve joined us in Connect. Was there anything in particular that brought you to our forum?

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Hi Sisyphus and Lori.

This is pretty serious stuff for a laughter discussion group and yet completely understandable.

I think it was the existentialist, Camus, who found salvation in the life imposed on Sisyphus. Sisyphus was condemned to forever push a boulder up a hill to the top, push it down over the crest, and retrieve it again to repeat the process. Where was the good in that? The positive in the scenario is when Sisyphus walks down the other side of the hill to retrieve the burdensome boulder. It is on the walk down the other side of the hill that he is free ,,, should he choose to do so... to enjoy a life unburdened from strugglingly up the hill pushing a boulder. That I believe is the lesson for everyone, especially those with any personal struggles.

Which brings us to Socrates, whose last words might have been "Don't drink the hemlock".

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sisyphus | @sisyphus | Jun 3, 2023
In reply to @loribmt "Good morning, Sisyphus. I’m feeling a bit like a poser after reading your comment referencing me..." + (show)
@loribmt

Good morning, Sisyphus. I’m feeling a bit like a poser after reading your comment referencing me in the same sentence with Socrates. I admit, his teachings had an impact on me when first introduced in high school. They were troubled times for me until I ‘met’, Socrates. ‘Know Thyself” fostered one of several seminal moments over my lifetime. It gave me permission for self introspection and helped me find a place in my world at that time of life. I could be myself and not have to fall in the shadows of my siblings or try to fit in with the popular kids. 🙃 I did ask too many questions to be ‘cool’.

But in this case, nah…the comment that “You’re pretty annoying” really doesn’t miss the mark! 😅

I’ve been enjoying reading your philosophical comments this morning and appreciate the moniker you’ve given yourself; Sisyphus, a man with a passion for life, cheated death only to be rewarded with an eternity of hopeless struggle.
I hope you don’t mind, but for any member who isn’t familiar with you, I’d like to post a link to your first comment in the forum so they can also learn more about you and your philosophy to a happy life. You’d be a fascinating lunch date.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/859950/
I’m so happy you’ve joined us in Connect. Was there anything in particular that brought you to our forum?

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For all what I read, u r pretty intelligent, TOO -- so, no wonder, too good to be cool among the kids!

I've been getting belly laughs going over your post.

I read again what my first post said. I was moved to tears of joy on reading some reactions: 'print up my post and stick onto bedroom wall to 'stop whining.' I just wanted to share another side with my take on life as an octo with humble means as to what's still possible to us to claim from life's many splendors.

Besides the current news seams to be all about mental health. So I thought I could join this group about depression and anxiety legitimately because I did have anxiety attack.

So go ahead At Your Own Risk!

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Valerie | @lacy2 | Jun 3, 2023
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@annewoodmayo

Hi, Lori!
This is going back through the posts a few days...

I laughed out loud at the "pretty" and "annoying" joke! Thanks for that!

I have a sister whose photo is in the dictionary next to the phrase "toxic positivity." Her comments to me are often dismissive, hurtful, and completely unrealistic. Thanks for turning that into a laugh for me! Next time she makes a clueless and toxically positive remark, I'll
think of your joke!

None of your posts have ever annoyed me. : )

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ahh, sorry your sister is so hurtful... all my life, on and off, thought it would have been nice to have a sister; had brother passed away now... but sort of wondered how I would compare with/to a sister - another human with the same genes. .. I have often though negatively about myself and wondered if had a sister would I be right! lol

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Jun 4, 2023
In reply to @sisyphus "For all what I read, u r pretty intelligent, TOO -- so, no wonder, too good..." + (show)
@sisyphus

For all what I read, u r pretty intelligent, TOO -- so, no wonder, too good to be cool among the kids!

I've been getting belly laughs going over your post.

I read again what my first post said. I was moved to tears of joy on reading some reactions: 'print up my post and stick onto bedroom wall to 'stop whining.' I just wanted to share another side with my take on life as an octo with humble means as to what's still possible to us to claim from life's many splendors.

Besides the current news seams to be all about mental health. So I thought I could join this group about depression and anxiety legitimately because I did have anxiety attack.

So go ahead At Your Own Risk!

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The only anxiety attacks you’re allowed in this “How about a laugh” support group would be from laughing to hard. ☺️

You enjoy philosophy, here’s one to get you started:

Rene Descartes was in a restaurant when the waiter asked if he wanted another drink. He said, “I think not!”, and disappeared.

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kamama94 | @kamama94 | Jun 4, 2023

We come from dust and will return to dust. That's why I don't dust, it could be somebody I know.

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Jun 4, 2023
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@annewoodmayo

Hi, Leonard/jakeduck,

What's up with the "deleted" posts?

Are you deleting yourself before you post a thought b/c you are pretty sure that a moderator will delete it if you do post it?

If so, that's pretty funny in and of itself!

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@annewoodmayo
Hi Anne,
I was trying to post a picture but no luck.
Jake

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annewoodmayo | @annewoodmayo | Jun 5, 2023
In reply to @kamama94 "We come from dust and will return to dust. That's why I don't dust, it could..." + (show)
@kamama94

We come from dust and will return to dust. That's why I don't dust, it could be somebody I know.

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Kamama,
About the "dusting"

My house must be full of people!! What a delightful thought! There's a party here everyday!

I used to call them "dust bunnies." Now, I will be happy to greet them-- my dusty friends.

Thank you so much for this joke. It really resonates with me. I laughed out loud. Good thing I hadn't sipped my coffee!

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