Have you ever been around someone who breaks out in a huge belly laugh...

[NNN0LHI]

...every time the canned laughter tape is played during a TV sitcom? Don't make any difference if the person was actually paying any attention to the show, or even heard the punch line, they still begin laughing...heartily. They can just be walking past a TV and they will begin laughing like a fool. Kind of like a Pavlov's dog thing. Anyone ever notice it before? Its scary.

Don

[phantom power]

1. I've never seen anything that creepy.

But they didn't invent laugh-tracks for no reason...

[clydefrand]

2. I haven't! I despise canned laughter. It gets on my nerves

so badly that I won't watch shows that I might find funny otherwise.

[Maraya1969]

3. That sounds like PTSD in a weird way. Like a soldier jumping

for cover every time he/she hears a loud voice.

Did you ever ask this person why they do it? I'd be curious to know what they said.

[NNN0LHI]

4. I never asked anyone. I don't think they even realize they do it n/t