Love Needs Laughs | 5 Minute Video
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- How do you know if your relationship is going in the right direction? Is there a way to tell if you're in love? Well, yes, and studies confirm that the measuring stick is how much laughter there is in your relationship. Comedian Yakov Smirnoff, host of PBS comedy special "Happily Ever Laughter", explains.
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Script:
I grew up in the former Soviet Union. My parents and I lived in a communal apartment with nine other families. When my parents wanted to be romantic they would send me to look out the window.
One day my dad said, “So what did you see out the window?”
I said, “Our neighbors being romantic.”
He said, “How could you tell?”
I said, “Because their son is looking at me.”
My parents laughed. At that moment, I felt that I was in the presence of love. As a child, I made the discovery that laughter must be the way people communicate to one another that they’re happy.
Did you know that there has been actual research into the relationship between laughter and happy marriages?
For over four decades, Dr. John Gottman, Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington, has studied thousands of couples in both successful relationships and not-so-successful ones. “Couples who laugh together,” he concludes, “last together.”
Here’s how it works: we make each other happy first and then laughter reassures us that we are on the right track. The fading away of laughter may be the best way to tell if your relationship has gone off course.
So here is what I want you to start doing: listen for laughter in your relationship.
And not just any laughter - listen for moments when you share laughter together. If that isn’t happening just about every day, it is time to do something about it.
Let me give you an example from my own life. One night, I was putting my son Alexander to bed. He was cranky and crying. My wife said to me, “I’ll show you how to put the baby to sleep.” She took Alexander from me and put him in the bassinet and put the bassinet on top of the dryer. Two minutes later he was sound asleep. I said “Oh great. All other kids are going to go to daycare center. I’ll have to drop him off at the laundromat. Oh, that bundle? Yeah, that one is mine.”
My wife did not laugh. As a comedian, I should have caught that. In my show, if a joke doesn’t get a laugh, I analyze what went wrong. Perhaps change the set-up, or a punch line to get the laughter back. I use laughter as a gauge of the happiness of my audience.
At that time, I did not understand that it could be applied to my personal life as well. If I had understood that laughter was a gauge of happiness, I might have saved my marriage.
As I started to research the science of happiness, I learned that when there is a genuine connection between people, laughter is the first thing that happens as a confirmation of a happy relationship.
The intimacy comes next and then people get married and live together.
When things are not working, laughter is the first thing to go.
Second thing to go is intimacy.
Third thing is your house.
Of course, marriages and relationships break up for all sorts of reasons. But, I can say with confidence, if you’re not laughing, there is trouble ahead.
So, how do you get the laughter back if you’ve lost it? Every relationship is different, of course, but there is one constant: To laugh together, you need to be together. And that literally means time together.
You need to start by making a decision that time together is important and it’s not negotiable. Set a date night, take a dance lesson, a cooking class. Doesn’t matter what you do. You just have to do it.
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Some people here seem to be far more critical of this video than is warranted.
The message here isn't that laughter will fix your broken marriage or make someone love you, it's just saying that laughter can be a good gauge to check during your relationship. If you notice that your partner and you are laughing a lot less together, it might be good to talk about why that might be the case. It's pretty obvious advice to some people I suppose, but maybe it isn't to others.
'zactly.
people are empty and need to be critical of everything. its sad
Yeah, I was genuinely surprised and the sound statistical analysis from a comedian of all people. Generally, when you get people spouting observational statistics, they make a causal conclusions. His points were completely and only predictive in nature, which is a proper observational conclusion.
It must be because he's Russian. Every major advancement in probability and statistics after Rev. Thomas Bayes was by a Russian mathematician.
He was a guest on Dennis' show and expanded on this. Basically he said that happiness leads to laughter, so if the laughs go missing its a warning sign that you aren't as happy as you used to be. It's like a canary in the coal mine.
Wow yes
videos like these aren't political, these topics almost feel, like the creators of these videos actually really care about their viewers as people. I've been watching PragerU for a long time now and the quality of the experience is still growing. Thank you PragerU!
That's the corner stone of Prager the person. He's a kind and decent human being. We need more of him; especially in media
I laughed out loud at the laundromat joke. :D My relationship with Prager U is doing well.
Ur comment made me laugh again xD
In Soviet Russia windows look through you
in soviet russia these jokes are funny
Ficojepet You know he was the one who came up with that joke?
uyu man
who he?
Ficojepet yes just google Yakov Smirnoff
*HE IS NOT RUSSIAN, HE IS A JEW.*
Todays russia is no longer sucked dry by the jewish elite, probably why his parents left.
In mother Russia jokes laugh at you...
Wow
yeah you're the joke there
*HE IS NOT RUSSIAN, HE IS A JEW.*
lol.
+ The Forms, He is probably a Russian Jew. He does sound Russian.
His joke was funny wtf is wrong with his wife
IKR!!!
She was a wife. That's what was wrong. They are always pissed at you for some reason or another and don't laugh at anything you say. And that old joke about why do brides smile when they are getting married - it's because they know they have given their last blowjob - is pretty damn accurate and is a good gauge of the "intimacy" factor after you get married. So pretty much every married dude in existence is in the no laughter, no intimacy category. And there ain't shit you can do to fix it, either.
That was the whole point, it wasn't about the joke, it was about the relationship. If something is wrong with the relationship it doesn't matter how funny a joke is, the other person isn't going to laugh.
Travis Wald My point is, there is always "something" wrong with the relationship when you are married.
It was probably something deep seeded but yeah that joke was solid gold
I actually really enjoyed this. Thumbs up.
.. but did u laug?
tohopes
I did laugh at the laundromat joke a little. It was just too cheesy. Dare I say, Dangerously Cheesy?
Tedurbin202 . I laughed with the window joke
Agreed. It's a nice break from all the government videos, especially since they've been biased lately towards privatism and little government intervention.
+Serge Gentil really funny
"...and then you loose your house."
The struggle is REAL!
Hahahaha. I know right. That was a good one
When you lose your house over a laundromat
When you're dating one girl but routinely sneak into another girl's bed while disguised as a black piglet, I'd say you brought that one on yourself. And we know you didn't just "get lost" again, P-chan ;)
2:42 If I had understood that laughter was a gauge of happiness, I might have saved my marriage.
That stung, even as a single man.
This is actually helpful advice
"Live happily ever laughter." I like that.
idk how his wife didn't laugh at that cus it was hilarious.
I actually found the fact that the wife was completely unamused by the joke more funny than the joke itself.
I don't know why it didn't last because my marriage was a complete joke.
Jeffrey Buck 😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is the best self-roast I have ever found on the internet. Thank you so much
His laugh is like someone is moving furniture. I love it
I wanted to know why his wife didn't laugh...
She wasn't happy. His point is that laughter is a sign of general happiness or contentment.
Lots of women are unhappy in their marriages, and the husbands have no clue, BECAUSE THE WIVES DON'T COMMUNICATE, THEY JUST EXPECT THE MAN TO KNOW BY OSMOSIS, OR READ HER MIND! Most men don't pick up on hints; we seldom use hints ourselves, and seldom recognize when they are being used towards us. Women, if you want to be sure your man gets the message, tell him directly.
Yep, we tend to think something like this..."if you really loved me, you would be able to read my mind"...I know that sounds insane, but it's kind of true...if you really loved me, you would know how I feel is how we think it to ourselves. I realize that is not helpful at all. Women and men are so different it's amazing any relationships work out at all. Mark Gungor has some great videos on the differences of how men and women's brains work.
The maternal instinct kicked in before the joke did... "Leaving a baby alone in a laundromat? Are you crazy??? Oh, that was meant to be a joke? .... I don't get it."
because he's not funny
In Soviet Russia, Prager University is for Yakov Smirnoff.
This is good joke
Are you on tricycle, Russian Bear Man? We should share a drink of Vodka togehter and talk about Mother Russia sometime.
*HE IS NOT RUSSIAN, HE IS A JEW.*
Russia was sucked dry by jewish oligarchs, but Putin put an end to that.
+Bear Man in Soviet Russia bear rides putin!
You are wrong, comrade. Bear is being picked up by Putin.
so that's why girls like funny man huh?
Wowed
Bad day?
A person with a good sense of humor is much easier to live with than is a person without one.
yeah. most of them like comedians.
I made one of my ex girlfriends laugh so hard that I think I broke that laughter gauge he was talking about.
although that was also after a bought of tickling and wrasslin. but hey. it worked.
Eli Butterfield -- bout
This was so funny...
"my wife didn't laugh"
I nearly pissed myself
OMG
This channel always has such low quality leftist trolls in the comment section.
All UA-cam comment sections are bound to have contrarian trolls.
Samuel Tekle Yeah, but sometimes they're clever at least.
the subject of this video isnt even political really, how can they spin it left or right?
In Soviet Russia....
*HE IS NOT RUSSIAN, HE IS A JEW.*
He has nothing but hate for russians.
PragerU is literally creating content to teach humans to be humans again! And I needed it , thank you ! Hahahahha
Hahahah. I lost it when both parents are being romantic. hahaha
A year after I broke up with my girlfriend, I was so worried that she hated me. Even though I didn't do a lot of bad things. One day, I happened to bump into her. We spoke and I found that my jokes could still make her laugh ! *Instantly,* the torment went away, I found peace and closure. *If you can't make her laugh, don't marry her.*
I guess Joker loves Batman then
Only when he's written by Frank Miller
I guess he's a maniac, but deep down, maybe it's true
maybe, he needs batman as an opponent to keep him alive.
all 4 of you are right, that's exactly in his nature.
That is basically the entire premise of the Lego Batman movie, actually...
Yakov!!!! Man, it's so good to see you again (even though this video is now 2 1/2 years old).
I grew up in the 80's, and always loved your humor. How incredibly awesome it is to see you HERE, associated with the fantastic Prager U!!
Keep making us laugh, my friend.
Pragur, you helped me being the man my girlfriend loves forever, you helped being right, and thinking right (double context internationally). You helped me shape my view for the country I'd give my heart and soul for, you helped me to find my true self, and there still needs to be some improvements, at the bases their will be the moral and right thoughts, rules and goals I've found myself or got from your wonderful videos to improve myself step by step.
One thing I'd like to ask: even though it's morally not good for some people in this country (USA) , don't the benefits far out way the negatives? In Trump we trust for the America of tomorrow that ones was and will be the greatest country on earth.
Yeah I don't got time to read all that
USA is already the best country on earth
+LBM/YD Yes you're right but there're still some things which can be better, and me as a soon European immigrant think that America did a lot of things wrong which they also admit but the things this country has done right far outweigh the bad ones.
I'm from Belgium and there people hate the Americas, I told one time to a group: if America wasn't there you wouldn't be standing here. I was beat up and said to America is the blame for every evil in this world.
No to my point: as a Belgian I could live here a normal life. And do what everyone does, live in a country that is build on lies and denial.
Or I can leave my comfort nest, I can study in the country I so love, I can go in debt (expected) 75 000$, I can put everything at risk of losing, I can build my own company (which is hard to do here (Belgium) and frustrating, and too expensive for an anti business government) I can live the American Dream in a pro business, pro profit and totally (to a certain extent) free country where the
+LBM/YD ... Government doesn't control everyday of my life,doesn't force itself into the minds of the public and doesn't have regulations on regulations on regulations so that you live your life like the government wants you to,
In my life I once hated America because the poison of the Soviet darkened my vision, but now I dislike Europe, because here the people ask the government to do everything and the people nothing, and not what the people can do for the government and the nation itself.
Final- America is the greatest if you scrub of Europe, America is the best if you want to do and not the government, America is the most progressive for it doing wrong and admitting it, America is the best country in the world and it gets better step by step
+Yen LittleMiiMe people are going hate regardless
Comedians are often the wisest people you'll meet. Often, but not always. Anyone ever met Jon Stewart??
Or George Carlin.
+Fazi Duke or Anita sarkezzian
I love Green Lantern
ahhh robin williams???? anybody?
Or bill maher
This is absolutely true. After being around the block, I figured this out on my own. It works. As a retired teacher and professional elite level service worker I have seen this play out. Couples, and families, that laugh together, stay together. Life is tough. Laughter is compromise, humility, honesty, admiration, play, connection, relaxation, exploration, and celebration; Laughter is all of this and more. Listen to this man people!
This might be the best video PragerU has published... it's so true. I think everyone who has been in both a successful and a failed relationship knows that moment when "the love goes out of it."
This speaks to a reality almost everyone faces, and it proposes real, lasting solutions. Tremendous work.
I still remember Yakov's greatest joke ever: In America you can always find a party. In Russia, the party always finds you!
I think I'm funny. My girlfriend isn't funny at all, though... But I laugh at her jokes cause they're not terrible and I love her.
You have a good attitude!
+Greg B thanks
your doing someone a disservice by laughing at jokes that aren't funny
***** -- Only if the person telling the jokes is attempting a career as a stand-up comic. JT is far more concerned with maintaining his good relationship with his woman than he is with being right.
Greg B she might go around and say jokes that JT laughed at, and everyone around here would be silent and just think she is the worse
if you don't think she'll say a joke to anyone else, then it might work, if you think you can fake laughter forever
Yakov awesome message & reminder ! Thanks for sharing your God given gift of laughter with the world !
Our whole family read your book - and repeated all the jokes endlessly !
The joke about the laundromat was hilarious!
>knows about laughter
>grew up in the Soviet Union
>pick one
When shrouded in overwhelming darkness, laughter is your only friend
Soviet jokes are top-hole. Watch some Raegan))
And I'm Russian so I know
In Soviet Union you had to actually get creative with your jokes, instead of Putin lazy memes like today.
2:12 What a laugh xD
This is so true. I think I found the one because he makes me laugh constantly and I'm happy.
I wish I was married, but I have come to be convinced that a healthy sense of humor is one of the most important things in life! I would not want to marry someone who did not like to laugh regularly!
"America, what a country!" Always liked Yakov Smirnoff
Videos from this channel always make me happy
I love this man's laugh
My... I used to listen to his act on the radio, this is the first time I see how he looks like!
A very interesting presentation!!
I'm surprised that the comment section isn't filled with "In Soviet Russia..." jokes.
It is.
In Soviet Russia, the "In Soviet Russia..." jokes are filled with the comment section!
In Soviet Russia, comment section writes YOU!
Check again
In Soviet Russia, Something that is normally oriented in one way that we would normally expect it to be, is cleverly twisted so that it preforms an inverse action, generally to the person who the joke is directed at!
"If you are not laughing together, it's time to do something about it."
... we call that breaking up.
Oh my gosh! I love Yakov Smirnoff! Me and my family has been watching him forever!
Lmfaoooo. He’s a comedian!😂😂😂😂.
Oh wait what this? He actually is.
I found this guy really funny and captivating. Love!
Thank you so much for this, you really hit a nerve with me, a reality, I have learnt so much from this channel, keep up the great work
"You use somebody else's minutes, they don't roll over."
That line is brilliant, especially for me who used phones that runs on minutes. Roll-Over minutes were the extra minutes from one month that adds onto the next dose of minutes of the next month, the surplus you get to keep lol
i got this as an ad, and this is the only ad i've watched all the way through
That's easy. Just tickle each other
My waifu just stares at me, would you say our relationship has gone of track?
Yakov, I have to share this with you. When my wife and I were in our early dating days we would both laugh so hard over something that we'd cry. Because I this I combined the words Laughing and crying into a new word "craughing" We didn't craugh as much later in life, but we did craugh. I have a picture of my wife not long before she died in 2015 of her dancing with the turkey she was preparing for Thanksgiving. Great belly laugh coming out of that smiling mouth, and tears streaming down either side of her face. There are times when I miss her, but as the Bible says, "For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." So, yes, her body died, but she is with Jesus, and since we are "one flesh" that means I'm already half in Heaven. God bless you sir.
PragerU
This video really needs a "part 2" about his great comment he left... This really touched home with many...
When your wife stops laughing and withdraws intimacy its a sign FAMILY COURT is in your future...
what are the liberals going to say about this one?
Something unrelated
i assume nothing, they might even agree, as the main message "laughter is a sign of a healthy relationship" isn't political
Something about the omnipresent "Patriarchy" alongside "mansplaining"
That his opinion is invalid because he's a man, and was oppressing his wife by expecting her to laugh at his joke.
"No time for intimacy, the females are working tirelessly to provide for the lazy good for nothing male husband of theirs. Break ups can be prevented by the male to provide more resources to the female whenever she is displeased. The male should also share his hard earned wealth with everyone else including drug addicts, illegal immigrants, homeless and criminals because sharing is loving, and socialism is the way to go.
This was perfect timing wow
"...and they don't roll over." I lost it.
One of the most important things I look for in a potential mate, is a sense of humor.
What if you're 24 and never had a relationship?
Russianbrides.com
it's your face
That can only happen due to two possible reasons:
1- You didn't read "The Mystery Method" by Mystery, "The Game" and "The Rules Of The Game" by Neil Strauss
2- You read it but didn't have time or resources to apply the theory and techniques.
But if you read and applied, this is just impossible.
Cross Roads Productions That site really works?
Mail order bride
This is probably one of there PragerU's best videos, made me laugh. Good job guys
You can't spell "slaughter" without "laughter".
:D
"Third thing to go is your house"
Only for men. Women get a free house.
Actually, when they divorced my *dad* kept the house... even though the divorce was his fault. Of course, he lived next door to his parents, so it would have been *really* awkward if she had gotten the house.
Maybe depends of your country? In mine (Chile) Its often the male that lose the house, and the kids too, most of the times, the law is very, very protective (over) of the women in the courts (but not before that, the police force is more relaxed on the matter, at time too much).
I remember a friend, her wife divorsed him, (jealousy or something like that) 1 year and a half later he hooked up with a girl and his ex-wife demanded him for "intramarital violence"... no prof nor anything, my friend barely avoided loosing his job and had 2 lawyers on the work and all, no need for proof to fall with that kind of acusations here, at least in the female/male direction. (Spoiler: the guy is as cool and chill as you can find, nothing of the sorts happened, he does almost never drink even, court droped the charges after half a year and more.)
Another PragerU video I can actually watch.
Also, this was hilarious
Lastly, It's nice listening to a man who grew up in the Society Union.
fr i was actually surprised there wasnt anything "conservative" and rather something more wholesome hehe
I could not agree more. My wife and I love making each other laugh. It's fantastic!
Lol!!! The window situation was very cute!!! ❤👪 my husband and I are very happily married. Our pilar is God first and then laugh out loud together 😄 he is my best friend!! ❤😄
That suit should be a war crime
& The family that prays together... stays together. 👏
“Listen carefully. My mother has never laughed. Ever. Not a giggle, not a chuckle, not a tee-hee…never went 'Ha!'”
- George Costanza, LOL!
Don't liberals and conservatives laugh at each other all that time?
MediumSolid Instalement there is a difference between laugh at and laugh with
@@AdolfHitler420 r/woooosh
I sometimes laugh... and sometimes just smh at leftist cognitive dissonance.
this is an incredible video
I love the way you laugh and this makes me laugh lol
This was absolutely hilarious and so helpful! Thank you for creating this.
A girl told me that she wanted a funny Guy, I said date a comedian, i refuse to be your clown!
+Truth Hurts LOL moron
What she really may have been saying was not that she wanted a comedian, or to have someone entertain her, but to have that intimacy and connection that you get through sharing genuine laughter.
You obviously don't get the point, Ben. Women laugh in the company of the men they love, even if the men they love are objectively and subjective humourless sometimes.
Also, relationship IS work. Just like how you'd work hard to make your wife laugh, she works just as hard to make sure she remains sexually appealing to you.
If you refuse to be her clown, there's no reason why she should do anything for you too.
soonny002 don't need anything, I am a MGTOW
Good on you, Ben. :) I don't mind guys being MGTOW, especially given the new wave of feminism these days. I'm okay just as long as MGTOWs make their position clear right from the start.
Once in a blue moon Prager makes a good video and this is one of those. Of course the vast majority of their video come from a botched perspective but seeing this reassures me that they can make sensible content with the right people
Yeah, I stay subscribed in hopes of seeing more videos like these.
Naw, just when they put out factually wrong statements, like fossil fuels being green...
+Nigles Woodling Well then again these short videos are supposed to concisely address the speakers opinion so I guess you could say I'm at fault for wanting to hear more elaboration on the subject from different angles. It would be cool if they could make the segment's longer but it would defeat the purpose of being small doses of food for thought
+Nigles Woodling I understand though why you would come to that conclusion since my wording was a little off the mark of what I was trying to say. Lets just say narrow or linear
I agree. I follow Prager because it makes me think even if i disagree with them more often than not. This vid was pretty good.
As the song goes “I love to laugh”! My husband and I laugh together alot. In fact my husband says he married me because I always laughed at his jokes and that made me laugh!!!😁
My wife and I just celebrated our 34th Wedding Anniversary, and for all the advice I've acquired over the years, this content is among the best for marriage! Prager U rocks!
I made all of my girlfriends laugh every day.
almost every one of them ended up being crazy or cheating on me.
what the hell did I do wrong?
+Brumsly Brumbino Holy crap... All that work just to have access to a wet hole? No thanks, i prefer to straight up pay to prostitutes, get off and move on with my life. Its cheaper and better than a gf/wife. Never had a gf, i was a "MGTOW" long before "it was cool" and long before there was even internet (gen x here), and after well over 40 decades of life i'm much happier being single and free. I do whatever i want without a nagging spouse telling me what i can and cant do.
Peace brothers.
Jack Frost
I wasn't with them for "a wet hole".
Unlike some people. I don't think of girls that way when I'm getting into a relationship.
Oh yes. Quite cheaper.
And more empty and less meaningful. Yeah. Totally works man.
Mhmm. And I feel sorry for you.
Peace...."bro"..?
Idk. That's confusing. You used the plural of brother. But I'm the only one here.
I was answering Brumsly Brumbino on his post, mate, not you. And i have no need for "meaningful" relationships. You see, i have dealt with a lot of women and never met one worth of saying "this is the woman i wanted to marry".
No need to feel sorry for me, but thank you anyway. I'm single, free and happy with my life right now.
Oh, and on last note: You didn't do anything wrong, mate, cause crazy is the normal state of mind for +90% of women... They go crazy if you do anything they want or go crazy if you don't. There's no winning when playing against women. The best way to win is not playing their game.
Jack Frost
Wait what?
Who's?
I'm the only one here though.
--did he delete his post? O.o
I can see his post just fine, here let me copy/paste his response to your original post:
"85% of women are barely even human, they lack empathy for others and are parasitic in nature. It's about finding one of the 15% that are interesting, kind, and worthwhile individuals (which is difficult to say the least), and having chemistry with that person. Also, never make them feel like you need them (don't be "clingy"), act indifferent, like you could easily find someone else (be subtle, not a complete ass, don't literally say "I don't need you I can have anyone"), be kind (be mean once in a while, many wont admit it, but women WANT to argue sometimes, the good ones not so much, but most women aren't happy when things are going "too good", which is why you'll see many women self-sabotage things in their lives), be good in bed, treat them with respect, make them feel like you can protect them, and be "cool". This is the most effective method, complicated, but if you can make this balance work, you're going to be ok, TRUST ME, if someone tells you otherwise, they are lying, being a "white knight", clueless, or probably being cheated on."
My first post in your thread was a response to this (perhaps that will make my post clearer if you reread it).
I blame feminism for lack of surviving marriages. Once women wake up to themselves and realise they need to put in work for the relationship as well as the man the better.
Totally agree, when i was with someone, the laughter moments it was the key to keeping our relation healthy . I should remember this to myself by then
Our marriage was never terrible, just a bit rocky, until we learned the most important lesson: It's NOT my spouses job to make me happy; it is God's. Now she's off the hook. And so am I.
Now I don't pressure her to make me happy, nor do I look to her for kudos or for my joy. If I give over that right (which should be God's) then I have given her the power to take away my happiness. But if my happiness comes from God alone, no one can take it from me. This frees her and it frees me. Today, after 49 years, we are happier then ever and spend at least 2 hours together everyday enjoying each other. God loves to laugh and he laughs best. Who knew?
This man is super funny!
Idk what's up with his wife…
This is the most Russian Russian who ever rushed
What a rush!
Thank you. This is just what I needed to hear today.
Such a positive message for those of us who are married.
As of 5/26/2017 114 SJWs were triggered by the concept of laughter in love.
why does he laugh like a seal?
ZulStrait xD ... he reminds me with "Hue Hue Hue Hue" for some reason.
Cause he ruski
it's cute though
That's how he smiles ( or maybe it is his style)
Ever seen a Seal laugh? No? Well I heard the Seals from Operation Geronimo did after getting Bin Laden to swim with the fishes.
Love needs Friendship. If there's friendship in the relationship, you'll laugh a lot and respect each other like friends and lovers; you'll never lose each other
Dude I laughed at the Laundromat joke.
Hmmm, how ironic....The reason I watch Pragar is to laugh but I have no love for Pragar what-so-ever...
Theory disproven :P
Laughing out of derision, mocking and judgment isn't true laughter....and doesn't give you any of the real healing benefits that true joyful laughter does.
watch George Carlin everyday with your wife
you'll have the world's longest relationship
+Diane Watson you lie sir. like when I go to church I'm really truly laughing
Summer Heat Paintball Sir? How many men do you know named Diane? Maybe you have heat stroke? In any case...we'll see who is laughing on judgment day.
Diane Watson Yeah, typical...taking pleasure in those who are about to be tortured for an eternity...Just another good Ol' "Christian" here..
2:12 wtf
When My Mom Tickle Me and I laugh and love this 💖
I swear, at the end of the video, I seriously thought he was going to say that "laughter can let you know how much happiness you have left in your tank."
I have a suggestion to anyone who needs laughter: convert to islam.
Why, because Islam is a joke?
I don't find the practice of butchering non-believers, killing of homosexuals, or the general mistreatment of women to be funny.
The joke just flew right over your head huh?
Just like the United States Airline 175!
Dude I'm dying! You gotta warn me before telling such a great joke!
Prager should do more cool videos like this rather than political ones.
No just No...
his laughter is making everything so much funnier.
Hey young people. This is Yakov Smirnoff. He's a comedian who was popular decades ago. You don't know this because you're young but there was a time when Americans were scared of Russians. Out of nowhere this comedian named Yakov Smirnoff appeared on television a lot. Everybody liked him. He was funny and easy to love. By doing this it made Americans less scared of Russians. That's why he's admired by your parents and grandparents. He made us feel less scared. God bless him
finally there's a vid by prageru not repeating conservative talking points
Well liberalism is a mental disorder
Liberals loves dick.
That's the key to opening up the mind of liberals. Go for the feels because their feels trump logic. As we all know you can't get liberals to come over to your with logic alone. It's all about the feel feels with them.
Actually a great many of the Prager U videos are not political. The most helpful to me being "The missing Tile Syndrome" I like his political videos too, but the ones that have done me the most direct good are the politics free ones.
then there is a lot of confused conservatives.
Prager U: Blaming lack of laughter on a failing marriage.
At least they don't like MSNBC like you do.
other way around
They are saying laughter is more of a sign of problems.
no, but rather a help to sustain a marriage
I like the Young Turks and Prager U; but both spew some dumb shit.
Now I know what I need for my relationship, Thanks Prager!
If I have to make my partner laugh in order to tell that I need to save my marriage, I have chosen the wrong partner. Marriage is not all about laughter, rainbows and unicorn farts. You probably would not have been able to save your marriage even if you could make her laugh. It doesn't sound like it was you, it sounds like it was her.
There are many favtors if you'd listen laughter is juat one of them.
I think you may have missed the point. When laughter becomes nonexistent in a relationship it's a signal that issues exist that need addressed. Laughter is a universal expression of enjoyment and relaxation. When laughter stops it's a warning sign that your partner is unhappy. If my wife stopped laughing at things she normally loved to laugh at I would know something is wrong. The point to the message is that we should recognize these things and take steps to bring back that laughter and happiness before it's gone forever. If it doesn't work out that's one thing, but when it goes down the drain because of ignorance of another's feelings it's a shame.
Maybe people aren't meant to be married, or marriage is not for everyone or biologically, maybe people only get together for a few years to rear children and after that it's time to start all over and it's not cause we want to, it's just a part of our nature. Marriage is outdated people, you don't have to be married to be with someone happily. Marriage is not for everyone.
Don't know about that. I came from married parents, so did you.
Marriage is far from outdated. In fact it's one of the few timeless things in this world.
+Just Some Guy -- we shall see, we shall see. Keep your false hopes up though.
+Steven John Sure did, and so did many of the current ones who are now divorced. Marriage will continue to fade out, watch.
What a depressing outlook on life. You cannot be patient and caring to one person "its human nature" you must always seek a new adventure. Marriage teaches lessons you cannot get anywhere else in life. Communication skills, learning to get along with different people, and most of all learning to love even when it doesn't come naturally anymore.