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In a time of trouble and anxiety, humor and laughter can go a long way to help us feel better and make the situation a little more bearable.

Yes, the coronavirus is still ravaging the world. Yes, the number of cases has surpassed 4 million globally. But some people continue to fight the pandemic with jokes and the new ones are just as good as the ones they shared at the beginning of the outbreak.

From ridiculous conspiracy theories to canceled vacations, continue scrolling to see what everyone has come up with this week, and check out our previous compilations: part 1part 2part 3part 4part 5part 6part 7part 8, and part 9.

Ferne Pearlstein, the director of The Last Laugh, a documentary about the role of humor among Jews during, and after, the Holocaust, told The New York Times that while doing research for it she and her team “found that humor was not uncommon — and was used as a coping mechanism in a situation of almost unimaginable horror, as a means of self-defense, a counterattack for people who had few, if any, other ways of fighting back, and even as just simple diversion.”

One Auschwitz survivor, Renee Firestone, said in the film that she could not help but see the bleak irony after the infamous Nazi physician Josef Mengele told her during an examination: “if you survive this war, you better have your tonsils removed.”

“The instinct to laugh shows that we were still human beings while in the camps,” Ms. Firestone explained. “This inner sense of humor is what kept me alive.”

And it isn't anything new. If we were to go back even further and take a look at, for example, the bubonic plague of the 14th century (also known as the Black Death), we would discover that humor was important then as well. While the disease killed large parts of the population of Europe, it also spawned the pointed satire of the Church and other authorities in “Decameron,” by Boccaccio. The classic concerns a group of young people who flee pestilence-ridden Florence for a series of villas in the countryside.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The spread of covid19 is spread through two factors. 1. How dense the population is and 2. How dense the population is

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fighting stupid conspiracy theories with even dumber ones? Excellent plan!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you’re in a position to, stay home and spread the word. My grandfather just came back from the hospital, everyone is rushing to his side while wearing face masks. I’ve been his caretaker and translator even as a teen, but I’m sitting this one out for myself and for him. This is literally the only time that your selflessness is be home and learning a new skill or just chilling.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now some YouTube recordings of the orchestra... You just saved a lot of money!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And the kids by now prefer the most annoying teacher.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Exactly. Instead of appreciation days and clapping (which are nice) we campaign for better working conditions and better pay.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Selfish a******s. I want to say serve themselves right but it doesn't just effect them.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not a hypochondriac, but I always thought that was gross. I had my kids blow out the candles on their own cupcake.

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Jennifer Sacrison
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now that I'm thinking about it...eating cake after someone blows on it is rather unsanitary...

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kat lia
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There was a video went viral last year on how Mitt Romney blow the candles on his cake. We should learn from him. (He took each candle out and blow it individually).

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I miss the self-service bakery at the supermarket. Want just one bagel? Help yourself! It's gonna be a long time before that comes back, if ever.

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Cheryl Fontaine
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, I stopped doing that years ago after realizing blowing out birthday candles is spraying saliva all over the cake...

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Lynn Morello
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When you think about toddlers and kids, that statement becomes, 'Blown Spit all over it.'

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Carolyn McCully
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Whoah! Never even thought of that! Thank goodness nobody can come over to visit.

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Maddie Painter
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me regretting eating some cake on my sibling's recent birthday: (ノ*°▽°*) Covid-19:(¬‿¬ )

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Heather Reynolds Atwood
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This has always bothered my brother. He won't eat it! That's OK, more for me!!!

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Linda Johnson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ahhhh....the great old days, when germs were totally acceptable to help strengthen our immune system....

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Isabel Care
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wafted the candles out with a place mat or a birthday card since I always had a cold on my birthday (thoughtful kid)

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I honestly never thought anything of eating birthday cake until my adult daughter mentioned how gross that was. And that was a few years ago, long before this thing! After she said that I couldn't eat birthday cake that had had candles. I stopped putting candles on cakes too! How did we manage to keep such a gross custom after the discovery of germs?

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Beatrice Multhaupt
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The original (Pagan) tradition called for birthday people to LIGHT a candle for every year. Let's go back to good old common sense.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh my god, I'll be 58 next year. It'll take me an hour to light that many candles, LMAO. Maybe I can light just one big one instead.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Concentrate? Probably on tweeting, surely not on crisis management.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

COVID-19 made me realize that I made the right choice by being child-free.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How have you managed to save? We are spending more in isolation than before, especially on bloody groceries.

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