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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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So don't worry about releasing a chuckle when scrolling through these pics. It’s natural to be amused by some of them.

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

I'll tell you what, a friend of mine says her second cousin knows someone whose wife heard it from an irrefutable source: we are all going to die. Foxxy, do you think that there is a conspiracy behind this?

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

It's a little depressing how true this is. Then, when you try to reason with them, they call you a stupid sheep and refuse to hear anything that doesn't fit with their opinion.

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

My co-worker says there's no pandemic. It's just testing people before 5G. Earlier he said it was a lie meant to destroy the elections. He's also the only person at work who bought enough masks to change them every hour of the shift. Who does he believe?

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

High school dudes probably voted for trump so, there's your answer.

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

Best one yet! Describes our current administration and White House response to a "T."

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

Plus we have a leader that wants to 'bring light into the body and disinfect it'. That's not helping things.

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

Could it be possible that many of his classmates are now working in the White House, advising the President???

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

The guy already answered his own question when he said: "Barely passed science".

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

I'd say it's a fair question, but consider the source of those who b***h and moan about the cure being worse than the disease, when they show up to protest being able to sit on their asses, collect unemployment, and watch TV,drink all the beer and junk food they want, WITH AR15 WEAPONS!!!!!

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

note he said his high school buddies barely passed science

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

Yeah, always believe the ‘high school dudes‘ because they are so much smarter than everybody else....Dumbass🤦‍♀️

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

lol, don't ask the Trump supporters anything sensible or intelligent

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

This sounds like a p**s take rather than a real post by a disbeliever 😕

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

Yeah, Cletus at the gun an' ammo hop totally knows bad science when he sees it on FOX News... ;P

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

Alas, there are reasons not to trust doctors. Or anyone with any authority, for that matter... I think, current epidemic of bizarre ignorance can be partly attributed to that.

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

Haha, so before we were sent home from school for the rest of the year, my best friend told me that there was NO WAY that we'd ever have to be put in quarantine. I bet her 20 bucks and she still owes it. I forgot one thing: she can't exactly give it to me and I can't exactly spend it... I can't leave the house and the post office has been losing my letters in the post.

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

It's like when a person who has clearly never read a civics book in his life says, "When it comes to it, down to deciding when to open the country it's up to... the power of the President is absolute."

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

Actually there are more doctors like dr.erickson that are claiming its really not serious then they are not

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

How about those urgent care doctors from Bakersfield? Yeah, they certainly know better than the CDC, top medical schools and research scientists.

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

The amount of comments that prove the general population can neither understand or likely spell satire

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But lete be fair..even doctors are wrong and have no idea what we are dealing with...

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How about the one who hasn't put their hand in pharma's pocket? Logic says the one who isn't taking corporate R&D money or grants might at least have an unbiased opinion.

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

No that's the wrong way to look at this. If 100 scientists have the same opinion and only 1 of them has received money from " pharmacy" it doesn't make the other 99 opinion biased and it also doesn't make the 1 opinion wrong.

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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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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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