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

4 Trillion is more than every Billionare on the planet owns together.

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

You forgot 2016 that year wasn't great but not quite like 2020.

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

You know what's actually ok? To see we are actually struggling with the same things. It makes me feel a little less stupid for procrastinating and having tiny tasks become this big in my head...

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

The other day, I stood in the middle of my living room, wondering what day it was. I looked at my calendar, and got nowhere. I finally checked my mobile phone. It was Wednesday.

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

... actually, flying cars are a dumb idea to begin with - let's not even talk about flying electric cars, their handling and the hazard they impose on the stuff below. But ... I get it. I just like tires, you know ... crucial function they do, ...

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

It's raining killer hornets!!! From out of the sky!!! Killer hornets!!! No need to ask why!!! Just shut your mouth!!! And run and hide!!! It's raining killer hornets!!!

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

If I am permitted to brag, I finally finished the first draft of a nonfiction book I've been writing off and on for a couple years.

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

I have not seen one video of celebrities singing and do you know why? Because I have the capabilities of scrolling past and ignoring them. More people should learn to do it, that way people who want to can still enjoy it.

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

The guy who dropped vehicles on people for insurance money

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

For the non-trekkies: There is a long-standing Star Wars trope that involves 'the guy in the red shirt' always getting killed, being throwaway security staff.

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

it's not even like "are you still watching" it's like "wow, pete, you're still here? are you actually still here? goddammit pete get a life or something"

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

When all corona jokes came out I was actually thinking of that part of the movie 😂

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

I feel like I am constantly doing dishes! About to just get some paper plates.... but then the garbage will stack up. Their are no winners here.

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that is so true (like if you know or have couples like this

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Ooh. I just cringe hearing that. Toothpaste and orange juice is disgusting together. Yuck

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What's wrong with oatmeal raisin cookies...? And I wasn't expecting anything special from 2020. This s**t show is more like you were baking basic cookies and they came out breathing fire and s******g on your home because for some reason you were chosen by visiting aliens to raise their offspring.

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

I watched Big Labowski and had to go out and buy the stuff to make a White Russian

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

Since when did Michael Myers socially distance? He stalked and killed people. I’m pretty sure running a knife through virgin teenagers involved getting closer than 2 metres.

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

Hahaha. I’m going to be optimistic and say these aren’t the plans I’m looking forward to doing.

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

I've lost count of the number of times I have been first in a Zoom or Google Chat room.

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finding out finn's hat was not actually his head changed my life forever

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I haven't learnt to make bread but I have learnt to make double cheese and bacon rolls.

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

Maine messed that one up. No bar in the state is attempting to deliver drinks thanks to the confusing and expensive regulations

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I disable the camera so the Zoom meetings are just another call

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