This Facebook Group Is All About “Science Humor”, Here Are 50 Of Their Most Hilarious Posts (New Pics)
Remember how your high school science teacher would say that science can be fun? That meant either lab work or a group assignment, which for many kids was just as far from the definition of fun as preparing for a science class test.
Fast forward to today, and things have changed. Many young adults appreciate the things they never did, find new hobbies and passions, develop a sense of nostalgia, and realize they were always a nerd to begin with…
So in order to show you exactly how nerdy we all are deep down, we present you the “Science Humor” Facebook group devoted to posting the best science-related laughs, cartoons, puns, jokes, japes, antics, and you name it!
With a whopping 1.2M members, the group is basically a powerhouse blending education, knowledge and internet comedy. Below we wrapped up some of the funniest and most recent posts from the page to treat your inner nerd, so scroll down!
After you’re done, be sure to check out our previous feature with more jokes from Science Humor right here.
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You may wonder why some people find science jokes and memes funny while others couldn’t care less about them. Well, it all comes down to a broader question of why and how people find particular things funny. Previously, Bored Panda spoke with a British neuroscientist and Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow at University College London, Sophie Scott. Scott has been investigating the cognitive neuroscience of voices, speech and laughter, particularly speech perception, speech production, vocal emotions, and human communication. So she shed light on this amusing topic!
Turns out, the first requirement for something to be received as funny is that people need to understand that joke, pun, saying, or meme. But how do we do that? Well, Scott argues that it comes down to the intended meaning that makes a particular thing funny.
“One simple thing about not getting a joke is not realizing that it's a joke at all, assuming that someone is being serious and saying something stupid,” the professor explained.
Moreover, it’s not as easy as it looks. Hence, so many badly received jokes that land the joker eyerolls, or cringe at most. “It often has to do with as much the person telling the joke or where the joke is coming from, as the content of a joke,” Scott explained, adding that in order for the joke to be received as such, the audience needs to be aware of the fact that it is a joke.
What makes things funny shouldn’t be rocket science but there are multiple complex theories about it. One of them is “the idea that sometimes you laugh because it makes you feel better about yourself, you feel superior to tell the joke.”
Another theory argues that “you laugh because there’s some sort of complexity set up and then it’s resolved and that’s part of getting the joke.”
Scott also argues that the reason we laugh often has to do with “some kind of taboo” which is perceived as acceptable when mentioned in the joke context. On other occasions, “we laugh because laughter is a behavior associated in humans and other mammals with play,” Scott explained.
At the same time, the most important role for saying (writing) and receiving jokes is a pretty straightforward one–“just to be playful and you’re kind of acknowledging that and what has been done for you in the name of the play.”
It’s important to note that according to Scott, jokes have less to do with our absolute personalities (so don’t jump to conclusions about a person if they find or don’t find your joke funny!) and more with who we are and our life experiences. Scott argues that the things we find funny may also be directly influenced by the relationship with the person who’s telling the joke.
Compared to lions, depending on cicumstances we aren't at the top.
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:00 thats so smart to think that, we must be on the top of the food chain
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Around here, mosquitoes are at the top of the food chain. I've come to realise that that's because mosquitoes are more intelligent than humans. Put a naked mosquito and a naked human in a darkened room and see who gets bitten first.
Also they are the most dangerous animal alive as measured by actual numbers killed.
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Yesterday I was looking for my can of Coke while carefully holding it out of the way so I wouldn't knock it over in my search.
Now that is lovely. Thank you for sharing. Btw, yesterday I realized that 'Peppermint Patty' is a play on 'Peppermint Pattie'. And at some point in my adulthood I realized in a blinding flash of insight that 'Kanga' and 'Roo' (from Winnie the Pooh to all you troglodytes) combine rather neatly to produce 'Kangaroo'. This despite them being known to me since childhood and being very obviously... kangaroos.
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14-year-old son stands in from of the full fridge proclaiming: there is NOTHING to eat.
No, kid, there's nothing quick and easy to eat. Nothing that doesn't require more than 10 minutes of effort to prepare and serve. This is an argument my mom and I still occasionally have and I have lived on my own for 16 years. I lived at home until I was 24, I was a late bloomer in some ways. I'm 40 now, and still think this to myself when I do actually have food, I just don't want to cook it. Besides, food often tastes better (depending on the way it is cooked) when Mom cooks it! I think it's the "secret" ingredient of love 😊
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It's even better than that...We have removed ourselves from the food chain...There is nothing that routinely hunts us for food...Whereas we eat EVERYTHING...And we don't even have to hunt. We domesticated our prey, so we can snack on it :)
As Hobbes the tiger once pointed out, don't be too sad - humans provide some very important protein.
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They can hunt and kill...small s**t but can't survive on their own until 16 mos
hate to be that guy but this post is a pure ripoff https://twitter.com/xplodingunicorn/status/950761530404081670?lang=en
We're probably the only ones who think we are. Shhh! Nobody else is tellin'
We aren't at the top of the food chain, we're at the top of the intelligence and adaptability chains. Usually at any rate.
We're not really. When creatures like ticks and mosquitoes can devastate us, it's time to reanalyze our position on the food chain.
Or problem is that we are so smart, intelligent, capable, etc. But, we have no wisdom nor do we even realize we lack it.
We are actually not at the top of the food chain. For those that don't know there is a ranking for each species within the food chain, 1-5, one being primary producer (i.e. plants), herbivores at level 2, carnivores at level 3, and apex predators at level 4 or 5. Without our tech, we are placed at about 2.2 in the ranking.
As a species, we are only on top thanks to technology and intelligence. As humans, we classify as a Level 3 consumers... same trophic levels as mackarels, foxes and pigs...
You are at the top of the food chain only until you come face to face with that hungry lion.
But were you on your phone telling someone you will call them when you can find your phone?
"we sit somewhere between pigs and anchovies" https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/12/08/249227181/between-pigs-and-anchovies-where-humans-rank-on-the-food-chain#:~:text=The%20World's%20Food%20Chain&text=Right%20above%20them%20are%20herbivores,foxes%2C%20that%20eat%20just%20herbivores.
Don't reverse causality. YOU exist only thanks to the fact our species is at the top of the food chain.
I've totally been there, with car keys, cell phone, you name it.
when the dolphins and belugas opted out of life on land, do you think they knew we were coming?
We're not on the top of the food chain. Just tell the animals we are, just to stop them taking over the world and doing a better job of it
How she still got a hand? Mine would have fallen off about halfway through!
12? Half the time my 4-5 person teams for group projects in school can't all do what they're supposed to on time.
If you make your point with an axe, it's hard to question your views
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I'll be sending my opticians bill straight to Bored Panda for the very bad screen shot and pastes on this thread ... ouch
I'd love to know why the tracks of a sliding shower door ONLY catch your little toe. Mine is a wonderful shade of black and blue. Again. And that whole thing is getting torn out today and replaced with a shower curtain today
Most I have ever laughed out loud scrolling through Panda posts! I don't care if they're repeats when they're funny and smart.
This is by far the funniest selection I have ever read on BP. Thank you!
I'll be sending my opticians bill straight to Bored Panda for the very bad screen shot and pastes on this thread ... ouch
I'd love to know why the tracks of a sliding shower door ONLY catch your little toe. Mine is a wonderful shade of black and blue. Again. And that whole thing is getting torn out today and replaced with a shower curtain today
Most I have ever laughed out loud scrolling through Panda posts! I don't care if they're repeats when they're funny and smart.
This is by far the funniest selection I have ever read on BP. Thank you!
