Is it normal if i can't stop laughing during bad presentations?

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Sometimes, when people make presentations that are really poorly prepared, e.g. they seem unsure of what they are saying, they seem like they are b.sing I start laughing, or even if they forgot what they are saying. I keep it down to a minimum so its not heard across the room, but I can't stop it. I'll laugh and I'll try to calm myself but then I just burst into quiet laughter again if I look at the presenters again or if I just think about it. It doesn't matter even if the presenters are good friends in school, If they came really unprepared and sound like they are b.sing I just start laughing. It embarrasses me because I seem immature and honestly I don't want to laugh and I try really hard to think of something else but it just happens uncontrollably. It obviously also embarrasses them even further because they are probably feeling bad enough about their presentation. The teacher also looks down on me. I do know that it happens to another person in my class, but it happens less often to him than me. We both also happen to be people who smile a lot in general so could that be a related thing? Does this happen to anyone else and if so how have you learned to control it/stop it?

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  • joybird
    12 years ago

    Oh I feel so bad :o(

    My son banned me from attending his primary school (4-10yo) end of year concerts and plays.

    I'm supposed to be a sensible mother but it only takes a child - usually a soloist to hit the wrong note on their instrument eg. violin, oboe, recorder, flute, etc and I am on the floor with tears of laughter running down my face. I do try to hide from the child on stage but God only knows where their parents are sitting!

    I can't help it, I start biting my lip, then I bounce up and down giggling, then I start to cough / choke, then the tears flow - my husband and son crack up with me :o( but I love to go just to get a laugh!

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    • Avant-Garde
      12 years ago

      That's unintentionally hilarious.

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  • Avant-Garde
    12 years ago

    It's normal.

    I always laugh in situations where I'm not supposed to. It could be at a speech, a class or even a funeral. I also do this while watching films that aren't comedies.

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  • Frosties
    12 years ago

    Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. We all love a car crash, don't we? I do genuinely feel sympathy for people who are flailing, but there's a very human element to it: Thank God it's not me!

    I was in a hearing once as an advocate for someone who eventually lost their job (because of the hearing and subsequent hearings). They deserved it, by the way, although I can't reveal exactly what they did. But it descended into farce and, as honorable as I wanted to be, I was overwhelmed by it.

    Actually, I'm judging myself badly. In the third hearing, my advice probably stopped him doing something he'd get arrested for. But in that first hearing, I was accused of smirking. And, to be fair, I did do that.

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