A public service announcement
This website was created to inform the world about an uncomfortable truth that has been kept quiet for far too long.
Spoiler: it doesn't get better.
It's official: Nature is not funny.
It doesn't matter if there's an audience or not. It doesn't help.
9 out of 10 friends pretend they need to cough.
Send this to someone who needs to hear it.
“I thought it was a question. Apparently it was a joke.”
— Anonymous colleague
“Nature told a joke at a party. The party was over after that.”
— Former party-goer
“I once laughed at a joke from Nature. Turns out I was laughing at something else.”
— Friend of a friend
“Nature said "wait, I have another one." Three people stood up and left.”
— Eyewitness
“My phone autocorrected "Nature" to "not funny." Even technology knows.”
— Group chat member
That's correct. This phenomenon is known as "sympathy laughing" — a social survival mechanism where people laugh to break an awkward silence. It has nothing to do with humor.
Science is not optimistic about this. While humor can theoretically be learned, it requires a level of self-awareness that Nature currently does not possess.
This website is a public service. We believe that honesty is ultimately in everyone's best interest. Besides: if Nature reads this and can laugh about it, that would be the funniest thing they've ever done.
Give Nature a cookie. Not because it helps, but as a distraction maneuver.
Send Nature to a comedy workshop. Or better: send the evidence and let it sink in.
Say it out loud at a birthday party. Preferably while Nature is telling a joke.
Spread the truth or pick your next victim.
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