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I thought laughter was a sign of nervousness? Crazy way to pass judgement on somebody IMO

sjsdaiuasgdia 3y ago
Yeah, this effectively becomes an "are you like me?" cultural test, which is just overflowing with implicit bias.
permo-w 3y ago
I don't think it's the worst heuristic of all time, especially just for the individual's awareness of the situation, but it shouldn't be legal grounding for anything
matthewaveryusa 3y ago
Yes, as a natural nervous laugher myself I had to course-correct later in life and learn to have gravitas. It is never beneficial to laugh, even if your counter-part is emotionally intelligent enough to know that it's nervous laughter because: 1) Your counter-part may not be emotionally intelligent enough 2) Deep-down, even if you know someone is showing you a nervous laugh it takes yet another level of emotional discipline to not be annoyed by it (like parents telling their kids "it's not funny".) I can't stress enough how much extra trouble I got myself into by being a nervous laugher and no one telling me any better. As a child when you nervous laugh, the typical response from an adult is typically ~ "Oh yeah, let me double down and show you how not funny this situation is" which implicitly is trying to be a punitive lesson in life to change your behavior. All this to say, this kind of police training/question is just cops making up pseudo-science and, as someone else pointed out, "heads I win, tails you lose" situation.
mysterydip 3y ago
I'm immediately guilty in a lot of situations because I have some kind of automatic laugh when it's a high pressure scenario. I'm telling the truth but the laugh makes them think I'm lying, which then just cranks the pressure up higher as I have to convince them I'm not.
quercusa 3y ago
It's a "heads I win, tails you lose" test.
- dr-detroit 3y ago
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ilyt 3y ago
No reaction ? Straight to jail Nervous ? Straight to jail Laughing ? Straight to jail Laughing nervously ? Guess what, straight to jail
Traubenfuchs 3y ago
> I thought laughter was a sign of nervousness? The cop in front of you decides what's nervousness or not.

Yeah, this effectively becomes an "are you like me?" cultural test, which is just overflowing with implicit bias.

I don't think it's the worst heuristic of all time, especially just for the individual's awareness of the situation, but it shouldn't be legal grounding for anything

matthewaveryusa 3y ago

Yes, as a natural nervous laugher myself I had to course-correct later in life and learn to have gravitas. It is never beneficial to laugh, even if your counter-part is emotionally intelligent enough to know that it's nervous laughter because: 1) Your counter-part may not be emotionally intelligent enough 2) Deep-down, even if you know someone is showing you a nervous laugh it takes yet another level of emotional discipline to not be annoyed by it (like parents telling their kids "it's not funny".) I can't stress enough how much extra trouble I got myself into by being a nervous laugher and no one telling me any better. As a child when you nervous laugh, the typical response from an adult is typically ~ "Oh yeah, let me double down and show you how not funny this situation is" which implicitly is trying to be a punitive lesson in life to change your behavior. All this to say, this kind of police training/question is just cops making up pseudo-science and, as someone else pointed out, "heads I win, tails you lose" situation.

mysterydip 3y ago

I'm immediately guilty in a lot of situations because I have some kind of automatic laugh when it's a high pressure scenario. I'm telling the truth but the laugh makes them think I'm lying, which then just cranks the pressure up higher as I have to convince them I'm not.

quercusa 3y ago

It's a "heads I win, tails you lose" test.

dr-detroit 3y ago
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ilyt 3y ago

No reaction ? Straight to jail Nervous ? Straight to jail Laughing ? Straight to jail Laughing nervously ? Guess what, straight to jail

Traubenfuchs 3y ago

> I thought laughter was a sign of nervousness? The cop in front of you decides what's nervousness or not.