Why Laughter Is NOT The Best Medicine

I'm not here to say that humor doesn't reduce suffering because it does, but laughter itself is not the best medicine as people say. It's not even a real medicine. If laughter was a medicine then when I couldn't afford my prescriptions at the pharmacy and the guy behind the counter laughed at me I'd be fine with that. That would be free medicine!

If laughter was the best medicine then you could run up to a car accident and laugh in the victim's face and that would be considered a very kind and helpful thing as opposed to what it's really considered: the complete opposite of kind and helpful. If laughter was the best medicine then doctors wouldn't even exist, we'd all just go to the dentist when we were sick so we could be treated with Nitrous Oxide. I bet dentists wish that was the case, but sadly it isn't.

If laughter was the best medicine then an old woman falling down a flight of stairs would be the cure for Cancer, but unfortunately it is not. If laughter was the best medicine EMTs would rush to the scene of an accident and show dying people photos of cats with yogurt cups stuck on their heads to help stop the bleeding. But none of that ever happens because laughter is NOT the best medicine.

Can you fit laughter in a medicine cabinet? NOPE!

Is Laughter Really The BEST Medicine?

Everyone knows the old saying "Laughter is the best medicine" and while laughter has been proven to help people heal and recover from pain, it isn't the BEST medicine. If laughter was the best medicine why doesn't my doctor prescribe me a video of a midget on a tricycle, or better yet bring a mime into the room and punch him in the nuts? Sometimes laughter isn't an effective medicine AT ALL, like in the case you have some sort of oral injury like lets say you accidentally bit too hard on a steel dildo and broke all your teeth. Laughter would be detrimental to recovery in that case. If you have gangrene in your leg then the best medicine would probably be more along the lines of morphine and a bonesaw. When you're on the operation table being put under, the last thing you want to hear is everyone in the room laughing hysterically. Laughter is not the BEST medicine. That is a misleading statement that needs to be revised for future use. I think a phrase like "Sometimes funny helps" would be more accurate.