It was anyway in a context where it wasn't particularly amusing.

在其他环境中并不都是特别搞笑
"It wasn't you." "We can handle this." only ten percent of the comments were--

"那不是你""我们可以处理这个" 只有百分之十的内容
could be re-coded later on as people-- as actually humorous in any sense.

有可能重新编码作为人们作为真正的幽默
And these included "Poor boy looks just like his father,"

这些包括"可怜的娃长得跟他爹一样"
"You smell like you've had a good workout,"

"你闻起来好像你刚做完健身一样"
"Did you find that in your nose?", a reference to dormitory food,

"你不会是从鼻子里找到的吧" 学生宿舍食物的指代
"He has a job pulling back skin in the operating room."

"他以前肯定是手术室里负责向后拉皮肤的"
So, Provine suggests we separate the question of laughter and jokes

普罗文建议我们把笑和笑话分开
and then ask what do we know about laughter?

那么就我们所知什么是笑呢
Well, here are some basic facts that--

这儿有一些关于笑的基本常识
remember we're trying to think like evolutionary biologists here.

记住我们要努力从进化生物学家的角度看问题
Humans have this universal trait. There's no society without laughter.

笑是人类普遍的特征社会离不开笑