Look up on Youtube Big Bang Theory without laugh track. It's pretty revealing.
Laugh tracks scared the shit out of me as a kid and I couldn't put a finger on why until I got older: It's manipulative conditioning at the base level. I always hated sitcoms, and Big Bang is one of the worst of a bad lot.
I think I've heard that before, I'll check it out.
Big Bang Theory without laugh track
Here it is, no youtube: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=8ib889nSZVU
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