The Connection Between Obscene and Obscene Hearse

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In a lot of cultures today, people it's common for people to cover their mouths when they laugh. It's also considered obscene laughter because when you see someone laugh, you it's infectious. And there is something about your body having a reaction to someone else that you haven't willed it to have. Like if someone's watching porn and they see someone having sex and they feel that feeling inside themselves as though it's their own that's similar.

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