Sensible Chuckle
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About
Sensible Chuckle is a reaction gif a man laughing while reading a magazine titled "Sensible Chuckle" from a scene in the Australian comedy show Danger 5.
Origin
On February 27th, 2012, Danger 5 premiered on the Australian public television network SBS One, featuring a group of international spies attempting to assassinate Adolf Hitler during World War II. In Season 1 Episode 3, originally aired on March 5th, 2012, the character Tucker (played by Sean James Murphy) laughs to himself while reading a copy of the fictional magazine "Sensible Chuckle" (shown below).
On April 18th, 2013, Redditor[1] ARealHuman posted an animated GIF of the scene to the /r/reactiongifs[6] subreddit, where it gained over 3,900 votes (96% upvoted) and 80 comments prior to being archived.
Spread
On the same day, the /r/SensibleChuckle[7] subreddit was launched. On February 3rd, 2014, Redditor Turkish_Farmer submitted the GIF as a reaction to news that the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks football teams would be playing against each other the following year to the /r/reactiongifs[3] subreddit. On July 7th, Redditor gaedikus submitted the GIF to express his reaction when seeing a picture of his ex on Facebook to the /r/TrollYChromosome[2] subreddit. On August 27th, YouTuber Dinosaur uploaded an interview with Sean James Murphy in which he responded to a question about the "Sensible Chuckle" magazine scene (shown below).
On January 13th, 2015, Redditor TheWhyteMan submitted an edited version of the Sensible Chuckle GIF with clips of laughing celebrities appearing to read the magazine to /r/funny[4] (shown below, left). On the following day, Redditor TheWhyteMan submitted an extended version of the GIF with several added laughing celebrities titled "Have I gone too far? (OC)" to the /r/funny[5] subreddit, where it garnered upwards of 4,100 votes and 950 comments in the first 24 hours. Also on January 14th, TheWhyteMan's GIF was reposted on FunnyJunk,[8] where it gathered more than 27,500 views and 760 upvotes that day.
Search Interest
External References
[1] Imgur – Sensible Chuckle
[2] Reddit – MRW my ex posts a picture of her with her downgrade
[3] Reddit – MRW I see that the Broncos have to play the Seahawks
[4] Reddit – Sensible Chuckle
[5] Reddit – Have I gone too far?
[6] Reddit – Browsing all the posts in /r/reactiongifs
[7] Reddit – /r/SensibleChuckle
[8] FunnyJunk – How much is too much
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