What Makes Ellen DeGeneres Laugh?

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Alexander Abad-Santos 862 Views Feb 7, 2013

We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cellphone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today:

Cosmic Rule No. 423532: If someone does something that isn't funny enough to make you laugh, but it's funny enough to make Ellen DeGeneres laugh, then you will laugh at things previously thought unfunny.

Do you suffer from Hipster? Know someone who does? If so, please talk to your doctor about Unpretentiousil. Side effects may vary.

Here is Ryan Seacrest being pick-pocketed by an odd man and then giggling like a school girl:

And finally, this is a pygmy goat doing a dance because he is so happy. No, this is not the second part of that Seacrest video:

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