Happy National Moment of Laughter Day, America.

You certainly can use it. You’re being led by a (allegedly) senile narcissist and going through hegemonic decline at a steady clip. It’s rough going – both here and for the rest of the world.

Laughter doesn’t cure anything, but it does kill the pain of the uncontrollable.

Though simple to create, I’m quite happy with how this map came out. I actually quite like the symbology and the vibe I get looking at it – a Hallmark condolence card for a traumatized nation.

Originally, I was trying to get Google Gemini to create a laugh track for an animated map of laughter, but my endeavor failed miserably. I am sharing the results of that endeavor, because in many ways, the results are as maniacal sounding as the US actually feels right now – a horror show, in my opinion.

United we laugh… and hopefully, live to pick up the pieces. 

Google Gemini Image Creator Prompt

Please draw an artistic map of the United States in colored pencil where every state is represented by the profile of a laughing, smiling, friendly looking person. Make sure the people included are diverse in age, race, and a good mix of female and males. All pictures should be of people laughing and coming out of where the state borders would be, with some overlap of one another, etc. Only include the 48 contiguous states, please. The image is meant to be used to celebrate the Moment of Laughter Day. No text should be included on the map except at the top somewhere in handwriting “Enjoy a Moment of Laughter”.

And creepy Google Gemini laugh-track musical results… too scary to use.

Link to several of them… The first one gets very weird about halfway through. Like a Terry Gilliam film without the film.

https://gemini.google.com/share/0381d2943a29

P.S. I swear I hear Jabba the Hutt’s little laughing monster sidekick in one of these.