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Laughing simultaneously seems to act as a signal of acknowledging someone's status, perhaps with a subconscious intention to attain access to resources by maintaining a good relationship with the high status individual. For example, people more often laugh about jokes told by a more attractive man<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Attractive_men_are_perceived_as_.27funnier.27.2C_even_when_they_are_actually_not</ref> and attractiveness is moderately related to status.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#A_man.27s_looks_are_significantly_correlated_with_his_popularity_and_peer_status</ref> Also there are different types of laugh archetypes which influence the laugher's perceived dominance, rank, and personality. For example, there is the hearty laugh, which is excessively low in pitch, and perceived as incredibly dominant may largely be motivated by showing off one's clarity and loudness of voice which men use as means of intimidation, but which is likely also under [[beauty|aesthetic sexual selection]]. As well as the evil laugh which signals indifference to someone's suffering or low status and hence signals superiority.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_laughter</ref> Less dominant people likely also accommodate their laughter to the voice pitch and style of their higher status partners and of the group.