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People swear they can actually hear Janice from 'Friends' laugh annoyingly in this photo_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 14, 2018 4:42 PM UTC People swear they can actually hear Janice from 'Friends' laugh annoyingly in this photo by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 14, 2018 4:42 PM UTC They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes a photo is worth just one long, grating laugh. [_Friends_ ](http://techland.time.com/2011/07/12/finally-the-thrill-of-watching-tv-with-friends-only-without-friends/?iid=sr-link2)fans may not be able to agree if Monica could have afforded that massive apartment in New York City, the true identity of Ugly Naked Guy, why Joey’s arm was [mysteriously in a sling](http://time.com/4891227/joey-on-arm-sling-friends/), or if Phoebe and Joey should have gotten married just to complete the _Friends_ circle. There is one thing fans can all agree on, though, and that is this: Chandler Bing’s (and, …er, Ross’s) ex-girlfriend Janice had a very memorable laugh. That laugh is so memorable in fact that it still haunts _Friends_ fans years later. This scientifically-unproven fact came to light recently when a Twitter user tweeted a photo of Janice (played by actress Maggie Wheeler) and everyone who saw it immediately shuddered—and then [tweeted](http://time.com/5184477/alec-baldwin-donald-trump-gun-control-snl/?iid=sr-link5) about it. > [](https://twitter.com/AnikaWampner/status/973645755390087168) > [](https://twitter.com/DanieFakhry/status/972956658153476096) > [](https://twitter.com/Hannah%5FWeeksxox/status/973685616759230464) > [](https://twitter.com/AnikaWampner/status/973645755390087168) > [](https://twitter.com/DanielaGeteloma/status/973674314414338048) > [](https://twitter.com/NetflixMENA/status/973595246864060416) > [](https://twitter.com/wordydirds/status/973697846250758144) If for some reason you have blocked out the memory of what Janice’s laugh sounds like, some helpful person has compiled every single one of her laughs into a video. ## Transcript [00:01] [ LAUGH ] Yes, we all remember Janice [00:05] and her infamous chuckle. The Friends character [00:08] became a recognizable face of the hit series so much [00:11] so that her memorable laugh and shudder- inducing [00:13] mannerisms Still haunt viewers to this very day. Yeah, [00:16] this photo is now going viral after Friends' fans near [00:19] and far have come together to seek comfort after [00:21] claiming the voice from sitcoms past has returned to [00:23] torment our eardrums. Yeah, people are claiming that [00:25] they can actually hear Janice's laugh radiating from this [00:29] photo. Can you hear it? I can kinda hear it. [ LAUGH ] [00:31] Wait, hold on. [ LAUGH ] [00:36] Okay, yeah we put that in. Twitter is absolutely correct, [00:39] the photo has a hidden Janice laughtrack I think. That [00:41] sounds kind of like a goat. [00:46] I know that. And exactly right and that's why it's so [00:47] disturbing, and people are disturbed about the whole [00:49] thing. One user tweeting, I hear her laugh from this [00:51] picture and it's literally making me squirm. If I had her [00:54] laugh as my alarm clock, I'd never be late cause I'd [00:56] jump out of bed, and out of the house. Burn. Another [00:58] pleading with the Twitter verse saying Why does this [01:00] photo hurt my ears. make it stop. Even people who [01:03] don't remember Janice, or hearing the laugh. This user [01:05] writing, I was just idling, staring at the screen and I [01:08] saw this picture. An annoying laugh akin to Fran [01:10] Drescher's filled my head. WTF. I barely remember this [01:13] character! How? It's all kind of a mystery. Yeah, [01:16] meanwhile this Netflix account also claims to hear [01:18] Chandler, Janice's Ex Squirming in the background. I [01:20] feel like we can kinda hear that too. [ LAUGH ] Looks [01:23] like the TV got some curses with this photo. 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