Local stoner Ryan Meyers, 27, was simply trying to enjoy his Friday night when he decided to watch Pineapple Express—again. However, what started as a harmless sesh quickly spiraled into a full-blown existential crisis, all thanks to Seth Rogen’s iconic laugh.

“It started off funny, like usual,” Meyers explained. “But then Seth did that laugh—you know, the one that sounds like a stoned hyena? Suddenly, it hit me that this laugh is everywhere. I realized I couldn’t escape it. Every time he laughed, it felt like the universe was laughing with him… or at me? I don’t even know anymore.”

The spiral began innocently enough, with Meyers chuckling along to Rogen’s trademark raspy cackle. But as the movie went on, he found himself slipping into a strange, almost hypnotic state. “I started wondering, is Seth Rogen just one person, or is he, like, an essence? A force that’s somehow laughing through all of us?”

By the fourth or fifth laugh, Meyers was deep in contemplation, questioning everything he thought he knew about existence. “Is he laughing because he knows something? Like, does he see through the fabric of reality? Why is he so chill while I’m sitting here coming apart?” Meyers reportedly asked his roommate, who was equally bewildered but slightly less alarmed.

Meyers later admitted that he tried to turn off the movie, only to realize Rogen’s laugh was still echoing in his head. “I closed my eyes, but I kept hearing it. Every time I’d almost fall asleep, I’d hear that laugh—Huh huh huh huh—and suddenly, I was wondering if I was just a character in some cosmic stoner comedy.”

At press time, Meyers was taking a break from all Seth Rogen content and reconsidering his “funny laugh threshold” for future movie nights. “I just… I need a laugh that’s a little less powerful, you know?” he said. “Maybe Paul Rudd.”