The laugh belongs to Juan Joya Borja, the Spanish comedian known as El Risitas, filmed during an interview on the Spanish talk show Ratones Coloraos where he told a story that sent him into fits of wheezing laughter. Around 2015, creators began re-captioning the interview with fake subtitles about everything from gaming to politics, and the clip became one of the internet's most reused reaction memes. The isolated laugh now circulates on soundboards and short-form video as instant shorthand for something hilariously misguided, much like the baby laughing meme, keeping the meme alive years after the original broadcast.