🧵 Ok so I’m just starting a thread of autism research/thoughts so that it can be muted if you want/need that:

“Many autistic people report not being able to enjoy humour if it’s at somebody else’s expense.”

This is the kind of thing that makes me worried about people as a whole, I always figured this was true for everyone and the only reason people laughed at “punching down” jokes was because they didn’t properly understand what the joke was about. I don’t know how to feel about a world where people really do understand and just, find it funny anyway…

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@Sophie [Iore] I think for me this is more of a consent thing? Like, if I know someone is ok with/enjoys being made fun of, then it doesn't bother me.

Maybe caring about this level of precision is also an autistic thing.

@madewokherd yeah I totally get that too, I can especially laugh a lot at people making jokes at their own expense. Somehow that is even funnier to me?

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