Communication - do you understand satire or irony?

I've been reading this forum for quite a while and I've noticed that a LOT of people here cannot detect irony or satire. Someone will post something that is obviously a joke, such as "put a boot on her car so she can't leave" followed by a detailed explanation of how to buy or make a boot, and people will reply by saying that's mean or that it won't accomplish anything. Yes, doing that would be mean. That's the joke. The message of this type of satire is that trying to stop someone from physically leaving accomplishes nothing - the amount of time spent on messing up someone's car would be better spent on trying to fix the relationship. I started thinking about this, and all of the pieces started lining up. Is it possible that many of the people on this forum are having relationship problems because they honestly can't tell when someone is joking? Part of the reason I ask is because I listen to Joe Rogan's podcast, and they've had several discussions about head injuries from football, boxing, MMA, soccer, etc. These types of head injuries mostly damage the front of the brain. When football players crash into each other, their brains still have forward momentum, so the front of the brain crashes into the skull. The brain has no nerve endings, so the person can't feel how much damage is being done to the brain. The only signs of the injury are changed behaviors which often include the inability to understand irony, satire, sarcasm, or sometimes emotions in general. People who can't read emotions properly can look like major *******s because they keep doing annoying things, totally unaware that others are annoyed. The front of the brain also controls the ability to know what is appropriate or not appropriate, so a person with significant brain damage might slap a woman's butt in church and in the bedroom without being abl e to distinguish why one is acceptable and one is not. A common feature of frontal brain damage is that a person's sense of humor is severely impaired. They often do not understand shows like the Colbert Report, which is entirely based on satire, but they love the Three Stooges or Adam Sandler movies, which are a combination of slapstick and fart jokes. Thoughts/opinions? Does this sound familiar for anyone? Does it apply to you? Your spouse? Did you or your spouse have multiple concussions? Have you been involved in any high speed car crashes?

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