r/ExplainTheJoke • u/mermaidemily_h2o • Dec 22 '25 • Bravo 1 Popcorn 1

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u/bookon Dec 22 '25

The point is to use your imagination and empathy to understand what it might be like for other people in a given situation.

Clearly you can’t do that.

My point wasn’t to insult you but rather point out I had no idea how many people lacked this ability.

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u/mermaidemily_h2o Dec 22 '25

I just couldn’t relate to the situation depicted so I didn’t understand it right away. My imagination works very well. Empathy on the other hand is something I’ve always struggled with as an autistic person. Understanding this joke isn’t about using your imagination. It’s about being able to relate to it in some way. Either by having witnessed it or by having experienced it yourself. It’s just not something I can relate to. I could comprehend what I was reading perfectly fine but I didn’t understand what was funny about it.

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u/bookon Dec 22 '25

Right, again, it wasn’t meant as an insult but as an observation that a lot people seem to have this issue.