happy1892
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Dear Folks F.Y.I.:
(I am Happy1892's Father.) My son does not get certain types of jokes or humor situations well because he has autism. However, he does not have animosity, either, over just about anything, which I think is unusual, and a good thing. He is thirteen, and we just got a diagnosis of him being in the autistic spectrum about two and a half weeks ago. He was born in South Korea and stayed there until April of 2011. He did not attend school much so no teacher picked up on it (praise the Lord! . . . I never liked school, either). Too, his degree of autism is mild. He cannot handle loud noises well. Nor, can he function well around a large number of people.
He really does not get jokes well, but he says to tell you that two of the jokes he read here were a little bit funny to him. Interestingly, he gets jokes from the sitcoms I got for him to glean more English vocabulary while in South Korea: M*A*S*H, Hogan's Heroes, I Dream of Jeannie, I Love Lucy, The Flying Nun, F Troop, Star Trek TNG, TAGS, and a whole bunch others. Irony is something I noticed he picked up on more quickly than my other children and my wife (South Korean). I thought that odd. However, I can see that he needs to work on his "Your Momma" jokes.
Thanks for running such a kind forum. My son loves this place and thrives here, learns a lot, and feels valued.
(I am Happy1892's Father.) My son does not get certain types of jokes or humor situations well because he has autism. However, he does not have animosity, either, over just about anything, which I think is unusual, and a good thing. He is thirteen, and we just got a diagnosis of him being in the autistic spectrum about two and a half weeks ago. He was born in South Korea and stayed there until April of 2011. He did not attend school much so no teacher picked up on it (praise the Lord! . . . I never liked school, either). Too, his degree of autism is mild. He cannot handle loud noises well. Nor, can he function well around a large number of people.
He really does not get jokes well, but he says to tell you that two of the jokes he read here were a little bit funny to him. Interestingly, he gets jokes from the sitcoms I got for him to glean more English vocabulary while in South Korea: M*A*S*H, Hogan's Heroes, I Dream of Jeannie, I Love Lucy, The Flying Nun, F Troop, Star Trek TNG, TAGS, and a whole bunch others. Irony is something I noticed he picked up on more quickly than my other children and my wife (South Korean). I thought that odd. However, I can see that he needs to work on his "Your Momma" jokes.
Thanks for running such a kind forum. My son loves this place and thrives here, learns a lot, and feels valued.
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