I am not humor impaired at all, and no, I don't find other people's misfortunes funny, generally speaking. ( a little mishap can be funny, but a serious injury would never be funny) However, my family is full of Aspies and we used to like to park ( Ok I lied, we landed our space vehicle) out in front of Blockbuster Videos to watch all the people who would try to pull open a door that was marked "push" just because most doors shaped like that *usually* pulled open. People would repeatedly slam the door on themselves. Sometimes they would drop all their videos or spill a drink in shock. No one got hurt and we howled like wolves at a full moon. It was really that funny. Words can't do this much justice. lol It was a lot like watching candid camera or punk'd.
Another exception to the rule is church. You're supposed to be quiet and reverent at church, right? Well, once during a funeral ( for someone I had never met, but my grandmother asked me to go. ), a lady was singing really badly and my uncle and I were stifling laughter. I knew better than to look at him to see if he "noticed", but I did anyway. Once we made eye contact, we were both bent over and silently laughing so hard we were shaking and had tears in our eyes, pretending to be praying because it was so funny. I was trying to be quiet and had to pretend like I was crying to cover up the fact that I was laughing. I get it: Inappropriate right? But isn't having a person who can't sing doing a solo inappropriate too? lol See? I am abstract and empathetic: I see this person's inability to sing as a misfortune...lol After we left church, I could finally spout out the funny thoughts that were going through my mind: "Please people, keep the microphone away from Myrtle ( age 70) on karaoke night!" "We need more cowbell" etc. Ok, we also compared Myrtle to the grim reaper because she was wearing her choir outfit with a hood. Oh and I almost forgot: They were telling that story about the deceased requesting to be buried with a fork, and comparing heaven to dessert, etc. ( yeah, I get it) Seriously, I was thinking about that fork floating around in the coffin with a dried out skeleton and some dust and thought that was funny too, I mean, how long would the dead person be able to hold onto a fork? ( and the earthlings think we are odd?) I probably wouldn't have thought it was AS funny if I hadn't already been laughing about the lady with a croaking voice singing out of tune. I did not think it was funny at all that someone died and actually humor is often my reaction to beat down negative thoughts and emotions.
You might see these confessions and think: No empathy. It would be so untrue. I believe that I feel more empathy than the earthlings and it's completely genuine. This is another subject though...lol