The crux of the problem, IMHO is you have to be intelligent enough to recognize satire in order to understand it and find the humor in it.
That leaves about 90% of the left out in the cold when it comes to satire.
beat me to it.
“That leaves about 90% of the left out in the cold when it comes to satire.”
How right you are - some of the funniest humor is subtle, gee-I-have-to-think-about-that humor. Goes right over the head of some folks.
I consider Monty Python humor satire and it is excellent. You laugh at the time the joke/pratfall/silly line is done and then you laugh AGAIN 5 minutes later as it sinks in how witty the whole thing was!
Can anyone else think of a humorist who knows how to present satire in a routine, etc.
What I really hate is “toilet or crude” humor or jokes at other’s expense - it really really irritates me.