I recently heard about a brain disorder called Witzelsucht (from German, witzel meaning to joke and sucht meaning addiction or yearning,the Germans come up with some fabulous words!) ,also called the "joking disease". It is described as a tendencey to tell inappropriate or poor jokes. Maybe it is just me,but as diseases go this one doesn't sound too bad. It's a symptom of injury,trauma,stroke,tumor or degenerative disease to the right frontal lobe. If the left frontal lobe is afflicted in the same way it causes anxiety and depression. Okay,so here is my thought on this...if this is an existing disorder doesn't it make sexist jokes and other inappropriate jokes from a person suffering from Witzelsucht free from prosecution for harassment? and if that is the case couldn't anyone excuse that type of behavior by claiming to have the disorder? I never found any mention of how it is diagnosed other than the patient telling bad jokes. Another interesting symptom to this disease is hypersexuality.
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