it is indeed how people learn...
there is also a measure of "relief", that you weren't the one who died and are getting laughed at.
when someone dies of covid, it may or may not be funny to me...if they took the vaccine and tried to not get sick, not make things worse, not be an irresponsible asshole, then i feel bad that they died, if they did none of those things, and tried instead to talk others into not getting vaccinated, then i find if funny as fuck when they die..
i·ro·ny
/ˈīrənē/
a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.
plural noun: ironies
"the irony is that I thought he could help me"
the irony is that they listened to stupid shit and ignored experts...and expected to not die...