Being born deaf in one ear is rarely a cause for "laughing out loud" I think it was quite clearly intended as sarcasm. the "lol" adds nothing to the first sen

Being born deaf in one ear is rarely a cause for "laughing out loud" I think it was quite clearly intended as sarcasm. the "lol" adds nothing to the first sentence I can agree with you there though, but mostly because I don't like "lol" as a word and not because of the use of sarcasm.