A lot of what makes Comic Sans so ugly (lack of consistency or uniformity) also happens to make it more legible for people with dyslexia or similar reading disabilities.

Dyslexie explains it well in their about pages, https://www.dyslexiefont.com/en/typeface/

I wish the font was free, but there's always https://opendyslexic.org/

All the times I've read along people bashing some 'asshole' who insisted on Comic Sans for everything, now I'm wondering how often the 'asshole' had dyslexia and the other people were the real assholes...

Oh fascinating. It does make sense now. Maybe someone will release a open source version that could be included in systems.

Seeing that there are paid versions designed specifically for this

I've been using Comic Mono as my non-code IDE font for years. It clashes obviously with the font I use for the code, which makes it easier to parse context for me.

Out of curiosity, why do you use a monospaced font for non-code?

If there is commented-out code, it works better in a monospace font.

I think there's a few reasons. It is used a lot in schools because it purportedly is good for students with dyslexia and resembles handwriting. Some use of it can be contributed to irony, but I think for a lot of laymen who don't care or know much about fonts they just think it's neat.

I think some people just get tired of the stiffness and formality of "normal" fonts. Comic Sans just screams informality.

Irony.