Autism: Lunch

[Matthewlovesanime]

I have AS and even I think this is funny

[ejvi22]

that guy is handsome and honest... rare thing nowdays

[justthesister]

I've got AS and this sounds a lot like a conversation I had with my sister except my response was "Finally! I hate Josh! So, since he made you cry am I allowed to kick him in the crotch? And I just made chocolate fudge, eat some, the chemicals in it will make you feel happier, cause you're getting my shirt wet with all the crying." She wouldn't speak to me for days... and then she got back together with him and I had to be nice again, darn it.

[TheMarsupilami7]

this guy is right....thats the way it should be..he is not rude..if he is realistic he cares

[Jianlibao]

I have Asperger's (not exactly autism but usually associated with it) and let me tell you, I'd NEVER have thought of saying what this guy said.

But as others have commented before, at least he made her stop XD

[cm2dude]

Objectively, she isn't exactly pretty, so it seems he made a logical response.

[Trinder3467]

I get it. TRUTH = AUTISM.

[frements]

@Trinder3467 get what youre saying but ive got this fear of saying the truth and hurting people its not always black and white ( means its not always that simple )  :)

[CherryViz]

At least someone made her stop.

[BoeingBeatsAirbus]

haha i love this guy! that made my day! lmfao!

[AlexosMusic]

she is ugly.

[Sh3nmu]

looky here guys, if that was your friend then you could say that as a joke, but if its your colleague or a stranger you meet, then thats just plain rude even as a joke and its obnoxious and inconsiderate. Why? because strangers don't just automatically know your intentions or your personality if they haven't known you for a while.

And with the above, i have just proved i DO NOT have asperges. ffs my parents keep tryna say i do, especially when i have a disagreement with them, stupid excuses.

[Mariotheplumber100]

It would be even better if she punched him in the face ;).

[jmjlane]

@Mariotheplumber100 Be better if she kept her shagging to herself and worked at work.Nobody wants to hear her Neuro Typical bleating about her `relationship` troubles.Hairdresser brain.

[oglocgeeks2nd]

Hidden message: Stop bitching over mundane things, people have it a lot harder.

[PashupatiFR]

For me, it is not rhetorical when, something bad having happened to me, I ask to people involved why. And no fucking body ever explains me anything when I ask. :(

[sckisback14]

oh my god i have aspergers but i also have common sense! no one likes to hear their ugly and if you take things literally you would still realise this.

[alterbr33d]

I took that literally aswell. I would try to asnwer her question, but I would not say because you are ugly... But yes, I don't see why you wouldn't asnwer the question, though, well I guess its not a question. Maybe its a question she asks her self, like why does this happen often? Why couldn't it just not happen? Like if something dramatic happens to someone, they say say" why?!?! why oh why did this have to happen?! but I guess its not a question?

[sykickg]

ouch

[randomirishperson]

i think thats really funny when he says maybe he thought you were ugly

[MrsAnxiety25]

I have AS as well, and too, would like to know how else a question like that is meant to be taken... I mean, she kept asking over and over, and they kept offering explanations but she just kept going. At least he got everyone to stop with it, lol.

[SpokaneGirl85]

I can relate to it. I also have AS and goodness do I come off as this cold. But I don't think I am that awkward. I would just be listening and that be it. Maybe asking questions too.

[DrFishNips]

They say "people with autism may take you literally". I have autism can someone explain how else your meant to take a question like that? If its not literal what the hell is it? Symbolic? Symbolic of what what the hell was she talking about?

[carzak]

It's called a rhetorical question. She doesn't expect an answer, she is just expressing her grief.

[nixiethepixie]

@DrFishNips The girl was being rhetorical, she didn't actually want an answer, she just wanted attention and sympathy. Answers she was expecting were along the lines of "well it's his lost" "cause he's stupid" etc - anything that belittles him and bigs up her. So, not something that could possibly be a reason why. However, I do like his answer. I'd probably gone with a similar answer, but more to shut her up.

[xXXREapERCHiLD216XXx]

@DrFishNips I know. How else were you supposed to take it? She asked what's wrong with her, she should expect a real answer, not "count it as his loss."

[apluschick]

@DrFishNips It's a (pathetic) cry for sympathy. The woman in the vid wants to hear that her ex is a douchebag, she is beautiful and desirable, that she can do better and will do better next time. That sort of thing :) I'd probably say "Maybe he thinks you're ugly" anyway. She was getting annoying.. But yeah, hope that helps bro.

[DrFishNips]

Haha if your not looking for honest opinions then don't ask.

[cjlpowerdude999]

it annoys me because people in our school have just learned about this disability so they are taking the mick outta everyone and saying they have this

[Thanos700]

i initially thought this was an awareness video for ugly people looking for support...

[Guncriminal]

Fair play to the kid.

[zincbender]

I knew he would say that. This is textbook AS.

[DrFishNips]

Its a reasonable assumption. I don't get why shes offended. She shoulda been thankful for the honest opinion.

[CleverDjembe]

@DrFishNips

I diagnose you as: autistic.

[CrackBadger52]

AHAHAHA these ads are brilliant. I'm definitely not as autistic as this lad but I'm always getting in shit for speaking my mind. People think I'm intentionally trying to be a prick but thats not the case at all I just say it as it is without thinking of other peoples feelings.

[SUPEREMERALD123]

I always stay alone to prevent damage to anyone else. I make friends with my own shadow. i have to take medication because I'm always depressed. My IEP still goes unsigned. They take me as a worthless maggot that is plain retarded, and will die alone. The dying alone part I know is true, but there's still the perception of being "used." It's always hard when you're diagnosed with A.S. Nobody cares about me, but my music. That's all they care about.

[skycladwow]

What music do you like? Do you play an instrument? Why do you think you are worthless?

[DrewMKordik]

I am very sorry to hear your story. I hope things have gotten better since you have written this. Let your art swallow you up and help you express yourself as best you can. I wish you the best in the future.

[bevamartin]

Still even with Asperger's Syndrome, as I myself have, I would still have a difficult time trying to console someone who is hurt. It is not because people with Asperger's are mean ( and we are not). It is just that we think way differently than a person without and while it is true that they can take things literally, I myself don't think literally, so if I was in that situation, there would be no way for me to console anyone who was hurt, but I would do it nonetheless.

[asperger15]

same here

[elenacerasela]

She's not ugly, she's just obnoxious to cry after her boyfriend's penis at lunch time, when it should be about just eating and resting your mind, not socializing.

[elenacerasela]

I would rather eat on the sidewalk outside from a trash can than go to the cafeteria...not always, but most of the time. The smells, the noise, the occasional bad energy of some angry person that I can feel, the people that talk incessantly while I am trying to eat and not choke, those are things that put me in painful overload. One thing that helps throughout the day is to take the breaks and just be by myself, pray, think, just recharge the brain.

[cannabischarlie]

i loved cafeterias, never had those issues, but i looked at it as a chance to really have people in one place and where it was acceptable to talk, its not always so in class.

a noisy crowded restaraunt with noises coming from everywhere is a different story. its also a different social environment.

[Stevieray100]

I have Autism myself and I usually do not just reply to these things. Usually I tend to change the subject when sitting in the group, especially if they're talking about stuff I do not want to hear.

[mewrox99]

that guy is awesome =P

[ahmednat]

LMAO. thats not autism.. just a straight up funny guy :-D

[11krage]

Thats happened to me a fair few time, though i'm not really sure what it was that I said wrong as it just seemed like a perfectly logical thing to say at the time.

[speedyweedylemon]

He was telling the truth, shes an ugly bitch

[redwolffire]

a person with aspergers I definitely relate to this guy on this particular issue. In that same situation I probably would have said instead "at least you can get a boyfriend." Which I guess could be construed as rude. Other than that, I don't think he did anything wrong. Because if I had it my way. We'd all be blunt.

[mchlrosenblum]

Can someone please produce this for the US market? There are hilarious!!

[mydrumz]

Ya he's not meaning to be rude, don't you wish we all could be so brutally honest sometimes!!!

[knuckles92s]

shit...sounds like me...i dont think this is really to much autism...shit i think a girls fat i tell them straight up...go to the gym fatty lol

[AfghansWorld]

HAHAHAHAHHAHA LOL absolutely.

[themonkeywrench]

That is very close to home for me. Particularly as a child I was very tactless but I didn't mean to be rude at all, I was just telling the truth. I'm still like that now but now I know that there are some things that you shouldn't ever say even if you don't mean to be rude (e.g., never say "yes" if someone asks if an outfit makes them look fat).

I think I have Asperger syndrome but I've never been officially diagnosed. I fit the symptoms though. My mother says she thinks I have it.

[eddy81092]

this happened to me once

[JoeRoss1993]

What, did you end up talking to someone literally when you didn't mean to?

[eddy81092]

that happened to me once

[JoeRoss1993]

I sometimes take people on literally, because I have asperger's as well, like in my school, I sometimes laugh at one of the girls on stuff she says to me is not funny, but I always end up laughing at her, and I don't mean to do it.

[MondoBeno]

It's true. I have Asperger's and I tend to say stuff like that guy. I feel like I'm never part of a conversation, so I say whatever comes to mind.

A better way to handle it would be "what's the matter, dear, boyfriend trouble?"

But as an aspie I don't always think before I speak.

When I was a kid I would have that problem and my parents were always yelling at me.

[cosmanthony21]

Wait, Im laughing. Maybe the guy actually DID think she was ugly. So what, he needs to be cured of calling it how he sees it? Fuck, its funny! Insensitive? Bahh.

[chantellemcgonnagle]

lol, yeah, possibly. But then, if everyone starts "calling it how they see it"...you better get a thicker skin on yourself. People with autism aren't responsible for that stuff...but i'm not going to champion the cause of obnoxious pricks the world over...because usually they're the last people who can handle it when you "call it like it is". The biters usually don't like being bit, you know.

[chantellemcgonnagle]

So what happens when an autistic kid is being bullied and dehumanized...should i take the bullies' part? After all, they're just calling it like it is. There's a BIG difference between being a selfish, cold hearted idiot and being autistic/aspie.

[jcapsel85]

I couldnt help but laugh. I think aspies are more common in the US than the UK. I too am an aspie though i would never say that.

[piflover]

Well the US has a bigger population and I think the system works better over there. AS is more easily recognized, whereas here in the UK the condition isn't as well known (hence this campaign.)

[elenacerasela]

Are you kidding? I am a nurse in US, I have AS and my daughter has it also. We are being usually tortured...to say the least. There is so little awareness that it is pityful. I begged my daughter's teachers to just be kind, that's the only "treatment" she needs not to go into tantrums, but almost nobody gets it...most just don't give a rat's ass. If people would be kinder, it would help a lot. Regardless of how much they WANT to know about AS.

[iamher87]

@jcapsel85 I believe americans tend to diagnose anyone " shy" or " nerd", and "school shooters" as an aspie. No offense to you, but this guy is sure an " aspie". And that´s very real in autism giving a " sincere" answer. I try to not speak my mind, but my brain cannot block " true" answers. Sometimes, it sounds like tourette ´coz minutes or hours later I start thinking: " Hmm... I shouldn´t have done that".

[BogMonkey53]

@iamher87 theres a whole array of symptoms you need to display to be diagnosed with aspergers. I got diagnosed with high functioning autism cuz I'm a freak of nature. I have big clumps of callous on my hands from my favourite method of stimming which is to grind my fist into my palm. I have a compulsion to balance everything and when I see things in multiples I have to find out how many sets of 2's or 3's fit into them. It even disturbs me sometimes that I stare at the tiles on the wall forhours

[dinglegonzo]

@jcapsel85 I would but never understood why or how I was being so rude.

[XE0G]

Ha! I do that all the time not to that extent but still say things. I guess I'm lucky though I dont get in alot of trouble for it.

[deaf0]

used to do things like that when i was a kid, not sure if i do it anymore. At least noone seem to react

*hmm*

[tshudyb]

I used to say things like that but I have gotten better...I have actually said something very similar to that before. Now I am better at knowing what is inappropriate or offensive.

[Typowned]

I'm also an Aspie and yeah I can say things that come out not the way I'd of liked but I wouldn't come out with "Maybe because your ugly." lol It's obvious that saying that would hurt someones feelings.

I suck at maths too but I do have the stereotype of loving my computer games.

[papertigerpie]

Don't miss the point, now. It's not saying that we Aspies are mean or always clueless, it shows that people just don't always understand peoples' motives or reasons for acting differently. Luv it.

[odogcainemenace]

guy was weak, no matter what he had, to let those clowns make sport of him like that. he should have decked them.

[LarryB1984]

I dont think this is an accurate portrayal of someone with Aspergers, I have it and I would never EVER say anything like that!

[Jovian84]

lol, ftw! you dont know how many times i've done something like that, its so awful. when I was little i actually called my sister fat. like as a greeting.

[Typowned]

I also have Aspergers but I would know coming out with something like that would hurt someone's feeling. I guess I've learnt to mask my Aspieness alot has I've aged. I'm always having to compensate constantly for peoples ignorance.

[austinstock]

HAW HAW HAW HAW thats hilarious

[neondiscogod]

That's actually pretty funny. I have Asperger's, and I've ended up in situations like this a few times...

[H0D0NKAIN]

I also have Asperger's Syndrome.

The video was pretty funny. When I was younger I probably would of answered questions like that in a similar way.

[SpamNapkin]

I know a few people with autism who act like this, they don't understand what a figure of speech is.

[HollowAstaroth]

For a guy with autism, Daniel is very cynical. No offense.

[hekar]

Well, it's a "type" of autism, Asperger's Syndrome. Read wikipedia for more info...

AS kids usually are very smart in math, school etc. and many times are the stereotypical geeks in your school that have those high egos.

[HollowAstaroth]

Ah, I understand now.

[KuraiGaka2]

Heheh. I'm unusual even as an aspie because I suck at mathematics. But yeah, my head is REALLLY big........I can't even get through the door.....

[Jovian84]

the difficult nature of mathematics helps with the ego. no mater who you are it takes a great deal of patience, and persistance.