Miller High Life in a Champagne League
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I gotta admit, l would always perk up when Stockton was at it. Just to see what he'd say, and what people would say to him, and what he'd say back. The mensa card? Classic.
But he kept coming back for more. That's admirable AND insane at the same time!
You just gotta think of it like you're talking to a highly intelligent cartoon character.
I gotta admit, l would always perk up when Stockton was at it. Just to see what he'd say, and what people would say to him, and what he'd say back. The mensa card? Classic.
But he kept coming back for more. That's admirable AND insane at the same time!
You just gotta think of it like you're talking to a highly intelligent cartoon character.
Or.... Wait for it..... Autism
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I gotta admit, l would always perk up when Stockton was at it. Just to see what he'd say, and what people would say to him, and what he'd say back. The mensa card? Classic.
But he kept coming back for more. That's admirable AND insane at the same time!
You just gotta think of it like you're talking to a highly intelligent cartoon character.
Or.... Wait for it..... Autism
Or.... Wait for it..... Autism
More specifically asperger's, which is a functional form of autism. Some incredibly intelligent people have asperger's actually (maybe with mensa cards) - there's a kid in my neighborhood who walks around and his main obsession is spiders. Knows all sorts of things about him, in detail. He also knows all a bout some automotive history and design and stuff like that.
The thing about asperger's is sometimes you lack social skills, but fixate very hard to one particular topic and/or have just have very repetitive behavior, interests in general.
Sounds like it describes Stockton, if it is the case I wouldn't make fun of him for it, though - but (for stockton) it certainly can create some enemies for yourself which you can't really help it because it's just how your brain functions.
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Asbergers is not actually a thing.
It's just a "spectrum" attempting to explain behavior which is able to be ascribed to many potential causes.
It's not genetic.. if you think it is, when you attempt to define precisely what genes, you'll find there isn't anything.
There's zero reason to assert someone "has autism" until you rule out social anxiety.
Social anxiety is very real... and very debilitating, and yet also able to be completely worked through. And the SYMPTOMS are 100% the same as what is asserted to be the result of asbergers.
Furthermore, a person could be "unable to change" because they're experiencing depression... and social anxiety exacerbates that condition.
As well, a diagnosis of asbergers results in a judgement/exclusion of that person by a social group. I could easily see how spreading the rumor of autism/asbergers about someone would be a way to ruin their life.. if the person was only nervous and just needed encouraging.
Does the person want to make change and isn't physically capable? Is the person dysphoric/depressed?
Unless you know this information, you can't say he's anything other than socially awkward. Unfortunately, mental health is extremely nuanced and does not lend itself to quick categorization.
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Bring back Stockton.
Bring back Stockton.
Don't we have enough I love Johnny threads?
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