I’ve never been able to make it through an entire episode of Community, for the same reason. It’s memeable, but I just don’t find it funny at all.

Ooh, I love the original Gringo Bandito green sauce - have not yet tried the yellow. This looks absolutely delicious!

Yup. My parents weren’t willing to even think about testing me, so it was “stop that, just be normal”.

That’s part of why I love it, and why I could talk wrestling for days. It’s storytelling with punching, what’s not to love? (Yes, yes, simplified as hell but you get my drift.)

Please don’t be sorry! I don’t know much about it but everything I learn makes me so angry.

The neuropsych doctor I was tested by told me that she had been a special education teacher herself, and that during the 70s-90s (and probably even now tbh) there was a heavy emphasis on making students act “acceptably” by stopping them from making larger stim motions and that now they realize it’s a bad idea. It sucks.

Little Bobby Tables, we call him.

I’m 37, and just got diagnosed at the beginning of this month, actually. I’ve never been quite “right” in social situations, and had “odd” interests and sensitivities. My dad is probably autistic but no one’s ever officially diagnosed him and he’d call it bullshit even if a professional said it.

My mother was a special education teacher, and she saw my stimming and sensory issues and decreed them to be a problem because I’d never be “normal” (and I use the term loosely). “You’re so smart! You can’t have any issue with anxiety! Lights are that bright for everyone, and no one else complains! Figure it out!”

Almost exactly a year ago I came across a TikTok channel talking about masking and how it can be stressful. The points she made about how autism presents differently in women struck a chord with me so I started doing research. So many issues and experiences I’d had just matched everything I was finding about very high functioning autism, and I asked about it. My therapist had said I have “autistic traits”, but trauma can also present in some of the same ways (and hoo boy is there trauma in my background). She suggested I meet with a neuropsych specialist in her office and get tested.

When I met with the doctor post-testing, she said that the tests confirmed my suspicions, but also that some of my mannerisms were textbook autism. Apparently looking away from someone while putting together a sentence isn’t me being rude, after all!

I still don’t know how I feel about the diagnosis. I’m working through a lot with my therapist under a different lens now seeing that a lot of things could have been explained if I had gotten diagnosed earlier. The big plus is that I am able to get accommodations at my job for things like light sensitivity and overstimulation now that I have an official diagnosis and letter.

The medley in MGS4 at the climax of the story is also incredible.

I’m surprised that no one mentioned the Metal Gear Solid series. The music was incredible, and it’s got one of the most memorable songs in Snake Eater. I’m also a big fan of Can’t Say Goodbye to Yesterday .

I just got my formal diagnosis literally yesterday, and I’m still feeling…odd. It’s changed how I see myself, but it hasn’t changed anything at the same time.

I see you, and I appreciate you.

I apologize on behalf of potatoes everywhere.

One of my nicknames growing up was Lil Miss Potatoes. But now I’m a grown up, so I’m Lady Taters.

Same.

Chuuuuuu