I take you seriously. I am clinically DX'd ASD, from a family w/a lot of ASD members, and I thought this as well. What Ed took and expanded from the whole concept of "kayfabe" relates heavily to a wide variety of masking strategies/ASD perspectives on social functioning. Wizzywig and the Grand Design books are also extremely ASD sorts of projects to conceive of and take on. Having a uniform, needing that level of routine and alone-time, stereotyped speech, monologuing and inadvertently saying things that rub people the wrong way, often being regarded as "weird" or "off-putting" by more extroverted neurotypical folks, B&W thinking on certain subjects, keeping only family and an exclusive group of people "close," extreme attachment to certain time periods/places/"home," collecting/hoarding special interest objects crossed w/spartan utilitarianism, early onset of gastrointestinal issues, needing "same foods" (Ed always had to have bottles of Aquafina water on hand), etc., etc. I am more of an extreme case, but from my perspective Ed was textbook ASD. Regrettably, his final note and his logic there made perfect sense to me too: ( And yes, other reasons. Being a bit too overwhelmed w/enthusiasm and excitement when you encounter a person who shares some of your special interests GREATLY exacerbates social deficits. I don't know what really happened there, and have never been in a situation like the one Ed was in, but I believe Ed, and myself tend to not even be able to keep anyone's age, gender, social status, etc. in mind when I'm interacting w/them. I think he thought he was acting in a way that the person he was communicating with would appreciate/perceive as "cool," given their shared fondness for Hunter S. Thompson, GG Allin, horror/gore/splatter, general transgressive teenage rebel stuff, etc. I will continue to miss Ed. It is increasingly difficult to be a part of this world, but we all get the alternative inevitably.

Are you from the media? If you have a voice to say something, please SAY SOMETHING!!! Ed was killed by a lynch mob. In FUCKING 2024! how could the system of a so called civilised country allow that?!

Dude are you serious? The man killed himself! You will pick his words? What kind of monster are you? Ed would never hurt a fly, what are you implying? Aren't you happy with him being dead? Do you have to spit on him now?

@@cRPGeek how do you know this? Are you romanticizing? USA is saturated with pedophiles who were ex judges, teachers and politicians, music moguls, artists, celebrities, sport athletes, singers, actors, It’s A SHIT SHOW of perverts who can’t differentiate between what’s appropriate and what’s inappropriate. A persons creative capacity and social strata doesn’t reveal their SEXUAL behaviors. You’re an enabler and socialized delinquent. All of the people who off themselves that are Caucasians were doing it from GUILT and the avoidance of consequences (the easy way out)…. All they have to do is investigate his accounts and they will find what they need to. (He tried to delete his social media account which companies by law have to hold for 30 days) WHY THE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME?? stop romanticizing and idolizing humans!!

​@@VishvaComicsahh i see, you are one od THOSE...

@@cRPGeek and you’re an INCEL??? Which grown man says “are you 17 or 18, if 18 I’m CRUSHED” that’s a highschool language except from an OLDER man. When old men like yourself can’t interact with people your age, you have to pick children??? Imagine being so perverse that you can’t tell the difference of what’s appropriate or not!

Ya, some of these videos are like picking at a wound.

If only men could think with the right head and keep themselves out of trouble and away from teens. Doesn’t erase his creative contributions but adults must DIFFERENTIATE

@@VishvaComics No, Ed did nothing wrong even if he was flirting with a 17 year old and I don't subscribe to your sexually oppressive made up sanctimonious rules.

@@VishvaComics No Ed did nothing wrong and I don't subscribe to your made-up rules.

@@fuzmanchu Jeffery Epstein offed himself. A pastor being investigated jumped out the window…. Patterns are patterns. Guilt makes men do a lot. If a person is innocent they would show up. There’s videos of him saying “when I bring GIRLS over”… no one is asking a predator to subscribe to anything. Corrupt people will enable anyone who does what they do. USA is purging all of its perverts. It doesn’t erase his creative contributions.

Need to be consequences!