I'm glad this video has been recommended to me. I have had autistic friends ask me or assume that I'm also autistic. I haven't been diagnosed, but I think this video solidified for me how much of a high change there is of me having it. I have never felt so called out, and this will be something I dig deeper into.

this is incredible stuff. really made me want to explore welles’ filmography and the “brush up your shakespeare” bit got funnier every time it happened lol. keep up the good work!!

Why this lowkey a masterpiece 🧍‍♀️

needed this after carti lied

All the things in this title are great

I was not allowed to play video games or watch cartoons. Somehow, I was still obsessed with Sonic! I drew him over and over, too. I wanted to eat nothing but chili dogs. Then I discovered Knuckles, and I just thought he was so cool, I wanted to be him. I had almost forgotten about all this. I'm trans non-binary, ace, and on the spectrum. Is this a thing? I guess it's a thing.

I never associated myself with LGBTQ+ because I don't like annoying people telling me what to think. I already have enough of that myself. Oh lord, that gueer section is something I might write. God, I shouldn't make videos. Finished the video, I didn't like it, i think you're on copium, considering your other videos. Escaping the matrix is another trap to keep you "in".

I mever understood the mind blowing realization that things you like might be bad to you or others, reminds me of the Christian belief that you are born with sin, or the suicidal perspective that it was a mistake to be born in a cold heartless world. It's that curse/bias of knowledge that people always miss whenever i see a video analysis of anything, yet seems to be a prerequisite outside of it. 41:39 I mean, isn't humanity going to end anyways? I think that's the point of "everyone dying" to be a "chicken crossing the road" joke because everyone dies, and usually doesn't make for a fulfilling end. "Yeah, tell me something I don't know."

this was so amazing

Awesome video, first one i see of you. One thing i noticed how much of this video seems to mirror the themes of umineko, i.e what is truth and more importantly how different people can come to different truths even with the exact same info. although it veers off into a different direction than this video near the end i imagine you'd enjoy it and maybe get another video out of it or something.

'I dont have the time or energy to hate the world anymore' really hit with me. Im finally getting my autism/general neurodivergence evaluation done next month after being on a waiting list. Honestly love the detour into talking about abed and the way the way it wraps up the rest of your points. My favorite abed quote is 'this is my reality this is how i learned to be and my being cannot have Nicholas freaking cage ok'

This seriously needs more views, wow. As a trans person who may or may not be neurodivergent (still need to check it up, it's been years lmao) this really hits a chord. All these concepts of reality are so fascinating because... Fiction isn't real, but at the same time it kind of is. The characters and worlds are made up, but at the same time they tangibly impact the world we live in, they give us a better understanding of who we as humans are, what we desire and what we stand for. Amethyst from Steven Universe is a gem that sees herself as an outcast, seen by others of her race as one, that constantly cracks self-deprecating jokes to hide the fact that they aren't really jokes when you look deeper into her. Belle from the Sonic comics is a robot struggling to fit in with the heroes, especially after learning very nasty stuff about her "deceased" father postumously, much to her suffering. N from Pokémon is a guy that really wants the best for the world, yet struggles with understanding what this best really means, being on a completely different wavelength to the protagonists. Collei from Genshin is a girl that is very deeply hurt going on to resent the world, until someone opens their hand to her and shows her that it is possible to escape the cycle of hate, that you can be yourself and start spreading joy. And anybody could say Amethyst, Belle, N or Collei are silly fictional characters that live their own fantasy realities, because they are. But they are also real, at least to me, because I see a bit of myself in all of them. That's how fiction, or rather, art, impacts reality, how it can make our own reality better, or let us escape for a bit. Even if I leave any of them behind, their stories live through me, through the choices I make in life with the ideals they have helped me define, and that is the most real anything can be. And sure, this may come off as a little corny, but I've come to understand that's exactly how I work. In any case, great stuff, sorry for the rambling.

Saw this video, thought "hey, cool, this seems like a neat watch." Read some of the needlessly acerbic comments left by a handful of dumbasses. Leaving it on to spite them. Who knows, maybe I'll comment again when I'm done, boost your engagement a bit more

Sad autism is noticing that everyone else seems to have recieved a script for life, because of which they don't even have to think about their roles or actions, and you were simply left off the mailing list. Happy autism is realizing that the script was shit all along.

Yes

As an autistic bisexual person, this video spoke to me so much. I’ve tried to emulate the way my religious and conservative community wanted me to do, only to make me miserable and an awful person. Seeing characters like Sonic who went against authority was inspiring because it made me determined to be like him and other characters. You really put in effort and vulnerability into this video and it’s awesome!

Thanks for uploading!

Havent watched yet but gotta say Alhamdulillah that one of my older cousins showed me that infamous barefoot sonic photo when i was a kid, i was obsessed with sonic before that but that photo disgusted me So Much that ALL my interest in it died that moment, dodged a tank shell right then and there ☠️😅

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There's no words to tell you how much this video resonated with me as an aroace autistic trans person

Buffy the Vampire Slayer was my “Sonic” (i loved sonic as a child too, though), I was diagnosed with autism in my late teens, so watching I Saw the TV Glow hit extra from both an LGBT and neurodivergent perspective.

I feel the need to say it because y'all are usually not hip, but the people who are bad at math that you don't think should be voting or having their vote count as much as yours? They're voting ree public kin... The people you complain about at the end and had to make up a story to lambast them? They're not the problem. Just felt the need to say it.

So thankful that your hatred for fairy tail got you here king thats so real 🙏

Chris Chan

I think this is one of the most relatable videos ive ever watched wow

This was hard to watch. I'm so sorry about what happened to your whole generation. We should have forced you all to go outside and learn to be functional people. This is a mess.

Man this hits hard

this title could actually describe my life

I have never related to anyone harder in my entire life. Only for me it was Land Before Time not Sonic.

sonic the patron saint of autism

everything you put out, video by video, resonates so much with my own thoughts

Blue rat go vroom

incredible video! it was really interesting seeing how all these seemingly disparate topics ended up tying into a cohesive whole, and the experiences you depicted through that really resonated with me :) looking forward to checking out your other videos!

Great vid

Your note on your ex-friend becoming so angry after their breakup matched my own experience. He had a girlfriend that he adored and boasted about until they broke up. To which she immediately hooked up with a woman which sent him fucking spiraling for the next five or six years until I couldn't handle it last year and gave up. Which sucked, but it was also kind of inevitable. Especially with his family and his brother's clique pushing him towards this end. It only close him most of his actual friends. I almost fell down that path myself if only it hadn't made me so miserable. If only it had fixed the problems I had, which it never did. I never had any guidance with it, so I just tapped out and found my own way. I still miss that friend sometimes. There were some good moments, but I don't want to wait for those moments through slogs of whining and belittling.

Kick Buttowski flashbacks...

I'm at 28:43 and already getting emotional. Looking forward to finishing but it already touched my heart quite early on. "Like Spock, for instance. He's half alien half human, and struggles with his emotions" "Where did it say that?" "It's just how he is."

Love this <3

Tying Sonic, I Saw the TV Glow, and existential dread was something I never thought I'd ever see strung together so cohesively. I'm trans and this just struck a cord of a beautifully positive and sad song in me so deeply. Thank you so much for creating this. Its nice to know I'm not alone in feeling this connection with works of fiction instead of reality. The escapism the everything. I believe there is always a path we can pave forward despite the chaos that ensues. To be ourselves, empathize, and love eachother. Just thank you for all this.

Great video , glad your sharing your perspective with us ❤

I hate how much I relate to this video. good stuff