Dan and Arin Being ✨Very Neurodivergent✨ For

[@tyjuarez]

we stan an iconic ADD and OCD duo

[@Mithriya]

THE duo

[@razzthelemon.4400]

i somehow misread this as “iconic ADD and OCD couple” but your version works too i guess 😒

[@Atlasintokyo]

And then me the autistic love child of the two watching them bc I have all three of those diagnoses

[@RenSako]

Still looking for any examples of Dan's OCD. He doesn't seem to have any symptoms that he can even describe and I think he's just exaggerating a simple anxiety disorder. I wouldn't ever say that about anyone but Dan is essentially a proven pathological liar who specifically lies about his life to get pity and attention. He lied about being homeless, he hid the fact his grandma funded basically his entire career, etc. At first I felt for Dan and his diagnosis until other people tried opening up about their OCD to him and then the "symptoms" he described had absolutely nothing to do with OCD. No compulsive rituals to cope with anxiety, no examples of how it affects him. No, just a dumb story about throwing his meds into a lake because he "didn't need them anymore" which is absolutely NOT how OCD works. At all. He's not a sweet ND boy, he's a serial manipulator and habitual liar.

[@stickitydoodah]

​@@RenSakocrazy, man doesn't share literally every detail about his struggle and you think you know his whole life LMAO As someone with OCD, I think you're fighting the wrong battle and sticking your nose in the wrong horse's ass. Armchair psychologist vibes

[@plaguedoctorraccoon]

Autism comes with a lot of OCD like traits, and also a lot of ADHD like traits.......basically what im saying is if Dan and Arin fused they would make an autistic person thank you for coming to my ted talk

[@Squibbling]

@@plaguedoctorraccoon ...That explains so much- I'm diagnosed with autism and have been told multiple times by professionals that I show signs for ADHD and OCD (yet not enough to get the diagnosises). So yes I say this is absolutely true, they'd fuse together into an autistic person.

[@Axqu7227]

Oh my god lightbulb moment. This is why my autistic ass is drawn to ADD and OCD folks just as much as “own brand” neurodivergence. Totally forgot OCD as part of the ND realm

[@realtehen]

help I read autism as austin

[@TindraSan]

these all also has some overlap with BPD, it's all just one big neurospicy family :D

[@Lucifersfursona]

@@realtehensorry I can’t come in I have austin Listen today sucked let me have this

[@acediaethos4469]

"spinning so that a thought might stay in his brain through centripetal force" is one of the funniest things i've read in a long time 😂 this whole video was amazing, more of this pleeeaaase ❤

[@smeeeef]

As someone who is neurodivergent I can very much relate to the grumps behavior! It’s possibly the main reason why they are my favorite KZbinrs for sooo long! Thank you for making this btw

[@poprox2657]

SMEEEEFFFFF!!!! So real for this

[@salemfae]

Wild smeef spotted! 💖 Fr I put them on when my brain needs to chill tf out, blessed grumps

[@houdini9739]

smeef!!! same their random nonsense somehow calms down my brain noise

[@ryvantiumm]

ah yes Dan's special interests: Dinosaurs and Rush

[@ripleydrawsandthings]

And music! :)

[@RenSako]

I mean, that's certainly how he's branded himself. He basically filled out a DND character sheet and decided that was his new identity. I have special interests as someone with autism and I don't literally talk about how I have them every chance I get. Dan doesn't ever talk about dinosaurs, or Rush, he just talks about how much he likes them and spews very surface level trivia about them when pressed. Remember in Ocarina of Time when he clearly stayed up late memorizing all of Rush's albums and basically begged Arin to ask him to recite them after awkwardly bringing it up? He was bragging, that's all. He wants to seem super into prog and at some time decided liking a specific dinosaur was quirky, so he built a persona around it. He went to school for marketing and it shows. He's absolutely obsessed with marketing and branding himself.

[@RenSako]

@@ripleydrawsandthingsNah, he's more of a "pretends to be a musician" person. His only musical talent or skill is singing, and he can't even do that. Brian writes all of NSP's music- with TWRP now- and all he's ever done musically otherwise is sing. Skyhill? Someone else wrote the music. His new project? He literally just sings and it took so much post processing to make him sound decent whatsoever you can barely make out what he's saying. He's not a musician, he just knows musicians and how to use them to build a career through minimal effort of his own. Dude knows literally jack shit about music and whenever he tries to discuss it he's completely wrong about literally everything or is just shitting on pop music because he thinks being a contrarian makes him a better musician. He still talks shit on people who close one ear when they sing because he doesn't know that they do it so they can better hear their own voice. Maybe if he tried doing that himself instead of being an ignorant loser he would be able to sing better, but he's too busy being a pretentious fraud so that his underage female fans will want to sleep with him. He was my favorite grump for several years until I realized he was lying about basically everything. It's even worse because the things he lied about were the reasons I respected him.

[@ripleydrawsandthings]

@@RenSako I will admit, I don’t think that Dan has autism, though I do relate to him as an autistic person. However, I will say that, while Dan certainly has a persona that he plays, he seems genuinely interested in the things he talks about. He didn’t choose to like the stegosaurus because it was quirky, but because he liked it as a kid. He even tells a story about his teacher getting angry at him because he wouldn’t stop drawing and talking about them. In other words, does Dan have a business? Yes. But do I think that everything about him is manufactured? Not even close.

[@virgil2461]

my favorite ND moment from arin is when he is very clearly uncomfortable with anything touching his face but powers through for The Bit (lipgloss episode, drag queen episode, face care products episode)

[@freshcoffeebug]

I don't know about autism, but I know Dan has OCD and Arin of course has ADHD. As someone with both; I think I know one reason I've watched their misadventures since 2013 lmao

[@annceres1204]

I believe ADHD (and maybe OCD too?) also count as neurodivergent. Because it still means that you aren’t neurotypical or “brain normal”

[@freshcoffeebug]

​@annceres1204 oh absolutely, I was just commenting on the little captions during the video. Both of the boys are neurodivergent I think Arin more obviously so, but Dan has his moments haha

[@annceres1204]

@@freshcoffeebug gotcha 👍🏻

[@Acorn905]

Oh do they actually? I didn't know that :0

[@exist4046]

honestly not surprised that Dan has OCD knowing abt how he fucked around with drugs in his earlier years because goddamn can that be a tempting way to try to manage that sorta shit. i dunno what he does now to manage it but it seems to work pretty well so i hope it continues that way! i hope to find some better way to be treated for my problems myself

[@Beebz29]

I knew there was a reason I resonated with these guys

[@emmawaters5531]

Physical manifistations of my autistic/adhd/ocd brain

[@basementdwellercosplay]

If they're is a sequel, you should include when they mess up reading a word or numbers for the dyslexic kids in the back

[@mr.memerman3655]

watching this makes me realize I am far more neurodivergent than I previously thought

[@highvoltage988]

"Either AudHD memes need to stop being so relatable or I need a diagnosis" - me for years (I don't have insurance)

[@DeathnoteBB]

Tbf a lot of this is also common for NT people, ND people just experience it more frequently and severely. That said I’m sure many people here are ND even if they don’t know it yet

[@Squibbling]

Dan probably doesn't have autism... But as an autistic girl who loves dinosaurs, I resonate with him SO MUCH 😭💕

[@DeathnoteBB]

*gasp* Lamar… (from the NSP song about a date where he can’t focus)

[@RenSako]

Dans about as neurotypical as a person can get. The only mental quirk he has is he refuses to pay attention to anything or listen to other people so he's exactly the same person he was 12 years ago, which was a 30 year old with the mind of a 15 year old.

[@deepfriedrat7428]

hop off lil bro 😭😭😭what did dan do to you

[@rocannotsee6691]

The funny thing about this is that he literally isn’t neurotypical 💀 he straight up has ocd

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@rocannotsee6691 Yeah idk why people are saying he’s NT

[@snjert8406]

ADHD dingus here, I demand more. This was fantastigreat.

[@beanbbox]

Fantastigreat is my new favorite word Sincerely, a fellow ADHD dingus

[@snjert8406]

@@beanbbox a pleasure, fellow dingus :D

[@jesuisege]

this compilation is my first introduction to these people... AND I AM A FAN

[@kbmakes]

as An Autistic i really really like this video

[@Professor_Wisteria_]

Arin sometimes just taking a moment to make sure Brain is Operating gets me every fucking time dude, sometimes you just gotta do a quick little soft reset of the servers

[@garymcginnis8511]

Ive recently discivered the possibility of undiagnosed autism in myself and the fact i have always gravitated to neurodivergent-coded people and things makes SO MUCH SENSE

[@enderkai618]

same!!!

[@moths_bones]

Im so glad this reached the right audience of neurodivergents 😊

[@gwynnbee-c5g]

Stop I literally adore them so much because I can relate to them in practically everything they do. I’m not really diagnosed with anything but I show a lot of symptoms for ADHD and autism and I just resonate with them so much because of that.

[@sweetpea2604]

I’ve never felt more seen & understood more than seeing Arin (and sometimes Dan) twirl his hair around 😊

[@parkermae]

your comments on each clip were so funny and real! I never realized how ND Dan is.

[@stacia2016]

4:15 Omigosh, that's hilarious 😂 You're so right, that's EXACTLY what's happening

[@lillisubs47]

OMG this is the funniest game grumps compilation i have ever seen!!! As someone with autism i TOTALLY relate! :D Please make more of these compilations!

[@ripleydrawsandthings]

I actually posted another one not long ago, if you want, as well as a Bluey one (about to upload it now).

[@cookiesyruplover]

This is so good! Very curated too! I love the witty little captions, really adds to the hilarity. Case in point: -this would be my 14th reason -spinning so that a thought might stay in his brain through centripetal force Also 3:25 -me trying to bring up a conversation point from fourteen subjects ago~ is so relatable!!!! When a conversation moves along but my brain is still cooking on that past topic, I'm not gonna be able to let it go. I think this is why I prefer typing over talking. Being able to reread things I missed and be as detailed as possible in my response is so much easier.

[@hyperwoomy]

I feel like I’m learning a bit about myself watching these videos lol

[@Sleepyz_Crowz]

4:32 is so funny to me cause i have ADHD and i looked directly into the sun about 3 seconds prior

[@enderkai618]

i do that a lot.... impulsively looking straight At uncovered lightbulbs :'))

[@marcykiger9899]

I love being Dan and Arin in one human body

[@Snuzzled]

I still love how I the first clip Arin is all "No Dan don't goddamn it!" but he still cares enough to make sure he puts down Dan's cup that he initially picked up. 🥺

[@tahrey]

This is sending my neuroscope wild, particularly with the shaky leg of all things. I feel like we could have a fun time just hanging out in a room with a couch, some props and craft supplies, and a few beers, and that's not a feeling that I get often from popular media folks.

[@seichysweetpie3781]

OMFG the last one killed me 🤣 That's me EVERYTIME I have to follow instructions

[@xXx_Nikki_Slaughter_xXx]

They just like me fr

[@thegaynaika]

God thank you I’ve been waiting to find a comp like this Stg these two men can be so nd and it kills me when it seems like I’m the only one who notices If you ever decided to do another comp with regular gg videos, or even just more power hour stuff I would love that sm

[@ripleydrawsandthings]

I’m definitely going to do more Power Hour stuff! The clips are a lot easier to find, since the episodes are much shorter. If I ever do a regular GG compilation, I might look through already existing compilations first clips. 😊

[@bigace1870]

i have all 4 of these saved on my sleep playlist lmfao

[@octolingo1892]

I’ve never watched these guys but this came up in my recommended so I’m gonna watch it lmao

[@southparkfirefly]

You should they're awesome, Game Grumps is their gaming channel but The Grumps is where all these clips came from.

[@Mr.Smallziez]

this is my type of divergence

[@KyoSohma2211]

As someone with ADHD and OCD, I relate to both of them so much lol

[@doomcat4465]

I feel so noticed rn and I'm just AAAHDFHKADKKLDSAFK;LJ HAPPY WATCHING THIS TRILOGY OF VIDS

[@JayTohab]

The commentary is peek, thank you

[@pinkdruid2347]

I’ve been watching KZbin videos since the early 2000s. Over time I’ve realized almost all of the KZbinrs I like most are neurodivergent. I’ve also realized over time there might be a reason for that… …I have adhd and autism.

[@takeemeedownn]

i just found that out recently aswell. ive been diagnosed but most of the things ive hyperfixated on were either made by autistic people or have autistic people (or characters) in them and i just found that out

[@AnFomhar]

😂 0:15 seconds in, and you already got a laugh outta me! As someone on the spectrum I definitely would have lost my mind internaly if someone did that to my canvas.

[@averynelson1186]

Like, I knew that I am sensory-seeking with food. But somehow I did not put it together that Arin was sensory-seeking with food also until you laid it out like this 😂

[@Oli.V]

4:15 “spinning so that a though might stay in his brain through centripetal force” STOP EXPOSING ME LIKE THIS

[@TindraSan]

ok but now I'm just imagining you playing some sort of wind instrument then subconsciously shaking your leg and the music goes all wobbly XDDDD

[@ripleydrawsandthings]

I actually played the ukulele! So, when it was sitting on my shaking leg, I wouldn’t be able to play. 😆 Same happened when I briefly played the violin.

[@jennifertheiss7836]

0:30 and they try to tell us Arin doesn't smoke oui'd 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ripleydrawsandthings]

He was either high or thinking…and honestly, I couldn’t tell you.

[@temmiedestructo7309]

I think 4:09 is an old south park reference-- which could be a different reason to potentially tie in with neurodivergence. Whenever they reference stuff, they very often try to replicate how it sounded, sometimes doing it right after it just happened.

[@DespiteEverything42]

3:40 me when.. friends are talking and i had a joke from lkke 2 minutes ago i forgot to share at the time it would make sense BUT I cannot just let it go

[@ripleydrawsandthings]

And I usually bring it up with no context, which means they are super confused about what I’m talking about.

[@risxra]

1:15 I WHEEZED BC I KNOW THE IMAGE😭 Edit: op are we the same person😭😭

[@noyd4172]

ah yes, a fellow Wikipedia enjoyer

[@risxra]

@@noyd4172 you joke but I legit use Wikipedia as my primary search engine lmao

[@ripleydrawsandthings]

That is one of my favorite images, because that was 100% me as a kid. I used to line up and sort my LPS, play with them for, like, fifteen minutes, and then put them away.

[@oliviabarbara6830]

“nah its-a fine”

[@TheMutantCreeper]

I forgot Dan had (has?) OCD. I’m assuming he has it way more under control now but I wouldn’t doubt some traits still exist.

[@phantasmagorics]

You never "cure" OCD or similar types of disorders, you just learn to control them with time, therapy, and medication if necessary

[@virgil2461]

​@@phantasmagorics I assume that's what they meant by "under control", that makes it sound more like "maintained" than "cured" imo

[@GBfanatic15]

Dan: boy there is nothing you will not put in your mouth is there? me: me and Arin seem to have a lot in common XD

[@Morirs6]

no because as someone with OCD and ADD i can’t tell if im arin or dan from time to time 😭😭

[@DizzyEyes94]

More of this P L E A S E

[@ripleydrawsandthings]

Coming right up! I’m currently trying to find some suggested clips. :)

[@JackofArts]

they remind me of if apple and onion were Vulgar

[@mtsmcr]

am i... neurodivergent?

[@ripleydrawsandthings]

Mayhaps. :) Although, I will tell you that it’s not the symptoms, but the frequency and severity that matters. A lot of people hate loud noises or have trouble focusing without being ND…but is it to the point you need to wear headphones or can you never get anything done?

[@christianlarsen1168]

Any1 got a discord i can join? i feel like we would get along if you like this vid lol

[@DeathnoteBB]

1:01 Which Power Hour was this? I either forgot it or it’s a recent one I haven’t caught up to

[@ThatOneIsAwesome]

It’s a fairly recent one, about tinned fish 🐟

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@ThatOneIsAwesome Oh thanks!

[@dimensionalMystery]

1:15 let's not "headcanon" a real person as autistic if they haven't stated it. he has OCD, stacking things is a common trait of that too

[@ripleydrawsandthings]

Ah, that’s true! I’m very sorry…in the future, I’ll say that I personally relate to some of his actions, but that Dan himself doesn’t have autism! The picture was just so similar to him stacking the paint that I thought it would be funny.

[@dimensionalMystery]

@@ripleydrawsandthings no problem! i hope i didn't upset you, i forgot my tone tag (it was supposed to be "/nm")!

[@ripleydrawsandthings]

@@dimensionalMysteryOh no, not at all! It’s a good constructive criticism! /gen

[@Readesu]

I'm going to guess you are an older sibling, no reason.

[@ripleydrawsandthings]

Youngest, actually! Although I do have a younger cousin and often hung out with younger kids growing up.

[@calcifer6142]

I mean, some of these arent even autism specific, theyre just traits that happen to be exaggerated in autistic ppl, and i dont like the notion that pll cant act certain ways without being labelled as autistic. I actually thinks this makes things harder for people. I also dont think it's healthy to see symptoms in other people's behavior. Autism is way more complicated than a list of behaviors and i dont like the way this video frames it

[@ripleydrawsandthings]

I’m very sorry, I never meant to show Dan in this light, nor show autism as just a list of behaviors to be checked off. I have already been told that it could be harmful to speculate Dan as autistic. In the future, I will be sure to preface by saying that, while Dan is not autistic, some of the things he does are relatable to me. Also, he does have OCD, and quite a few traits happens to intersect between OCD and autism. This video is also meant for relatability, humor, and neurodivergent joy. It isn’t exactly academic, just things I’ve noticed the boys do that are relatable to me and my friends, who are all across the neurodivergent spectrum. I am only using what I see in myself and others - I would never just slap a label on someone because they had a few traits I saw on a TikTok one time. I know you’ve probably seen a lot of that, which is why you left this comment. Rest assured that this video was well-researched through life experience. :) If you would like a more academic video, one that shows all sides of autism and ADHD, I have a Bluey video that goes in depth with examples of the reasons why I think they are both neurodivergent. If you want a more complete view of autism and ADHD, that may be the video for you! If you ever feel uncomfortable again, or need clarification, please let me know! This is all just for fun - I don’t want to make anyone feel bad.

[@RenSako]

I mean, I know Arin's ND, as we can actively see him struggle with his symptoms, but are we really still entertaining Dan's "OCD"? Dude can't even describe his symptoms or what OCD is, and when he tries to he's wrong. He's only ever treated OCD as quirky perfectionism, which it explicitly isn't. He's 100% lying and seeing all the other folks open up to him about their OCD just to have him bumble and dodge their questions and refuse to elaborate on anything except "I'm good with numbers" and "I got better and bravely threw my meds into a lake" is just outright disrespectful and harmful. Life with OCD is hard enough when half the people don't pay it any mind or even acknowledge I have it, yet some lying rich kid can pretend to have it on KZbin and everyone sucks him off. Then again, he's pretending to be a musician too, and that's going just as well somehow despite his only musical ability being "singing" in a weak, monotone head voice. Yet people treat Arin like the literal devil because he doesn't like fucking Sonic

[@ripleydrawsandthings]

I’m sorry you feel that way. It sucks when you feel like a huge part of yourself isn’t accommodated or noticed by the people around you. However, I will say that I will probably make more GG content in the future, and if you dislike half of the subject matter, then my videos may not be for you. It’s okay to dislike celebrities or their work - in fact, it’s healthy! With parasocial relationships running rampant, it’s good that you know and can express when you don’t like a celebrity. But just because you see part of their life on a screen doesn’t mean you know what their OCD looks like, or how they struggle now. Your story may not look like their’s, and that’s okay. But KZbinrs are people too, with lives away from their videos. This means there’s a lot of things you don’t see, and it’s impossible to judge a person based on only their content.

[@espeoradar]

my guy I think it's time to stop interacting with grumps content if you hate Dan this much (I've seen the essays you left on other comments) as someone else whose OCD has been reduced to mostly harmless background noise following treatment, I'd say there's a chance Dan's just isn't as severe as it can get, like mine, which honestly I'm damn grateful about. sure he could just be lying, how tf are we to know? but even if he is lying, that doesn't mean you have to bring yourself down by interacting with his content and that made about him. if this is an Obsession, I get it, but at a point you become responsible for your reactions to your symptoms, especially if it leads to you to interacting with things that upset you. stay away from grumps content, maybe take a break from KZbin altogether if need be, cus right now this doesn't seem like a healthy response to a video someone made of something that makes them happy.

[@ripleydrawsandthings]

@@espeoradar Thanks, dude. :) /gen

[@topasu9454]

y'all are so desperate for attention

[@ripleydrawsandthings]

How so?