slutMar 14

Lmao

https://lemmy.world/post/44230197

Show threaddaggermoonMar 14
I fucking hate that show. Also, I love your uswrname.
Show threadmybuttnolieMar 14
i don’t get the hate. was my comfort show for a good five years… it’s a random ass sitcom, what did people want it to be?
Show threaddaggermoonMar 14
I hate it because it stereotypes autistic people. I’m tired of being compared to Sheldon Cooper.
Show threadmybuttnolie
they never even said he was autistic?
Mar 15 at 9:27amWeb
Show threaddaggermoonMar 15
Yet my autistic tendencies are compared to him.
Show threadStarvingMartistMar 15
That’s not the shows fault though, is it? That’s people
Show threadJännätMar 15
And “that’s people” because they made him the most stereotypically autistic character possible, they just couldn’t outright call him autistic because even the fucking dimwits who wrote the show knew that it wouldn’t be OK to laugh at autism
Show threadFooBarringtonMar 15
Imagine we switched out the behavior. Instead of Sheldon behaving like autistic people do, we could give him the issues people with Tourette’s face. Of course he doesn’t have Tourette’s, but he shows the same involuntary tics, and him behaving like that is the butt of the joke. Would the show be at fault?
Show threadStarvingMartistMar 15
Again, you’re still the one stereotyping him as autistic, nowhere in the show does it actually say he is
Show threadFooBarringtonMar 15
I literally gave an argument for why this isn’t the be-all-end-all. Would you like to try engaging with that instead of just repeating a response that doesn’t actually try to understand the issue?
Show threadStarvingMartistMar 15
My mistake, this response was meant for another commenter, looks like they deleted their comment and I must have clicked on yours instead
Show threadFooBarringtonMar 15
He’s not officially autistic because then it would be obviously wrong to laugh about his behavior - but they still gave him autistic behaviors and expect people to laugh about it! That’s honestly worse, as now it’s supposedly okay to make fun of the things autistic people struggle with.