The first question a non dev wants to ask a dev

https://youtu.be/6FrsxoMZo-M

but you can't define autism

That was freaking beautiful. I had to Google what minecon is tho

Wtf, minecon is awesome https://youtu.be/VDxcTDQ9oE0/...

@retoor Awesomely retarded

So I was talking to someone in the break room one time about programmers having a higher percentage of autism cases. It actually is helpful as people with certain personalities and traits tend to be better at STEM type jobs. Not dysfunctional autism, but having traits that might be considered to be on the spectrum. My boss who is an electrical engineer and a pretty good programmer said: "I don't have autism!" A few months later I hear him talking and he says something about having autistic traits and programming. So either he thought about it quite a bit, read something, or talked to his wife. At some point he accepted that maybe he has some of those traits. lol

My wife keeps telling me I am on the spectrum, but she is not a psychologist. Sometimes I do get in a mood where I interpret everything as fact and fail to detect jokes or sarcasm. People will sometimes have to stop and explain this to me. Hasn't happened for a while though.

@Demolishun I don't think this is related to being on the spectrum, this happens to me when I'm depressed

Which is fairly common for me, life is pretty brutal out here

@Demolishun what does it mean having autism? Is there smth wrong with you? If not, why the medicine? Is it forbidden to be "different"? So much people have autism, how's it's still being "different"?. If someone accuses you having autism, it's never to be nice. Psychology is warfare. There's no such thing as being "normal"

@UberSalt good to see this thread again, reminds me to watch the full hour compilation. It's my kind of humor in someway

@Demolishun @retoor

It can definitely be traits.

I mean, "autism" is just a catch all term for the whole spectrum, but there are common things, and you can definitely have high functional autism (I do).

Many of the things said here can be traits, such as, but not limited to:

- inability to perceive sarcasm or jokes.
- lack of fluency in social situations
- lack of empathy (note this doesn't mean you can't feel anything, just that you can't relate to others')
- ability to see patterns and solutions to problems neurotypical people can't (one of the reasons we do well at STEM, but also at music, for example).

Of course, nothing of this is black or white. It comes in degrees, and it's not unusual that traits surface when under stress of similar. (It's the equivalent to when the stereotypical autistic child would go into a tantrum)