Chris Rock is on the autistic spectrum

[NormanConnors]

I knew something was wrong with him when he ordered one rib from Issac Hayes.

Not one order of ribs...



But one rib!

 

[The Phoenix]

Must be why he has a weird one-dimensional personality and the emotional depth of a cardboard box.

Not particularly funny either, just controversial

Comes off as a skinny cornball

I swear man, The Coli is undefeated.

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

I feel like comedians get a lot of weird disorders, behaviors, etc. attached to them as a crutch to be honest

like they are allowed to do everything they do because they are able to tell jokes through all their trauma type shyt

it’s always been a very weird thing they get away with that regular people cant

 

[JBoy]

a lot of people are on the spectrum and with advances in the field of Autism treatment they are being diagnosed properly much more often

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I think I definitely have some communication disorder. As a toddler I apparently had a speech problem so bad they were gonna put me in special ed if I didn't go through some speech program. I still had to take speech classes through Elementary school and to this day I still struggle to pronounce shyt and stumble on my words - like I know what I want to say but my brain can't spit it out specifically when I'm talking. And if I talk for a couple of minutes with no breaks...I can't even describe what happens but it's like my mouth stops working for a second or so and I have to stop to gather myself. I'm already self-conscious about public speaking and that shyt makes it even worse cuz I know it's gonna happen. I've learned to cover it by pretending to cough

That's really interesting.

 

[doggy]

THIS IS NOT TRUE

JUST ASK @doggy

 

[Fillerguy]

Maybe not all but definitely a lot of people.

I didn't realize I had an Auditory Processing Disorder until I was 35 years old. I went to a counselor to help deal with my ADD in terms of conversations with my wife. I'd never gotten diagnosed with ADD, just always assumed I had it cause I couldn't pay attention in class, couldn't pay attention in meetings, lost track during conversations, etc.

He started asking me questions and realized that all my attention issues ONLY came when someone was talking. I can read a book, take a test, play a game, and I never lose attention. Then he started asking more questions and everything started coming together - the fact that I had a speech impediment when I was a kid, the fact that I always pronounced words wrong, the fact that I have a phobia of talking on the phone, the fact that I can't understand unusual accents and I'm very slow to pick up new languages, the way I'd always feel a strong urge to duck out of parties within 5-10 minutes if there was a lot of talking going on around me. And this weird thing happens all the time where I won't understand what someone said, then the words will form a good 10 seconds later.

It turns out that I have this Auditory Processing Disorder where I hear just fine, but my brain doesn't process the verbal information I hear correctly. I can understand if I concentrate really hard but it gets tiring after about 6-7 minutes and I need a break. Its always been easier when I see the person, turns out that I've been reading lips and body language my entire life and didn't even know it. I'm GOAT at reading nonverbal clues - like I'll watch people talking in another language, or too far away from me to hear, and I'll figure out what they're talking about and their positions on it without even knowing a single word they've said. That's why the phone bothers me so much. I made up for it in school by always reading everything, so I was this incredible student and no one realized I had a learning disorder, they just thought I was disrespectful and didn't pay attention in class cause I knew everything. Teacher and professors always getting pissed off at me cause I'd get distracted and wasn't paying attention when they asked questions even though I'd ace every test. They didn't know that I couldn't actually pay attention.

Oh shyt this me, especially the end. In elementary school, I would always have my in the books while teachers would lecture. They told my parents I never paid attention but I must be smart because I aced tests. As I got older, i kept having teachers who wouldnt follow text or would have pop quizes on our conversations so my grades dipped. I remeber getting a D one time even though I used a textbook to cheat; the teacher was sick that day and the sub fell asleep.
I didnt start book reading like that until I was junior in college.

Im 30 years now and I only just realized within the last 4 years that I have difficulty learning by listening. Put a book in front of me or show me how its done, and I absorb it.

Where'd you go to be diagnosed?

 

[Dave24]

That's really interesting. I had to go through speech education through 5th grade in order to fix a lot of shyt with my pronunciation, and you can sort of still hear the speech lessons in my voice and way of speaking.

Your issue is different than mine though because I'm actually a really good, confident public speaker, to the point I'm actually booked as a motivational speaker. My issue is with how my brain processes auditory input, so I only get tired when listening, not speaking. I can take over the room in a party, too, just so long as I'm the one controlling the conversation and only have to listen for 1-2 minute runs at a time. Since your issue is getting the words out it's probably a slightly different kind of processing issue, but sounds just about equally severe to mine.

What do you mean when you say you get tired listening and not speaking?

 

[BlackJesus]

I swear man, The Coli is undefeated.

I have my own opinions fukk the coli or what it thinks. This is not about being contrarian. Just a nikka who has his own thoughts

Love it or hate it. Been negged but fukk em. You unemployed fakkits can neg me all you want. Won’t change my views

 

[JackRoss]

That's wild.

The condition he has makes it so that he struggles to read non verbal communication cues.

You would have thought as a successful comedian who has to notice the shyt people do to write his sets, something like that wouldn't be an issue for him.

You mean like when he makes an unfunny joke and has that stupid look on his face like I'm suppose to laugh???

 

[Mr Clean]

You mean like when he makes an unfunny joke and has that stupid look on his face like I'm suppose to laugh???

Come to think of it compared to other comedians he doesn't engage with the audience or fukk with hecklers. He just keeps it moving

 

[JackRoss]

Come to think of it compared to other comedians he doesn't engage with the audience or fukk with hecklers. He just keeps it moving

I thought it was just his thing and he didn't give a fukk

 

[Sccit]

I WAS TALKIN BOUT PAUL

 

[#1 pick]

Maybe not all but definitely a lot of people.

I didn't realize I had an Auditory Processing Disorder until I was 35 years old. I went to a counselor to help deal with my ADD in terms of conversations with my wife. I'd never gotten diagnosed with ADD, just always assumed I had it cause I couldn't pay attention in class, couldn't pay attention in meetings, lost track during conversations, etc.

He started asking me questions and realized that all my attention issues ONLY came when someone was talking. I can read a book, take a test, play a game, and I never lose attention. Then he started asking more questions and everything started coming together - the fact that I had a speech impediment when I was a kid, the fact that I always pronounced words wrong, the fact that I have a phobia of talking on the phone, the fact that I can't understand unusual accents and I'm very slow to pick up new languages, the way I'd always feel a strong urge to duck out of parties within 5-10 minutes if there was a lot of talking going on around me. And this weird thing happens all the time where I won't understand what someone said, then the words will form a good 10 seconds later.

It turns out that I have this Auditory Processing Disorder where I hear just fine, but my brain doesn't process the verbal information I hear correctly. I can understand if I concentrate really hard but it gets tiring after about 6-7 minutes and I need a break. Its always been easier when I see the person, turns out that I've been reading lips and body language my entire life and didn't even know it. I'm GOAT at reading nonverbal clues - like I'll watch people talking in another language, or too far away from me to hear, and I'll figure out what they're talking about and their positions on it without even knowing a single word they've said. That's why the phone bothers me so much. I made up for it in school by always reading everything, so I was this incredible student and no one realized I had a learning disorder, they just thought I was disrespectful and didn't pay attention in class cause I knew everything. Teacher and professors always getting pissed off at me cause I'd get distracted and wasn't paying attention when they asked questions even though I'd ace every test. They didn't know that I couldn't actually pay attention.

nikka, I literally got the same shyt. It's crazy too because I hardly have any friends. I lost damn near every single one but my best friend who's like my brother but I am popular for some reason because I can control the room but shyt at reading it.

I think what helps me is I am funny, smart af, I can sense people's strengths and weaknesses even if I can read them well and my brain is insanely shaped, not too many people leave convos with me or work with me and like, that's a dumbass nikka. Mostly everyone is like, he's insanely smart, the smartest guy I've worked with on an assignment but don't put me in a sales job. I can talk but I can't sell for shyt. LOL! I get fired even with good metrics. I just don't have the ability to succeed even when I shine metrics wise.

Message boards are easy for me. You can see the smart nikkas from the dumb nikkas fairly quickly. Like @Gil Scott-Heroin, you, @Gold, @Elle Driver, @Booksnrain @NYC Rebel, @Malta, @Walt, @Hiphoplives4eva, and some others but you can pick out the dumbasses quick too like @CHICAGO, @Hammer, and a couple of others who I won't name because I don't want to come off as a hater to anyone who never said anything negative to me. Then you got nikkas who might be special mentally but are pretty darn smart like @Sccit, @Swagnificent, Nap, @Stringer Cochran, and Judge Joe Gorilla.

Most of this board is just your normal well-rounded brothas and sistas on average. I barely see any insanely idiotic fools outside of a couple cacs or wannabe cacs like @Gab88 and @Supper.

But you can see the nikkas with no issues in life with people like @Deacon Frye. The nikkas who skate by lifelike @Luck, and the nikkas with no luck like my boy legacy or Stringer. This site got some real nikkas but I noticed the most addicted tends to have major issues in some form or fashion. I already know I am addicted to message boards like a crackhead to crack.

 

[Frump]

I think we overlabel people these days

there are people with autism who suffer greatly from it and some less so Who can function with it to where you wouldn’t know unless you were with them a lot

But just because you’re socially anxious or shy or not a great socially in general or don’t pick up social cues extremely fast doesn’t mean you’re definitely on the spectrum.

It’s a disservice to people who are actually on the spectrum

I remember some girl
Made a video That went viral about being on the spectrum when it was clear she wasn’t. She just wanted the attention and to be a victim