Mom cancels kid's World of Warcraft account..

[Metaltastic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daIbm0vaXJo&feature=channel

That pretty much makes my mind about it beign staged for sure. Cool thing this guy's voice resembles Eric Cartman soo much, the old one from first seasons

"I know what'll make you happy - I have your boo bear"

Still think it's real personally, and that the kid just has some serious problems, probably owing to really really bad parenting! (and a sadistic tormenting brother )

 

[Metaltastic]

Yeah, I thought the same. What kind of car is that?

Fuck if I know, but I drive a hatchback!

 

[MartijnPaauwe]

O my god. I believe this shit is real, and i feel somewhat sympathy for the guy. He must have ADHD of some-sort and i think his parents are too narrow minded to actually seeing it and doing something about. Just hear the mom when he gets his new car "This is something you can beat up and you don't have to worry about it" I'm not saying that his actions can be justified but i do blame the parents and his brother being a jerk for letting it go out of control (Note : Not to justify myself here, i loved to drive my little ADHD brother nuts We're getting along very well now). The guy seriously needs some help and understanding.

For what it's worth, i went to a exclusive high school along with some kids like this because i have PDD-NOS (which is a autism spectral disorder) and was pretty agressive sometimes. But i learned (myself and through help of others, and still doing that) and developed myself enormously. Some friends of mine who i've known for some years who are aware of this never expected this of me. I'm just a normal happy bloke with some extra's A plus of this that i'm always aware of details, even when i wouldn't want it. It's a huge advantage for my work (I work as a stage builder and follow-spotter for the dutch tour of Mamma Mia!) and for mixing/recording stuff, because i am really really picky about stuff. Sometimes it's not an advantage at all in my personal life but i'm still developing myself and my parents are really really proud of me that i got so far in life because when i was growing up as a kid they never some me at the place where i am now

 

[Metaltastic]

Congrats dude, that's great you've been able to succeed so much with admittedly something of a disadvantage, and reading your typing I personally would never have guessed you were autistic!

 

[MartijnPaauwe]

Thanks man It's not really autism, it's a mildly form of it. Heck! I still don't even know what it really is hehe. You're not the only one who've never guessed that Some friends that i trust (it's not that i'm selling it to people) and i told them it they were like "what?? you're kidding right?"

I think with all sorts of things in life that admitting the problem is a start of solving the problem, not that its really a problem anymore

 

[Notuern]

For what it's worth, i went to a exclusive high school along with some kids like this because i have PDD-NOS (which is a autism spectral disorder) and was pretty agressive sometimes. But i learned (myself and through help of others, and still doing that) and developed myself enormously. Some friends of mine who i've known for some years who are aware of this never expected this of me. I'm just a normal happy bloke with some extra's A plus of this that i'm always aware of details, even when i wouldn't want it. It's a huge advantage for my work (I work as a stage builder and follow-spotter for the dutch tour of Mamma Mia!) and for mixing/recording stuff, because i am really really picky about stuff. Sometimes it's not an advantage at all in my personal life but i'm still developing myself and my parents are really really proud of me that i got so far in life because when i was growing up as a kid they never some me at the place where i am now

Wow, we basically have the same disorder then..
I have the mildest form of Asperger Syndrome, which makes me fucking insanely interested in a small set of subjects.. i mean, i swapped ram in our home computer when i was 5, and got better then all my friends at playing guitar in less then a year(Some of my friends have played for about 10years.).
But yes, i definitely get your point about your personal life.. i have a hard time speaking to people i don't really know that well, and i used to have problems to talk with people i know unless its about stuff im interested in.. but ive got past that somewhat.

Im getting better each day though.. right now im working in a piano store so i have to handle customers and do some stuff im not interested in at all etc.. and even though i started working there this January, i feel like a completely different person now days(And i bet it has shown on my posts in this forum as well.).

Anyways, i hope that your condition gets even better dude!

 

[MartijnPaauwe]

We almost have the same thing then yeah (There are some differences i've learned, but it's a damn good comparison)

Through my work (or maybe choice of work ) i have really become a social fella and if i feel like it i'll just talk the ears of somebody who i don't really know through a subject what doesn't make sense at all. But when i was 16 or so i didn't know how to talk to people i didn't know, i was always busy with thinking stuff like 'what if i say this don't they think im a dork?' now i dont even care if they think i'm a dork or not, that's not my problem anymore Some advantages is that i learn really quick, with my work in the theatre or music arrangements and playing instruments. My main instrument is drums, i only had 5 years of lessons but people call me extremely skilled with drums. Furthermore i've learned myself to play guitar/bass and some keys. The only disadvantages i am noticing or somewhat simple things, like making an important call, not wanna do it and making up excuses not to call. I'm still forcing myself sometimes to do it But it helps. Still once a week i'm going to a sort of talking group with teenagers my age with the same disorders. Most of the time it's a lot of fun, the ambience is really down to earth and people help each-other out so it's very inspirational too.

I'm hoping your condition gets better too mate! I think your job can help a lot too, it certainly helped me a lot!

 

[Notuern]

I know im bumping a really old thread, but for you guys who doubted it:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogChJk1dZ28&feature=sub[/ame]

 

[LydonB]

haha he plays WoW but doesn't know what YouTube is? No way.

 

[ahjteam]

Go Ethan!

edit: I just realized that JeffTD's avatar is from that video

 

[Brandon E.]

 

[Brandon E.]

Oh btw, im not sure if it's dick or not to ruin it for all you guys but it is staged...there used to be an interview with him on youtube, and an interview with his mom...both were removed. She mentioned a lot of details too, like how he put about a 2 inch slit on the neck of his t-shirt in the car video before hand, so that he could rip it off quickly. The kid who freaks out is the mastermind behind the whole thing. There's a video where hes playing a video game and he freaks out because he keeps getting TKed, but if you look at the monitor he like doesnt even have a video game open

 

[JBroll]

... in other news, no more than four people were surprised by the last story, and they have all won free residence at the 'R. Stumbling Plunkerton House For Those Who Can't Be Trusted With Sharp, Hard, Or Delicate Things'.

Jeff

 

[Chris_P_Critter]

I think this is real... but I have such a hard time believing it. Especially his vid with the car... how can one kid be such a punk... if that were my son, I have no idea what I would do... then again, he would never get to that stage if he were my son...

 

[LeSedna]

@Notuern and ShallowEulogy : I sort of recognize myself in your "disorders" even if I don't feel it being so much of a trouble but a strong part of personnality.
I'm someone that is quite confident globally but can be shy in front of somebody selfish etc. I stress for most calls I have to pass, and not always answer the phone when I don't know who it is. It's still not a problem to work (I work every year in banks etc where the phone rings all day long) but it stresses me still. I also see what you mean by "interested only in a few amount of things". I was always good at school, always first or second of the class, but not a too brillant pupil. I mean, I wasn't one of those who always had 20/20 (in france we note on 20). But always 16/20, which leaded to best schools that I finished and now I'm in the national plane pilot training (which is a $150 000 training given free). But I never worked too much for what didn't interpel me, and so I was mainly good at science. I have sometimes trouble to concentrate on two things. I always work by passion. I can think of only flying, or musical production, or playing guitar, or playing a game, or photography, etc, but I always switch from one to the other and dedicates to it entirely. So sometimes it's hard for mandatory things, because I can think of my passion all day long. But, still, it's positive, because I get good at what I love (and only what I love). I learnt guitar quick during 1/2 years, had to stop because of studies and it's too bad I cannot work on that more but I did, and also I learnt my basis on audio recording quickly. Idem for photography, I quickly learnt the interesting basis. But still, I can quickly switch if I feel that I have learnt enough and that mistery disapeared. For the moment this is not the case in audio recording, so maybe it's an exception. Also, I don't sleep well and sometimes can have trouble to start sleeping (but always sleep well then) because I think too much. I've been told by various people either being "good analyst" of people, or terrifying by few for being too attentive to details I expect. But I'm not attentive to details I don't (like remembering things about people, which sometimes bother them lol). So about "details", I'm half balanced. I am perfectionnist in many things, but it's not too compulsive, I never go to the "useless" level of details. And in other things, I'm the contrary and friends laugh at that part of me because it's funny sometimes.

Do you feel some of that things too ?

But it's okay, I'll have my dreams realized, will have money, and I have shitloads of good friends, f**k women, I have absolutely no problem. it's just I feel sometimes special, but I don't know if it's just me who would like to, and that I'm normal !

 

[LeSedna]

(after some reading) I'm not touched by the Asperfer Syndrom, not really. I am not hypersensitive, have no elocution pb. Just that it sometimes interfere with my social life, but never a lot. I may miss going out with friends once sometimes but it's not general. It seems I'd rather have some light characteristics of it. It seems to be considered as a ligjt syndrom anyway

 

[Notuern]

@Notuern and ShallowEulogy : I sort of recognize myself in your "disorders" even if I don't feel it being so much of a trouble but a strong part of personnality.............................And in other things, I'm the contrary and friends laugh at that part of me because it's funny sometimes.

Do you feel some of that things too ?

I never thought it was much of a trouble either.. didnt care shit when i got my diagnose, i mean, its just a name of the type of person i am, so who cares?
99,9% of the people i meet would never guess i have any disorder at all, but i also do have the "lightest degree" of Asperger.. basically, im more normal then "sick".

Well, swapping interests is one thing i really do allot.. like when i started playing Insurgency(HL2 mod) about a year ago, i almost quit music, and got recruited in to what became the #1 Insurgency clan.
Then i slowly got back in to recording and now i dont play INS at all any more.

And i dont know what you mean by details, but allot of people dislikes me because i remember almost anything i have ever looked up, so whenever an argument arises i almost never admit "defeat".
This made a few people who knew me to basically stop talking to me, because they thought that i couldn't admit i was wrong, ever.. which depended on the fact that they always where wrong!
I never argue about things i dont know much about, because its just stupid, but when im 100% sure about something, i wont budge.
So in some perspective, this might be a problem stemming from my disorder, but if people dont like who i am, they can go fuck a donkey.

it's just I feel sometimes special, but I don't know if it's just me who would like to, and that I'm normal !

I do not understand this part, sorry. ;X

(after some reading) I'm not touched by the Asperfer Syndrom, not really. I am not hypersensitive, have no elocution pb. Just that it sometimes interfere with my social life, but never a lot. I may miss going out with friends once sometimes but it's not general. It seems I'd rather have some light characteristics of it. It seems to be considered as a ligjt syndrom anyway

Yeah, hypersensitivity is one thing i suffer from.. it really sucks.
I dont feel any anxiety or something like that, which most hypersensitive people do.. but if i meet allot of new people in a new environment, i will be tired as f*ck afterwards.
Like yesterday, i was at my cousins(Johan Örnborg) studio(http://www.studiomega.se), some Black Metal band from the Netherlands was there, allot of kewl equipment & rooms to drool over.. when i came home i went to bed, didnt set any alarm clocks or anything: Slept for 14 hours.

 

[GarethSE]

im autistic spectrum too, aspergers to be precise like notuern plus i have ADHD and dyspraxia
i can vouch for the epic agression, but then i chilled out around 15 and stopped being such a naive cunt
and the hypersensitivity shit too, theres a lot of materials i cant stand touching, mere thought of em makes me shake. primary school carpets much? get that shit under your finger nails and its squirm city

but anyway, i used to have toy or computer priveleges taken away rather than being grounded when i was a kid, but that only made things worse, so i feel for the kid in all fairness, even if it has made for some fucking hilarious viral videos.

but either way, i dont really view any of the shit thats "wrong" with me as a part of my life anymore. so who gives a fuuuuck

 

[MartijnPaauwe]

Sounds familliar to me LaSedna, you and i have the same way of life i guess

People see good ol' me as a really self-assured person, but in no way like overconfident. Heck! If i make a screw up at work or what i make a joke about it, sometimes with the right amount of self-mockery (dunno if that's the right word, i looked it up ) people laugh about it and it's all good. I can be oversensitive, but thank god it's only in my brain and not physically anymore (does that make sense?) I've learned to let things go, i don't give a shit what people think about me except for the people that are close to me. The rest of the things that are blocking my normal way of doing things (making phone calls when i don't feel like it for instance) is just a matter of time before that one's out of my system too.

I do remember when i started taking drumlessons when i was a year or 12, i couldn't read a single note at the time. But when my teacher played the part before me i could instantly play the same thing after i heard it, and then the note reading just fell in place. I also did a replacement gig as drummer for a band which are good friends of mine because their drummer broke his feet , only thing was that i only had 2 days left before the gig and learn the set which took about 1 hour. I studied like a madmen, practiced like one on day one and day two i rehearsed with them, the dudes were completely stunned. And the gig went awesomely smooth

 

[LeSedna]

Well, swapping interests is one thing i really do allot.. like when i started playing Insurgency(HL2 mod) about a year ago, i almost quit music, and got recruited in to what became the #1 Insurgency clan.
Then i slowly got back in to recording and now i dont play INS at all any more.

Aha, I also went a little into gaming at some point. I have never been someone who really likes hardcore gaming but I was quite good at tony hawk's pro skater games. When I put my PS2 online, I ended being really good, enough to rarely find somebody better than me! But it's really not a generality

This made a few people who knew me to basically stop talking to me, because they thought that i couldn't admit i was wrong, ever.. which depended on the fact that they always where wrong!

I'm a bit the same, excepted it's not as strong as it seems for you. For example, with my best friend Cindy, we used to bet chocolate each time we had a disagreement about something. Out of more than 10 times we did it, I always won because I'm so cartesian I "almost" know each time when I am 100% right, or when I'm not sure.

I do not understand this part, sorry. ;X

I was saying maybe it's just me who like the idea of being special, whereas in reality I'm just normal

but if i meet allot of new people in a new environment, i will be tired as f*ck afterwards.

Humm.. I'm not exactly the same. Now you explained that, I can say yeah I'm a bit sensitive, but for me it's mostly a social aspect. For a good example, at school, I always disliked the first days, because that are the days when people talk to everybody, where they search each other, there are groups that form for only a few days until people discover they don't like each other, etc. That's something that exhausts me, and is completely absurd for me. I know it's the same for me, but I'm always the guy who, in that periods, talk to almost everyone, but then, doesn't end initially in any group. It's always stressing to me. Anyway I'm always a little shy, or more the contrary, with new people and I don't feel the need to be the leader of a group ,I don't like it so much, but it's 100% social/expression related because I do think a lot and can become a nazi when I know something has to be done

@ShallowEulogy : Yeah it seems

I can be oversensitive, but thank god it's only in my brain and not physically anymore (does that make sense?)

It does. For me, it has never been anything physicall. I have always been quite quiet and a "nice" child. Though, I have always kept for myself my secrets, and still, don't say much of anything too personnal to my family. I know I should speak more about feelings etc to friends when I'm bad, but my first reaction is to keep everything. Physically it's tiring too, but otherwise, never had any anger rage etc.