Published on 12, July, 2020
I don’t think that man is autistic, I think he’s a fraud. This is why. Turn down the volume on his YouTube video and watch his body language, there’s a patter to it.
(1)Moving his hands, sweeping his palm over his face when he says ‘focus’ then pointing his finger straight away when he says ‘point’, then on to the next gesture deftly and seamlessly. That is so non-autistic.
(2) Tilting his head, showing off his shiny white teeth, pushing his head forward and opening his eyes wide to express surprise then squinting back to express irony, then onto the next gesture, etc, you get the point and I haven’t even mentioned (3) his nuanced tone of voice and choice of words. I don’t recognize anything at all autistic about this.
Mr Kelly is far more expressive, persuasive and superficially charming than most neurotypical people let alone anyone autistic but it’s (4) the unblinking way he stares at the screen which gives him away.
Unblinking staring like that is often symptomatic of narcissistic personality disorder and all that implies for his other behaviours, the glib charm, the persuasiveness, the skilful self-promotion which makes Mr Kelly someone you should want to avoid not befriend.
I totally get it that some people out there love him to bits but if that were someone I knew I would try to dissuade them from him. I’m perfectly happy to reply to this.
NAS92453 said:I don’t recognize anything at all autistic about this.
Well, that is interesting because I don't recognise anything autistic about this authored post above either.
The 'thoughts', accusations and writing in the OP are simply typical of two types of presences here on this forum;
1) NT human trolls that pop-up here to try and spread harm
2) Automated, computer generated, spam bots that also pop-up here to try and sow God knows what ?!
Being autistic, I don't feel the need to accuse NAS92453 of being anything at all, but (again, because I am autistic) I do feel the need to rebalance written opinions and observations - especially if there is a besmirched party involved who is not here to defend themselves.
.... waiting for it's "happy..reply"....
No - not particularly......it feels like I'm howling at the moon when I "respond" to these "things" on here. They have "corresponded" with me a few times before (perhaps 4 or 5 exchanges)....and those can be interesting!
I generally only bother when I think there might be some value in alerting other humans here about what is going on.
Fishing for bots (my preferred description) is never stressful.
I do it because I like to understand things that I find myself "rubbing along with." I'm not looking for trophies and see no "win" in sight.....I just want to better understand what they are, how they operate, what they try to achieve....and how to spot them.
It is inevitable that some humans will present themselves as bot.......because the bots all learn from humans!
If this particular OP is a human, then I am still able to stand by my original post in response to theirs. I am not accusing anyone of being or doing anything.....I am merely making observations in a similar (but more polite) fashion to those of the OP.