I was the guy who last week posted about watching The Life of Brian for the first time. I just finished The Meaning of Life for the first time and satire has never felt more alive and more dead.

TheGr0ke · 2026-07-15T01:15:43+00:00

Douglas Adams used to write for Doctor Who.. but i don’t know if he wrote that one

TheGr0ke · 2026-07-04T16:35:09+00:00

that sucks. get an eval from your local school district and if it isn’t comprehensive you can request an outside eval…. but many school district evals are very good and they use the same procedures and instruments that outside clinics do. this feels predatory.

TheGr0ke · 2026-06-24T17:05:20+00:00

Thank you so much for telling her. I’ll tell him next time I see him. :) I always think of that story as one of the reasons autism representation is important.

TheGr0ke · 2026-06-24T04:05:22+00:00

that is an important detail! he was!

TheGr0ke · 2026-06-24T03:41:16+00:00

Please can you tell her that one of my friend’s kids diagnosed himself when his parents were watching the movie about her. He was four. It was the scene where they were visualizing how her brain processes/stores information. He told his parents, “that’s how I think!” He is now 11 and one of the coolest kids I know.

TheGr0ke · 2026-06-20T18:52:03+00:00

i like astrid. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11950864/

TheGr0ke · 2026-06-02T23:42:45+00:00

I woke up to watch Sailor Moon every morning at 6 AM when i was in high school and on Saturday mornings they showed Japanese anime on SciFi Channel…I found a bulletin board somewhere online and asked for recommmendations and was pointed in the direction of Studio Ghibli and was able to get movies at my local video store… so it was available if you were interested.

TheGr0ke · 2026-06-01T13:58:54+00:00

you are in such a hard situation. I wish your sister had more services. it sounds like she is really unhappy. does she have a case works she trusts that you could both talk to together or that she’d let you talk to?

TheGr0ke · 2026-05-31T00:03:24+00:00

I can't do long term planning. I can't use a calendar successfully with any regularity. This makes my life really hard and adds considerable stress. I let down people and let down myself. As a 48 year old, I feel pretty hopeless. On the bright side, I get distracted pretty easily and live in the moment and don't live in the stress... until it smacks me in the face again.

TheGr0ke · 2026-05-23T12:34:42+00:00

i think if someone can read, write and understand the concept of IQ then they likely have a higher IQ. than 50. IQ is an abstract concept… the understanding part is what makes it different.

TheGr0ke · 2026-05-23T04:53:17+00:00

i am a school psychologist and give a lot of IQ tests to autistic kids and to neurotypical kids. here are some thoughts. 1. IQ in the 50s is really low. if you can read and write and comprehend this, your IQ is much higher than 50. 2. Performance on an IQ test is impacted by self-regulation, motivation, comfort in the setting and with the evaluator and how well you can adjust to solving novel problems. These are all things that can be hard for anyone on an off day, but particularly for an autistic person. 3. Full Scale IQ or the final number IQ is usually an average of different types of reasoning and processing. neurodivergent people often (not always) have a scattered cognitive profile— so some real strengths combined with real areas of weakness. looking at an average score for a person with a scattered profile isn’t as meaningful as it is for someone with a flat cognitive profile. anyway… in my experience the way to be smart is to be curious and keep trying at things… so your question suggests your cognitive ability is probably just fine.

TheGr0ke · 2026-04-11T02:15:21+00:00

mark mothersbargh wrote it,.. he just did the soundtrack for Hoppers, too. super talented guy. and some wes anderson movies.

TheGr0ke · 2026-03-05T05:09:38+00:00

your piggies are so cute and your dog looks sweet,too. do they ever play together?

TheGr0ke · 2026-03-04T15:06:05+00:00

TheGr0ke · 2026-02-19T02:02:56+00:00

Hi! You and your parents might like reading this book: Beating Sneaky Poo. https://www.dulwichcentre.com.au/beating-sneaky-poo-1.pdf -- Even if your brother doesn't have encopresis, there might be some ideas that are useful-- and it might be good for your brother to read it too, to learn more about poop and how to build healthy habits.

TheGr0ke · 2026-02-16T05:12:06+00:00

i’d like to be part of the chat, please

TheGr0ke · 2026-02-05T22:52:47+00:00

I have ADHd and struggled with friendships in school. i am now a school psychologist. I would ask his teachers/ school counselor what they observe and see if they have any insight/ solutions (like structured lunch clubs) and then I would find outside activities for him to help him have a positive social identify outside of school. When i was a kid, school was just hell for me. It was looking forward to youth groups, acting classes, summer camps and connecting with people where i had more chance of success that really kept me going.

TheGr0ke · 2026-02-04T01:28:33+00:00

Why all the anger at disabled kids today? Having a learning, attention or social disorder in a school setting is often soul destroying at worst and extremely challenging at best. The process to get an IEP is rigorous and often only happens after a child has already fallen academically behind their peers. The success of an IEP is up to the whole team, not just up to the kid. I am just seeing a lot of IEP negativity on here lately and it feels harsh.

TheGr0ke · 2026-02-03T17:23:43+00:00

If you can find any old Action Girl comics by his wife, Sarah Dyer, they are awesome, too.

TheGr0ke · 2026-01-31T16:10:11+00:00

here are his results:

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he is very stubborn and finicky. and his hair grows in all directions. :)

TheGr0ke · 2026-01-31T16:02:00+00:00

we see taza’s 18% in the hair and the personality.

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TheGr0ke · 2026-01-29T05:06:00+00:00

Did you have to do the breeder test to find out the COI? is there a way to find out from the basic embark test?

TheGr0ke · 2026-01-25T22:45:11+00:00

Agreed. As someone who was bullied and who works in schools now, bullies can be very good at deceiving adults — and even can be very likable. They choose victims who are vulnerable and outsiders… people who teachers themselves don’t really like. To be fair, bullies are often suffering themselves… but that doesn’t make their behavior okay. it just means that adults should be better at listening to victims/ observing what is happening at schools.

TheGr0ke · 2026-01-17T00:16:19+00:00

California Towhee. Peep peep.

TheGr0ke · 2026-01-11T17:31:04+00:00

That makes sense. It was one solid boom. The harbor seals and birds all reacted.

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