When Autistic YouTubers COLLIDE!

When @Autistic_AF and I met up a few days ago, we chatted about autistic community & communication, ADHD. Job interviews and lots of silliness. If that sounds like your cup of tea, then get yourself a brew & join us for 1/2 an hour or so.
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00:00 Intro
04:07 Apologising
06:17 Bar talk
07:18 Common Language
08:42 Later - Aphantasia
10:11 Apple
13:20 Making videos
14:45 Interlude
16:19 No Guarantees
17:37 ADHD
19:40 Don't make him angry
22:06 Interviews
25:08 It takes all sorts

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[marieugorek]

OMG! I love this so much!

Someone give Quinn a truckload of cash so he can travel around the world and talk with other autistic people in public places where they are occasionally interrupted by helicopters and their own laughter!

[tjzambonischwartz]

The hat and cane give you an absolute Terry Pratchett vibe.

[Autistic_AF]

This is for that cold brew by the waterside; thanks! 😂😂

[catherinejames]

I really enjoyed this in that it is two autistic people looking so relaxed and communicating so comfortably. I have just lost a very dear friend who spoke autistic, like myself. We would have lunch out somewhere and laugh so much about the world and how we survive in it. She wasn’t diagnosed, quite sure she was autistic also. Her brother is autistic, her sister adhd. Her sister is also a psychologist specialising in working with autistic children. I will miss her forever, it was the only opportunity I ever had to be truly understood and not be judged.

[NeurodiverJENNt]

The laughing was infectious
The camera angles and audio were incredible... You guys are a couple of professionals!
Your edits 🤣🤣🤣 so entertaining!
You guys did a great job and it was a fun conversation

PS.... Quinn... I also use a lot of metaphors.

[moonpearl]

What is it about this that is so heartwarming? I can't put it into words.

[cattheveganartist]

AuDHDer here, in South Wales! So not hugely far away.
The combo of Autistic and (mostly inattentive type) ADHD is a hell of a ride - the two seemingly fighting against eachother in many ways. At least in how my ADHD expresses itself.
Neither were diagnosed until I was in my mid 30s.

[resourceress]

"We return just as we're composing ourselves."

Thank you for including so much GIGGLE before getting back into it. That was amazing fun.

[carolinedurocher]

first time I've seen people act like me, when they speak in public and someone passes... impossible to continue. I loved seeing this reaction from both of you.

[Green_Roc]

Sharing stories is how I like to communicate.
You say something about you, I say something about me.
Many NT seem to not comprehend how friendly this back and forth is.

[yoavbartov]

Adhd and autism relationship is fascinating, almost like a mirror image of each other, similarities but also polar opposite in somways...

[Johnny_T]

Ah, the hyperphantasic struggles! People told me I have "maladaptive daydreaming" because I have visuals popping in my brain constantly, like in that sitcom Ally Mc Beal 😅. Like, if I say "there's a blue pixie dancing on the table" and then look at the table, I will see a cartoon pixie wiggling about very clearly. Maybe it's a byproduct of being an only child and spending so much time playing alone?
Anyway, great to see you two interacting, I'm subbed to both of you ❤

[bityew]

This was a delightful 30 minutes, and I watch both your channels—I am happy you were able to meet up and laugh!

[Phoenix-regenerating]

Absolutly lovely to see Quin annd Mike come together in the real world. Id watch a tv programme with you two. Think it would help understanding so much, not only for the Autistic Community but NT too. Thank you so much.

[VanFlores-oz]

you look cool IRL man. I imagine you as a martial arts master that guides the protagonist after he's lost his way and meets you in an alley.

[mariuszwisla]

fawning, and apologising is - exactly, and unfortunately - autistic, not british, or english, I'm polish, and I do that too - I haven't met many I would consider my peers
about empthasing as a way to socialise - I say: "Why would you want to be an ordinary person? so callled normal? It's boring. Why not be different, or just you?"

[Green_Roc]

25:08 ... For over four years, I worked on getting interviews, and every single one of them never accepted me into the job I applied for. I gave up when I hit burnout, and I never recovered. I'm surviving on USA's disability supports which are very broken, underfunded, and often unsuitable for autistic people.

[christalintentions]

I can’t wait until I find an Audhd friend to nerd out with. I’m exhausting my allistic friends and family and also exhausting myself explaining myself. I enjoyed this even though I was constantly distracted by the children in the background. It sounded so load to me that I kept looking out the window thinking the children were outside my house. I was mostly listening while cleaning. I’m also a Hyperphantasia and didn’t realize it until I saw your video on it.

[Eddison]

I'm kind of happy for you! I hope you'll keep hanging out together from time to time.
Recently, I met an autistic woman in my town, and we bonded over board games and ttRPGs. Now, we visit each other from time to time, and it's nice having conversations the way I usually cannot have with other people.
As for the cultural differences, from my experience, Eastern European people on the spectrum (me included) come across as extremely impolite, not the other way around. For instance, saying out loud what we dislike in others, skipping greetings when there's urgency, telling outright "It sucks" when asked "How do you do?". There is already sincerity of expression ingrained in my culture, we, autistics, take it one step further.

[LiftPizzas]

I forget where I saw it (wasn't Finland or Korea) where someone tested mentally rotating objects and those with aphantasia scored the same as anyone else, and also took the same amount of extra time when the objects were more complex.
So the ability is there but it's not reaching the consciousness. Maybe it's like when we sight-read words or subitize groups of objects. You also have no awareness of that process, just the answer that it feeds you.