the most tism-coded spongebob episode ever (don't take this too seriously)
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Happy new year everyone🦋
Happy New Year!😊
Happy new year ^_^
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Happy new year 🙂
You'll find a lot of cartoons are created by individuals who are neurodivergent. The manner in which they're able to interlace specific life lessons whether dealing with everyday things or moral standpoints. The individuals who create cartoons (all kinds both kids & adult) are absolutely brilliant and their way with stories, characters, and the dynamics that are created with the different personalities, being able to find positives in each and every one of them allowing neurotypical people to identify with them. It's massive underlying meaning and understanding for neurodivergent and identifying politics for neurotypicals who adhere to social standards and roles.
That's so cool
As a person with Autism and ADHD, I always had a strong obsession with SpongeBob as a kid and still do now, it just relates so much😊 and brings a lot of dopamine to my brain ❤
both my bf & I are AuDHD and reference Spongebob regularly. We're 33 & 34 lol
Working in the restaurant industry make SpongeBob super relevant to adult life. They really warned us about how bad it was gonna be we just didn’t know.
Me too!
I never thought about it why I love spongebob so much. It's kind of eyes opening right now.
Tooo felt
Loving Spongebob is just a universal autism experience lol. One of my favourite autism-coded episodes is 2x23b “Bubble Buddy”. Something about attributing sentience/human characteristics to (seemingly) inanimate objects and people getting annoyed when your try to share that brand of autistic joy with them bc they just don’t understand. My comfort objects have feelings, I can’t help it!
YES omg
I never was able to put words on it, thank you
yes!!!! i remember being a little kid and my mom would have a cushion on each chair. i'd drive her up a wall by moving the cushions together to one chair so they wouldn't get lonely 😂
i’m not autistic (that i know of) but i have adhd, and my gosh i have aways done this with like which stuffed animals i played with and slept with i’d feel so bad for the others
I don’t have a neurodivergent diagnosis but I feel completely called out. I didn’t realize this wasn’t just a me thing and I turn 22 in a couple days.
relatable@@faeri_
From an autistic woman who as a child found an article in the newspaper of "How to Throw a New Year's Eve Party" and then proceeded to throw that party exactly as described, I relate wholeheartedly to Spongebob in this episode lol
Me who proceeded to plan my entire day schedule after a mental health crisis
In this exact order;
cat litter
trash
start coffee
take shower
make coffee
cook a breakfast
make room look neat
online classes
Lunch
online classes
homework
make supper
make room look neat again if needed
play among us
(Variety hours can include, mentally dying, more hw, TH-cam, the promised neverland , or art)
The uniquely autistic ability to follow instructions to a T is mind blowing to neurotypicals I’m sure
@@agarcia3986I’m autistic but I can’t follow instructions that well due to being ADHD
@@nuclearcatbaby1131 Same
Gary: Meow?
Spongebob: Good question, Gary!
Literally a conversation between my childhood cat and I 😂
I have a personal theory that both SpongeBob and Squidward are on the spectrum, and that both exhibit the often contradictory traits and stereotypes of the condition.
SpongeBob is definitely the innocent nonconformist who, for the most part, doesn't mean to be harmful or rude despite often behaving in ways that others might perceive as such. Squidward, on the other hand, is more "cultured" and shows extreme interest in rules and convention, which SpongeBob definitely exhibits too, but more so for matters of safety and law.
SpongeBob is a sensory seeker - he loves loud, unconventional noises, sights and sensations, while Squidward is more sensory-averse.
SpongeBob wants to be social, but doesn't really know how to fit the social expectations a lot of people have - he's unconventionally social, like many extroverted autistics. Squidward is a clear introvert.
SpongeBob and Squidward's positions at the Krusty Krab also say a lot - SpongeBob is mostly alone in a place where he can use his skills best, and only interacts with people briefly, such as when delivering people's orders, while Squidward is constantly dealing with people, which can drain your social battery.
Squidward also seems to care a lot about image - he presents himself as a sophisticated listener of "real" music, though we've seen him enjoy pop and disco as well - while SpongeBob doesn't let any of that bother him.
I LOVE this comment so much omggg
As someone autistic and usually annoyed by Squidward's pridefulness...I'm disappointed I was closer to Squidward in your description
my Autism craves routine but my ADHD demands spontaneity and it is ROUGH out here 😂
Same lol I am a mess over the two constantly fighting
spongebob is an incredibly neurodivergent coded character so theres a ton of examples to choose from, but one episode that stuck out to me the most with demonstrating this is the one where squidward wants to make the krusty krab fancy. squidward gives spongebob a fine dining book and spongebob is instructed to throw everything out of his brain that isnt fine dining. at first spongebob was absolutely losing his shit because hes only specialized in burger flipping but then he somehow manages to throw all of his previous information out in exchange for memorizing and executing everything in the book perfectly. this is when spongebob squarepants fucking carries the entire operation through his decorative skills and fine dining expertise but then completely fumbles when asked the simple question of what his name is since he literally discarded everything that wasnt related to fine dining. at that moment all i could think is that hes literally just like me. i love spongebob so much and i still watch it every single night at my big age.
And breathing! Don’t forget breathing!
that is my favourite episode of the show :) sponge is so relatable especially in that episode haha
I want to say the Patrick and SpongeBob ADHD and Autism dynamic is really spot on and how my friendships worked. You're both the prefect complement and challenge for each other, and that means growth. I'm not surprised at all my wife is ADHD for that reason.
The Spongebob charecters were all neurodivergent in some way.
Spongebob definitely has AudHD, same with Patrick.
Patrick had his random moments of high intelligence.
Spongebob has always been my main special interest... and this is forever one of my favorite episodes. I always related heavily to it. I didn't know I was autistic until I was 18- and it makes SO MUCH SENSE now why I related to this episode so much!
that story about your friends annoyed me soo much, like not only did you wait 10 minutes for them before asking where they were but they weren't even on their way at that point?!?!? like you're 10 minutes late and you're an hour away! how is anyone, autistic or not, meant to be okay with that? I'd literally just go home and not tell them
yeah that’s not even an issue of being ND or NT it’s straight up disrespectful of other people’s time
I would have to leave
I think neuro divergent people are attracted to cartoons/film/series/anime etc..because alot of the time they're made by people with some form of neuro divergence. I love one piece because the way the crew react feels very familiar to my family and the humour and interaction style is very relatable.
When I read this title, I was expecting the episode Procrastination. To me it really hits home that executive dysfunction, and letting something you know is urgent just mentally tear you down further. But once you hit that flow state, you can achieve well and beyond your expectations.
I loved this video, and I hope things go well for you to hopefully continue this format! Really stoked for where your channel can go
JaxBlade a personal trainer who has cartoon and anime themed workouts. Talked about the episode procrastination, as a lesson on how to not procrastinate. What I liked about that video was that JaxBlade deep down made it a lesson about executive dysfunction.
The itinerary is so relatable. I get so stressed out when someone says "let's go somewhere" but there's no plan-- like nah, if I'm gonna just wing it I'd rather wing it at home, not in front of a bunch of strangers + at least one person I'm trying to give a good impression to. I got to take my own solitary vacation for the first time ever this year, and it was just so nice. I didn't have things planned to the exact minute, but I did know what I wanted to do, kept a list of when things were available, and kept my hotel room as my 'base of operations' whenever I got overwhelmed.
this is great advice for traveling
See, for me I feel like getting my home ready from outside people is too much worrying, planning and tiring so sometimes I literally plan outings but without a destination in mind so I can follow the flow of the other participants. However if I am travelling solo I need a plan, otherwise I take forever to decide something and it tires me out.
YES!!! SpongeBob is so autistic-coded to me and has always been. (Well, I can say that now that I have the language for it; I wasn't diagnosed as a child.) But I always saw myself in and as SpongeBob with such a naturalness. Whenever an episode came on on TV, I was so happy and excited because it was like watching myself do really fun stuff in a fantasy world!
So, as I grew up, I found it strange when I became aware that adults and even peers my age didn't relate to SpongeBob that much (anymore). As humans, but especially as children, we have a tendency to believe that everyone is like us. In fact, *because* a fictional character like SpongeBob existed and was popular, I thought he must be representing so many more people than just me - even as a teenager and adult lol!
Sometimes I get sad over the fact that many neurotypical people don't like us because of the way we are. A beautiful thing that SpongeBob shows us, however, is that he still has friends and is loved and missed, no matter how annoying they may find him at times. He's okay the way he is and worthy of love just the way he is! And so am I. So are you, who is reading this, too.
I’m a teacher and I especially relate with the itinerary and when SpongeBob was freaking out because they didn’t come to the party “on time.” I’m learning how to not be so anxious when people don’t respond to a text a few minutes after I sent it but it can be hard lol
I appreciate all teachers and thank you for everything you do as a college student! 🎉🎉🎉
I don't think SpongeBob is intentionally autism coded I think he is based largely on the mannerisms and personality of his creator who I believe was autistic and just organically made SpongeBob autistic without meaning too I also believe that he designed SpongeBob so particularly that it would be very jaring to have him behave in a non autistic manner and incredibly easy to write an appropriately consistent reaction for any given situation
Side note on taking things literally: when reading your remark at 6:48 about making sure to have enough spoons for plans not working out, for a second I got a picture in my head of a drawer with "contingency cutlery", before I realised you were referring to the spoon theory. I made myself laugh out loud.
Contingency cutlery is an excellent term for “the spoons required to deal with a change in plans”
I didn’t even recognize that she was relating to the spoon theory.
Now I read the words. 😆😆
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i just want you to know that i will be finding a way to use the phrase “contingency cutlery” in my life
I wasn't diagnosed for a very long time because I have both autism and ADHD, and the ADHD covers up the surface-level autism stereotypes and such that people are looking for. Like, I don't see chaos as a bad thing, I tend to feel relief in it in that I can relinquish any need to control things, and even as an opportunity to find new interesting things to observe.
can i talk about TV shows in general as an autistic person? they'd bring me such comfort and were and still are my special interest. i remember being in love with the show 7th heaven as a kid. i'd have to watch it every afternoon. i was a lonely little only child (with undiagnosed - at the time - autism) and seeing the big family of kids just was comforting. i remember we were going on vacation for a week and i wouldn't be able to watch it. so i printed out like dozens of pages off of whatever character wiki was around at the time, for each of my favorite characters that i could "flip through" when i'd miss them. looking back on that i'm like "oh girl....the 'tism was real' lol it still is like this, but now there's fandom and blogs and fanfic i can pour my special interest love into for my various shows and fandoms today. but yeah, television and characters on screen have always, always been huge comforts of mine. sponge bob included. i remember "missing him" when i wouldn't be able to watch him. it was like he was this little friend on my TV as a kid. wow this comment makes me realize how badly i wish i could give baby-me a hug lol
This is my favorite episode ever. I had it on dvd and watched it repeatedly for days on end.
Edit: to this day I think about this episode everytime I'm having my friends over and it helps me so much because I know I can relax even if things don't go exactly according to plan. This episode legitimately helped me immensely over the years. It built a foundation in me on which I feel so much more confortable hosting.
My autistic 4 year old, with no context as to who/what SpongeBob is, received a large plushy spongebob for Christmas and immediately dubbed it “Happy Christmas cheese” 😂
That's freaking adorable 😂
YES I have been waiting for SO LONG for someone to talk about this episode!
Edit: another episode to look at is in Season 6, Nautical Novice.
the fact that i JUST realized that spongebob never realizes people are being mean and rude because he’s missing social cues
The ending is bittersweet to me, because while Patrick is praising him for being a good host, he's also saying that, whatever made the party good, Spongebob should do it again. The whole night, Spongebob was blocked from his own party by various means, "allowing" everyone else to have a good time. I feel like it implies that the reason Spongebob's party was a hit was because HE wasn't there. Paired with the unfortunate episode that outright states that Bikini Bottom has a whole day dedicated to avoiding him, it feels pretty cruel. Idk, maybe it's just me and I know it's just a cartoon, but I feel for him.
On a side note, this reminds me of the times I looked up on the internet how to throw a decent party at my own house, each party feeling underwhelming and like a failure to me, but was decent enough to my family and friends who attended. Huh... always thought myself a Squidward, but maybe I really am a Spongebob after all ☺
Most people hate this episode but as an autistic person i love it, it's so painfuly reletable (sorry for my english)
tom kenny (spongebobs voice actor) said that he loves how autistic people see themselves in spongebob and how it can really help them !!!! love that guy
this episode was a little frustrating to me because sponge got kicked out :(
To avoid that timing issue when making social plans, I always text them when I'm on my way with my ETA and ask them to do the same. I also confirm the day of or the day before.
My most fav autism-coded character ever is Mega-Brain from “Widget The World Watcher”. He literally is “a made with a factory defect” metaphor!
Watching this made me realize why I was so obsessed with Spongebob when I was younger 😂
I laughed at “Im O-77..Eh?” Exactly as long as I should’ve. 2 minutes.
How in hell are people who are a 1-hour ride away still chilling at home at the scheduled time. That is considered as kinda rude over here in Germany. The only way to be forgiven that is if you have a good reason and/or aren't breaking things by being late.
Oh my, I'm finding this episode hard to watch, but it is nice that you and many commenters are having fun and good things to say. I am kinda afraid of hosting parties and would rather just visit them.
That's cute his pet snail meows like a cat!
I never saw much SpongeBob as I was an adult before it came out. I could see him being autistic based on this episode. It is the 2nd episode I have seen.
I feel bad that he missed his own party and didn't get to have the party he wanted. I was frustrated when I was younger because it seemed like no one wanted to do the things that I liked to do.
Being an adult is better in that way because I found people who liked doing stuff that I liked!
It was a little bit uncomfortable to watch this video because I could never get into SpongeBob like everyone else in my generation did because the voices feel bad in my ears and on my skin.... I can't remember the word for that right now. I'm glad I pushed through it because that was cute and relatable and cathartic!! I think if I could eat the voices I would like SpongeBob a lot. I DO remember Sandy's song though, cuz I'm from Texas and I related to her a lot.... 😅 My younger sisters used to watch the DVD on repeat as they slept and for a few months in highschool my grades dropped significantly because I couldn't sleep because they'd wake up and cry if I turned it off and ther wasn't room for me to sleep anywhere else 😅 that may also contribute to the irritation..... But now I want to watch more but I don't want to feel sticky spikey
I wonder if you could find it with captions? You could watch on mute! Although tone & stuff would be lost. (I relate to never getting into it, I find the voices hard as well & also all the bright colors mashed together unpleasant too)
im not sure if this is the word you're looking for, but it may be 'misophonia'?
The older episodes (seasons 1-3) are less loud than the seasons after wards, so if you want to start there that would be better
im the same i never enjoyed spongebob like everyone else and it confused me so much on why people did..
If the original voice annoys you, which i can relate to, try watching Spongebob in german 😂
I am used to the german voices, that's why^^
(i guess that you probably don't know german though, so you would have to use english subtitles)
Tom Kenny himself actually responded to people voicing their thoughts about SpongeBob being autistic. I don't remember if he actually agreed or not, I would have to look it up again. But he was very supportive in people's head cannons that SpongeBob is autistic and he can also see it. He can understand that, which is really nice because not many voice actors or actors or directors or writers, what have you will, actually agree with and be so open and supportive of that idea. for example, Benedict Cumberbatch in his role as sherlock, was very against the idea that people had cannon his character as autistic and he was very insulted by that.
When fans of Everything's Going To Be Okay suspected that Josh Thomas(the creator and star) might be Autistic too, he got evaluated and the specialist doing the evaluation agreed with the fans.
I can certainly recall (circa 1963/4), as an eight- or nine-year-old boy, greeting my married sister and her newish husband (who regularly came to our family home for Sunday night dinner) at our front door, dressed in a yachting skipper-type cap and dispensing handwritten (by me, of course) menus for that particular night's fare, welcoming them to the "Star Restaurant". It all sounds so silly, now that this Spongebob episode triggered the memory. But I never went as far as to supply conversation-starter prompt cards.
I also remember my brother-in-law giggling at "The Flintstones", which made me think: "What? NO! This is a cartoon ... for kids ... like ME!" More fool me, as it contained so much anachronistic parody and marital in-jokes that went totally over my head.
I don’t know how I didn’t make the connection between loving Spongebob and him + Patrick being ND! it makes so much sense and now I love it even more
The way Spongebob plans every minute of his party here is how I lost all my friends on my tenth birthday lol.
Lol. How friendly and loving SpongeBob is despite being annoying to everyone is extremely relatable for me.
SpongeBob is so cute😭💕
It will always throw me through a loop as an autistic person how openly we talk about/are able to label something as autistic now. I kinda like it?? It felt so taboo to even bring it up when I was younger.
As someone with Autism i used to be just like this. I'd want to be in control of a situation, but i realize that it's just not possible. Therefore, what i started to do was take it as i can't control others i can inly control me. So I make multiple plans, and if one falls through, i have a second or even third plan that is more closely aligned.
My gosh... never thought about the whole "showing up at the party at 8 at the dot" thing but i completely relate to that!
I've gotten better at being like "okay i can use the bathroom before i leave. Im allowed to be a minute or two late." But the thought of arriving way later than everyone else is terrifying to me.
I feel like older Spongebob is, but not modern Spongebob
that opening scene in the grocery store is just like me😆just a week ago it was like I was racing against myself in the store just to get everything on my list. people have told me they're scared to come up and say hi if they see me out and about because I look so intensely focused lol. half the time I don't even register anyone speaking to me.
I love that he forgot the key under the mat 😂
Growing up I had a DVD that included this episode and The Strangler , which I was obsessed with. I wonder why 🤔😂
In The Strangler he literally cannot believe that someone he decided was his friend has ulterior motives 😅
Spongebob is so obviously Autistic coded. I always enjoyed watching Spongebob growing up and I still do now. I honestly relate to Autistic Coded characters since I'm Autistic myself and it's more entertaining to watch.
And I never considered it that this episode is the most Autistic coded one ever. Looking at how Spongebob takes advice from a planning kit, this is something an Autistic would do. Like writing an entire schedule for the party and sticking it as often as possible. Also the anxiety that goes on in the episode when things don't go as planned.
Hubster, who was dx'd with autism at age 36, came in here chuckling and said he thinks SpongeBob and Patrick are caricatures of Fraser and Niles Crane. I can see that! 😂
1:53 this is such a meme. I love it. I found it funny even when I didn’t know memes existed.
I remember as a kid I HATED this episode because I didn't like seeing Spongebob struggling :( in retrospect, I see that it was because I related to him, hahah
I love Spongebob. Every night I have it on; it helps me sleep.
3:42 The stank drawn from the deviled eggs, and then you say, it makes your farts smell bad though 💀
I love Spongebob so much! And I absolutely schedule in "spontaneity" into my vacation itineraries.
I totally get it because I love hosting parties too and creating an itinerary but oftentimes it doesn't go according to plan. this episode really highlighted to me the importance of going with the flow when party hosting
i've been watching spongebob since i was 8 and so has my brother, who's also neurodivergent, since he was 5. it's something we both relate to and bond over and the more i watch spongebob now, the more i realize the whole show is autism-coded.
apple and onion, to me, scream autistic coded show. thats why i looove it
It sucks when you have autism and you have anxiety so when the plans don’t come to fruition, I personally would get anxious because I was tired of being in the house all the time I wanted to go out and do stuff and then somebody told me that they would take me to go and do stuff and they never took me. To get my hopes up and then be anxious about staying in the same place all day is not a good feeling. Even if I went outside it was just the same old neighborhood, unless I went further away but I didn’t have a car so it’s not like I could go far. There wasn’t anything to do in my town so I had to depend on family with cars to take me out to have fun and other places like to the fair every summer, for example.
gotta love car centric american urban planning "yeah we could build a nice community but this strip mall makes me a hell of a lot more money"
atleast some of the 1980s and before houses are nice, some of those suburban office parks too but just the buildings themselves, not the big useless parking lots
I feel like our minds are like twins! I'm marathoning the videos on your channel and I understand why it's called The Thought Spot. I laugh so hard at some parts of the videos, but I often cry deeply because I understand your pain, I went through the same situations you reported for 35 years and I'm going to start diagnostic tests this year. Thank you for your informative work!
I love how excited you are when watching it. I feel like being “too excited” is sometimes looked down upon by NTs so its really refreshing to see someone i can relate to ❤
i wondered why i always related to spongebob more than any other character, period. little did i know.
This video made my day! SpongeBob is a very interesting character I never get tired of watching.
I loved that Nathan fielder was in this, it’s like the video was made for me
That example of the friends having not left BOILS my blood. I hate people who do that shit, and I relate to you and Spongey a lot.
Dude… my 18th birthday party was SpongeBob themed. How did my parents miss my autism? lol.
i never thought about spongebob being autistic coded and now i view him in a whole new light and i LOVE IT
This also unlocked a memory of me basically having a meltdown at my own birthday party when i was 9. The theme was Mario Party and i planned a bunch of real life versions of mini games to play. But they either didn’t go as planned, people weren’t interested, or just didn’t understand how to play because none of them had every single in-game mechanic memorized like my autistic ass did.
I still find myself getting upset when social gatherings i host don’t go how i envisioned in my head, even if everyone is clearly having fun! I’ve learned to roll with it and i am much less stressed about them haha
My favorite episode from early season with the artstyle was the procrastination episode where he has to write that essay. It’s so relatable with how much you wanna get something done but you literally just can’t and it stresses you out so much the clock starts becoming a ticking monster
I actually got to meet Tom Kenny last year at a Comic Con and he signed a picture of Ice King for me but it was SO crowded and SO loud and it was a rushed process that when i got out of the line, i stood there and cried. It was such an overwhelming experience 😅 but it was awesome.
This is like when I took my ex-friend to a aquarium I liked and I excitedly told her about seeing some jellyfish, but she wandered to the stingrays (I HATE THE TEXTURE) and we stayed there for an hour.
There’s a reason she’s an ex-friend.
Omg, this is why I'm obsessed with being a host .... In my head I'm always planning dinner parties etc, but they never happen in real life 😂 because of circumstances tho
6:40 girly pop it's completely normal and reasonable to be mad when someone isn't ON TIME.
This video has opened my eyes and now I really don’t know how to feel. I thought I was understanding to my friend’s undiagnosed autism. I would try to keep my voice down even though I’m a naturally loud person, I would turn the music down in the car. But one thing I couldn’t get over was the essentially controlling factor of it. And in the end our friendship ended over the fact that I was late. Mind you I was trying my absolute hardest, knowing how she is. It was like no matter how much I tried to please her it didn’t matter because I couldn’t meet her demands. She immediately jumped to calling me inconsiderate. It’s like she had no empathy for me and anything I could be going through. I gave her a week to come to her senses, but she refused to apologize or just even see my side. (There is way more to the story, but in short I had felt an apology was warranted). I just felt like coming for my character was not necessary when I had been trying to accommodate her the entire morning. I’m still confused if I was the asshole, either way we clearly are not compatible and breaking the friendship off or taking a break was probably the best option in the end.
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Idk why the ending of this episode made me cry when SpongeBob realized people actually enjoyed the party
I still think over an hour late is pretty rude. If you agreed to meet and not be picked up or anything, its a huge inconvenience to wait that long.
12:26 actually better said as not wasting our time being hurt by people that don’t even understand us. It’s like a recurring theme to be disappointed.
You always have such a flawless hair style!!
As someone with a dad who has adhd and ocd and as someone with autism and ADHD we both grew up and still are strongly obsessed with SpongeBob as pretty much a shared special interest between us both!
I’ve always thought SpongeBob has adhd and either autism or ocd. I think autism in the early episodes of the show, but in the later episodes where he pretty much has rituals to how he annoys squidward it could read more as ocd.
I’ll say officially probably ADHD and autism, and tbh if you ever look up the SpongeBob pitch bible with how in detail Steven was in pitching the show and developing it I would not be suprised if Steven himself was autistic as his way of developing everything in bikini bottom down to the last detail in a book before pitching it parallels my own experiences as an autistic artist developing my own fantasy graphic novel!
Once I arrived hours late to my own birthday party because I was stuck on a train. When I finally arrived my friends thought it was funny and said 'Relax , it doesn't matter that you didn't prepare any of the food or drinks'. They didn't realize that it was a nightmare for me (like arriving for an exam unprepared). My stress level never went down the whole night. The others seemed like they enjoyed themselves but I was so relieved when everyone left. Never organized a birthday party since😅
This dude😂😂 be acting just like me ❤.. I was never diagnosed with autism and it's cool that i can relate with aspies so much. I've been told by friends that i come off autistic in the past
SpongeBob being the autistic ace rep we deserve
At the start, when you said that SpongeBob is coded autistic and that Patrick is coded with ADHD, I can relate a lot, we are both great friends, and both are similar as he is diagnosed with autism ,I was diagnosed with adhd, man I have a story everytime
6:36 (and the caption @ 6:51) Wait stop I'm the same way ... when people are late by such inordinate amounts of time I'm like literally wtf is up with you. U are truly the most relatable youtuber
I haven't been eating much lately, and watching this video relaxed me enough to finish my dinner. so thank you :)
You unlocked a memory of me baking cookies for a friend's birthday party and some kid immediately taking one bite out of every single cookie. And I swear, I think I was the only person who did not think it was funny lmao
I actually learned something from this video as an autistic person. For the longest time I thought SpongeBob was being "selfish" but he actually wanted ti share his interests and had a planed sqedual. Loved the video!
I have ALWAYS been obsessed with Spongebob! This Xmas I got Spongebob gifts and I was ELATED like a 12 year old boy 😂
This was a very fun video idea!! Thank you for all the videos you put out. They've helped me articulate many things and exposed me to a deep sense of relatability I didn't imagine possible. Wishing you and everyone else here all the best for the new year and beyond!
so i mostly listen to videos while i do my hobbies which involve a lot of hand work. and omg i looked up and you were swaying back and forth in the must casual way and it made me feel so validated and safe and warm inside. hopefully that’s not feel insecure about it all and I thought three times about not posting this comment. but I feel so safe in this community and it’s the only time I’ve ever felt the seen. and I love SpongeBob. 😂
Spongebob is happiness! 😊 Thank you for posting this video. I can relate to a lot of what you said about parties and socializing. Finding it difficult to make and maintain friendships as a person on the autism spectrum can also make life lonely at times.
So funny and relatable. I've never seen this one although my kids used to watch Spongebob all the time. I think it is now one of my favourites.
It took my partner a while to remember this episode, because her mindset for it was “yes, of course this is how you throw a party” when seeing it as a young child.
This is me and my sister. We even have matching rings and sometimes say the Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy anthem when we reunite!
I just wanted to say that your a huge reason why I’m confidently in the process of getting diagnosed rn. I didn’t know that I would be able to relate to anyone ever as much as I do to you. Growing up in the Bay Area as a immigrant child and a very high-masking female with ADHD and undiagnosed autism is not so common an experience so I’m so happy you share your similar story. Without your channel I don’t think I would have had the knowledge to seek a diagnosis and would have continued to be confused, alienated, and blaming myself. Thankfully I’m now in an industry and culture now that is not as harsh on autistics as what I experienced before in the US, and I have super cool autistic friends😊 I feel like my self-acceptance work is just beginning but I’m so happy I have your channel to support me❤️❤️ Thank you
should it be some type of sign that this was my all time favorite episode as a child? even to the point of getting the dvd behind the scenes and watching the storyboard animatic as well?
no. impossible. (i am autistic)
I’m understanding myself so much since discovering your videos. Thank you ❤
12:24 This hit home for me. I think what you're talking about got in the way of me having a social life, among some worse factors.
Your videos (those more funny/relaxed too!!) always make me reflect so much on myself & are extremely helpful❣️ Thank you so much💗
this episode is still my fav to this day omg