Autistic Reporter, Michael Falk, Enchanted By Prison's Rigid Routine
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- čas přidán 21. 11. 2011
- Michael Falk interviews new prison inmate, disgraced financier, Brian Wasserman, and becomes spellbound by the repetitive monotony of daily prison life.
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Stimming, echolalalia, desire for routine, hyperfixition, rambling. This character is a better example of autism than some serious TV dramas. Fair play to the onion.
If you're interested, and even tho it is not described as so, the movie "Punch Drunk Love" is also a formidable depiction of autism (trust me, I could almost entirely relate)
The good doctor looks a lot like this
True but one of the best examples is Sheldon Cooper in "The big bang theory!" When they wrote the character they did not think of autism but with pure chance it became spot on autism! Sheldon Cooper is the very definition of autism! He is autism personified. He IS autism!
@@johansmith4764 I would disagree. Autism is nothing but a basket in which "a range" of symptoms are put into :)
There is not ONE autist for me. For exemple, I'm asperger, and I can relate to Adam Sandler in PDL very easily, when Sheldon seems like a gross caricature of some of my "things".
More like echoLOLia.
How does the Onion find these unknown actors who have more talent than many of the people at Hollywood
John Cariani is a Tony award winning actor.
we have the same profile picture and it startled me
@@alexwelles3683 garf gang
@@BlisaBLisa garf gang 4 lyfe yeeyee
Oh shidd
Because they arent acting
11 years ago, The Onion understood autism better than most doctors and therapists
where is Michael Falk today?
Too real, man. Too real.
Yes!
@@Angel-rm8vtPrison, I assume.
@@thezeronelite for?
"Can you stack your family?" has occupied my mind for the last week.
Shakespeare don't have shit on these writers
I'm crying that part was so funny
@@stephenharrington1977 "How can we stacketh all our families?"
It’s stupid, yet at the same time it’s genius, and if it’s genius it’s not stupid
stacking them shouldn't be too hard if they're either dead or in a deep sleep, but stacking conscious people can be quite difficult if they're not willing to cooperate. But boxes are the easiest to stack.
"There's barely any human contact, a-"
*"How do I live here?"*
Dead
We have the same profile picture
Now kiss
"Dead".
Just like the cashier he's about to meet😂
Stab a guy.
💯
Rigid routine? What is the rigid routine?
*autism intensifies*
“Make sure the cashier is dead.”
I think this is the only comment where "intensifies" was used as a meme and also correctly. It actually makes sense instead of being a dumb phrase. Good job :V
This is the funniest thing I’ve seen today
Cashier: "Well, you're not allowed to kill me."
M. Falk: "Why not?"
Cashier: "Cause it's against the law. You'd be breaking the rules."
M. Falk: "I don't want to break the rules."
Cashier: "It would be really messy, too. Look how neatly everything is stacked here. Imagine that in disarray."
M. Falk: "Oh no!"
Cashier: "And think of the amount of eye contact the investigators would force you to make."
M. Falk: _collapses_
I read that in Ryan George’s voice
@@gurrrn1102And now I did, too 😂
@@gurrrn1102 "They're gonna put you in a room!"
@@abrianpeak95it would be barely an inconvenience
Wow wow wow, wow. @@gurrrn1102
I love how he says "make sure the cashier is dead" even though Brian never mentioned murder. Michael's out for blood.
Brian will be getting kicked out for not killing someone. Michael is just securing a longer stay :)
It was a logical conclusion based on securing the maximum prison time?
*Perks of prison:*
1. Rigid Routines
2. Lining up
3. Counting
4. Stacking Crates
5. Same clothes every day
6. Hardly any human contact
1 is good, 2 is, well, meh, 3 is fine, 4 is ok, 5 is good, but 6 really sells!
I'm sold
I wouldn't say no human contact if you know what I mean
Choose this as your starting region? Y/N
There's plenty of human contact in prison, if you mean being around people and talking. Inmates, COs, counselors, etc. Of course, you could also be a problem child and wind up in confinement all the time, so there's that too.
He went on to kill multiple cashiers and stacked their bodies. He then put the stacks into a straight line in front of people's families.
I love how your fingers think
You basically described how I play Red Dead Redemption 2
The Onion is great and so is your comment.
Underrated comment haha
Now that's what I like to call weaponized autism
this is how you make fun of autistic people
im on the spectrum, a lot less severely affected with the stims and the fixation but i absolutely love this sketch, because it takes real behaviors and presents them in a "cute" and funny way. not as annoying and overdone as sheldon and while TECHNICALLY the butt of the joke, the humor comes not from his misbehavior but from the contrast between what he likes and what other consider a punishment
oh noo sheldon is rather egoistic
Sheldon Cooper was never imagined to be on the spectrum. He has His quirks and OCDs and never learned to properly socialize because of these.
His issues stacked and made him the person he was at the beginning of the show
Why the heck do I keep getting compared to Sheldon? I do not know who Sheldon is.
Ive looked it up out of curiosity while watching "young Sheldon " because of the fact he was able to hear an electric ringing quite loudly that no one else could hear. It said the writers never meant to portray him as autistic, just "sheldony"
@@mostbeautifulsinner224Did you say stacked? I love stacking. One on top of the other, on top of the other, on top of the other...
I am autistic and today my husband said unironically “you know where you’d do great if you hate your routine getting disrupted? Prison.” He did not know about the sketch but now he does! Michael Falk asking the real questions “can you stack your family?”
Didn't ask cringe 💩🤡
@@samp2651 Who asked you? Cringe
Shut up 😉
@@samp2651there's a lot of shit clowns on CZcams comments, why did you have to accuse OP of being one, they didn't deserve that. Ever wonder if you're the shit clown?
@@samp26512 months later and not a single like on that sad attempt at bringing someone down. Even shitheads can’t respect you.
"Can you stack your family?" The best critique of family I have ever heard.
Srithor
No. Not enough correlation and no pun.
Traceable Logic I believe that Srithor's comment was an expression of their initial impression rather than a meditated upon interpretation.
Bassy boi
Yeah
Srithor
You got me. Nothing I can do about it.
Srithor
"Their" can refer to a single person or a group. It is to attribute possession. But that's beside the point, I'm not trying to insult you and I don't think the other guy was either. Keep it lighthearted.
“I cannot see you, Brooke. I can only hear you.” This video had me at the first 10 seconds.
A couple of seconds for me until I saw the onion logo, it was a great couple of seconds 😂
Even the heavy breath after her response was brilliant.
Closed strong with "make sure the cashier is dead'', too.
"Right..."
It had me at "Autistic reporter..."
I’m really suprised and pleased at how many Autistic people have watched and enjoyed this and been supportive of its portrayal. The comedy of it breaks the barrier and stigma and has encouraged Autistic friends to speak out instead of locking in which better helps us all understand eachother better. That’s a real plus!
Well this is the closest thing we will get to representation and its close enough for us.
Thanks, it wasn't perfect portrayal but better than 99% of them, even while satirizing us. Comedy has always been a forerunner of opening dialogs and creating understanding. People get butthurt at being mocked, and don't take the opportunity presented.
Autism is simple to understand, they're robots with no common sense. They need an OS upgrade.
It's impossible to be offended when it really feels like how I think, just dialed up. And seeing it as a joke makes it easier to digest and think about.
We used to bully one in high school. Made their life a living hell every single day. Now I am starting to feel we may have done something wrong.
On the other hand, he acted like this, can't put all the blame on us.
As an autistic person, I find these brilliant, especially his rocking with excitement about routine
ALL JOKING ASIDE. THIS WAS A FINE PERFORMANCE.
Franz Haas that just what i was thinking
What performance?
The Onion is the one trustworthy news source
Sure was!
Not really. Instead of just repeating certain words or phrases it would have been more realistic if it came out more of a stutter than a random fixation
Lmao nice joke
"There's no human contact here"
"HOW DO I LIVE HERE? HOW DO I LIVE IN PRISON"
Best part
This is what people who work in retail think about
"I wanna see my family"
"WHY?"
can you stack your family? is the best part
“Make sure the cashier is dead!”
As a person with autism, I really see parts of myself in Michael. (Before reading, please keep in mind that every case of autism is different, and not all of us have all of these traits. These are just my personal thoughts and experiences)
-His love of stacking is known as a "hyperfixation", which is when we completely focus on something and disregard everything else. It's difficult for us to switch between different topics, so if we find one thing that gives us joy, we find ourselves continuing to draw from that same well for what seems from the outside as an unusual amount of time. I'll often find myself searching for the slightest excuse to start gushing about mine, since it can be difficult for me to follow along with (or care about) conversations that have nothing to do with it.
-His love of a rigid routine is another trait. We can find it hard to cope with unexpected changes, so knowing when change is coming in advance is advantageous. If my mom would tell me she was gonna cut my hair immediately, I'd be pretty distressed about that, but if she tells me that morning "I'm gonna cut your hair tonight", I'm perfectly calm.
-The routine also helps us because we thrive on repetition and are terrible at managing time. If I don't have a preassigned task that I should be doing right now, I can find myself standing in a corner thinking of what I should do or waiting for someone to tell me what to do. If I have a preassigned task, I will immediately and efficiently perform it without issue because That's What's On The Schedule, and I'll enjoy it. The more scheduled my day, the better.
-His emotional detachment comes from autistic people thinking more logically and less emotionally from neurotypicals. That's not to say that we don't or can't care about others or have emotions, but we tend to think of things from a "numerical" perspective. If I hear about someone doing a bad thing in service of a good thing, I will decide whether it was worth it by trying to quantify how much bad was done and how much good was done.
-The language he uses when he speaks reflects our "poor" conversational skills. We can tend to be quite literal and direct with our word choice, and can become confused when someone else is not.
-His inflection and speech patterns also come from this, as we often speak somewhat differently from others, and if we say the same phrase we will repeat it with the exact same delivery every time.
-He wants to be separate from human contact because neurotypical people tend to find us annoying, and we tend to find neurotypicals loud and hard to talk with, so we don't really enjoy being in others' company all that much.
Michael is honestly some of the best representation I've ever seen. I'm not saying I want to kill a cashier, but given the incomplete information Michael had on what prisons are like, I can't blame him for thinking it looked enticing.
I love how he plays with the chair holding his excitement as much as he can. I'm autistic and everything about it is so relatable. I'd love to wear the same clothes everyday, have a strict routine, everything predictable.
That is one of the few things I miss about the military....never have to decide what to wear.
You know, I always find that stuff funny. I just grab whatever clothes I put at the top before and wear them for the day. I don't plan any part of my day, because I hate when things don't go perfectly, so if I don't plan, everything is perfect then, eh? But yeah, never caught the understanding that knowing what to wear was taxing or difficult.
@@gabevietor3685 luxury of being a guy
@@enricobianchi4499 Guess so.
@@enricobianchi4499 women can wear a uniform as well
As an autistic person, I cracked up really hard at this, especially when he said “Can you stack ur family?”
It would have been perfect if the video starts with him in front of a convenience store. That's all I'm saying.
"Hi, I'm Michael. You're probably wondering how I ended up here. Well,"
Explain?
@@krpowerlifting3380 2:07
@@krpowerlifting3380 It would imply that he was about to rob the convenience store so he could go to prison.
people have explained this but it makes no sense because there’s no context at the start and even if they did shoot it outside a convenience store, there’s a lot of things to keep in mind like the time of day, people walking in the shot, etc. It’ll eventually be hard to even get the reference and it’ll just be a pointless easter egg.
Man this interviewer is a good actor
Suppose it depends what sort of autistic person they were going for, but yeah, he's pretty bloody good.
+VineFynn
Of course it's just an amalgamation of stereotypes but what's amazing is how natural he seems to be at it.
because that's John Edward Cariani, an award-winning actor and an accomplished playwright.
The guy who he's interviewing is also terrific. It felt really natural.
How he is talking makes me think of will ferrells role in elf for some reason lol
"I finished speaking with Brian Wasserman 26 minutes ago and have been standing her since then waiting for you to talk to me. Watch that interview now" is so much clearer than how people usually talk
Dude, they need to either make a sitcom or a movie. This guy's insanely funny.
He kinda did. Detective Monk.
@@constantinosschinas4503monk was ocd though
@@TheBlueberryymuffin Indeed. That was the kinda part.
He's counting the ceiling tiles before the interview begins lol.
This was so well spotted. Your comment deserves way more likes.
Lol
Lmfao nice attention to detail on your part and onions
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Good God he is!
"-hardly any human contact...
-HOW DO I GET TO LIVE HERE"
...I felt that
Lol
I feel attacked
I felt that into the grave.
you didnt its a video tarsd
Hell is other people....Sartre.
"Can you stack your family" continues to be the hardest line in reporting in the past 12 years
Brilliant comedy manages to illustrate people’s idiosyncrasies without mocking or demeaning. I think this piece does that extremely well! In fact, I think it helps make autism more relatable to people who may not be familiar with it. Comedy can break down barriers and help us see that we have more in common than we might have thought. Well done, Onion!
This is a better representation of autism than big bang theory
That's a low bar
Which character portrays autism in The Big Bang Theory?
Sheldon being autistic is actually not Canon. People have labeled him as autistic because he has some stereotypical traits. But you are right that it doesn't represent autism very well, I'm just pointing out that his character was not created with that intention.
...sheldon is asperger's ... There's a HUGE difference between neurotypical and neurospecial
@@dariocardajoli6831 um, it's neurodivergent, and Sheldon's a pretty shit representation of asperger's
The fact that a satirical news source manages to represent Autism better than factual news sources is mind boggling
Is it? Satirical news sources aren't subject to the same pressures to regurgitate propoganda that mainstream news experiences. If no one takes them seriously, what's the harm in letting them represent reality?
probably because they do some actual research beforehand lol
@@LazyBuddyBan And/or have someone actually autistic working with them.
Ahh, yes, factual news sources typically have people pretending to be autistic.
Bro what are you even saying lmao. I swear you can format any opinion similarly to mock big establishments and get likes from the NPCs on the internet lmao.
Not surprising, factual news doesn’t care about people, only their message
I'm genuinely baffled at how accurate this is, though. I'm autistic with many autistic family members, and a lot of these mannerisms are dead-on. Especially him repeating parts of someone's else sentence to affirm it to himself - I do that constantly
"I can't see you I can only hear you," now that's a line from writers who understand autism.
My favourite thing is how nice the prisoner is being to the reporter. It's quite endearing.
Edit: I know it's satire. I still find it very sweet.
Helyati Mohamad I know, they always find the best, it’s almost to good like it’s acting but... that’s why I love the onion.😌😌😌
Watch the After Prison Show, people in prison have their own unique culture.
thenamedoesnotmatter it’s fake. And Il check it out.
Yeah he didn't even stack him
I like this comment! It's now my favourite part of the video too :P
"CAN YOU STACK YOUR FAMILY" he DO have his priorities straight and I DO be respecting that
Nathan Ricketts
I will tell you friend, the passion for stacking is real. I am on the spectrum, working for FedEx, and I cannot express the amount of joy I get from moving boxes around.
@@bryceirvine856 the dopamine box, coming to a store near you
When you do be learn English??
@@bryceirvine856 They call me the tetris guy because I make the boxes fit tight!
@@ankitmahajan4036 You must have been off of the internet for a long, long time if you can't tell that's intentional.
This video haunts me because I’m autistic and when I was younger I built a prison in Minecraft for this exact reason
...how many families did you stack?!
0:37 The way he focuses and his eyes light up after he hears that.
Awesome
That was him going from 6 to midnight lol (I am autistic, would kill somebody to get a rigid routine with extremely limited human interaction rn)
"Can you stack your family?"
This is the question we should all ask ourselves.
If my family doesn’t stack I’m trading them in
no they dont stay still
@@benjireil4243 easy choice then
I ask myself that all day long.
Yes, it's called cheerleading.
It cracks me up how his eyes light up when the prisoner says every second of his day is accounted for.
An incredibly nuanced performance. He must have done a lot of preparative research for this which is crazy for a 2 minute skit. But he knocked it out of the park.
that's when it gets really good haha. superb acting
the part that warms my heart is when he says I LIKE STACK. and the prisoner smiles, "you do?"
Do you have to make the lines straight ?
@@knotshure8806 A 5% variability plus-or-minus center is within acceptable tolerances. Watch out for slivers and protruding nails - they’re usually rusty. Lift from the knees with ease, not with the back. Rinse and repeat in any given situation.
I love how he distills the entire conversation down to that final statement. Genius, the world was not ready for Mr. Falk.
As someone who is an adult-diagnosed Autistic - and who has spent most of the past four decades working as a broadcast journalist - I consider this to be comedic GENIUS and I love it. Kudos to everyone involved in this production!
If you’re Autistic and you’re offended by this?
You have every right to feel how you feel. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, especially if they’re not also Autistic.
If you’re not Autistic and you’re offended by this?
🤷🏻♂️
"sure there are normal guys like me who are in here for embezzling and fraud.." underrated line.
@Splitinfinity
Well, they kina are. I mean, you wouldn't notice it if you met them on the street.
I was more impressed with "that takes to long, I need to go to prison NOW!"
What he means is non violent crime.
Why wouldn’t they? Everyone in prison is innocent.
@Mr Temporal I think there might be a bit more of an overlap between fraudsters and psycho murder rapists than you imply with that statement.
That moment when The Onion is more dedicated to accurate portrayals of autistic people than Sia is.
Not every autistic person is the same. There isnt really a way to "accurately" portray autism. You just want to cancel people and find reasons to trigger yourself.
@@him1019 ok ableist
@@him1019 have you watched the damn movie? Not only did they use ‘restraint’ as a method the organisation behind the movie is actually autism speaks
@@reshmakhan1302 you are so stupid. Putting restraint in the movie doesnt mean she supports it. Bad shit happens in movies all of the time. Should we cancel every producer who made a slavery movie because that means they support slavery? You just want to trigger yourself and cancel someone
@@him1019 fyi no, it wasn’t even portrayed as something that happens but is actually bad or anything(like most movies that tackle slavery and heavy subjects do and to that aim to show exactly what is wrong with it), his exact words were ‘I am crushing her with my love’ not to even get started with the movie’s use of sudden vibrant colours which would allow a big part of the autistic community that have hypersensation might be able to watch comfortably not to mention the movie was backed by autism speaks an organisation known to demean and dehumanise autistic children on many occasions.
This is actually one of the best representations I’ve ever seen
The acting of the prisoner is also absolutely on point and I’d hate for anybody to miss that
He's actually good, even his uncomfortable, empathetic and confused reaction to the reporter.
So glad somebody mentioned this
Him talking about his family so seriously and the other guy not getting it was perfection!
I said the same.
I’d swear it’s a real interview, he’s that good.
I love this. They’re not just saying, “oh he’s autistic and therefore he’s dumb.” They take actual, realistic autistic traits and ruthlessly make fun of those.
Cant tell what you mean?
@@cammykins5813 autistic people are known for needing a rigid schedule so it's funny that this reporter likes prison (this is satire btw, everything The Onion makes is satire)
@@canavero4288 Oh. I knew about their habit of patterns, but I didn't get the joke about ruthlessly making fun of the traits.
@Just a Human Oh ok, so showing their traits, not harassing them for being Autistic.
On the other hand it could help raise awareness about autism.
Brook's reaction at 0:06 is SPOT ON, resprect
it's these gems that give me respect for the profession of actor
I found this video extremely relatable years ago and this past week I was officially diagnosed with autism. Wow.
Haha its the exact same for me
so what. i could be as well. let us live our lives. we only have one.
@@constantinosschinas4503 i’m not sure i understand what you’re upset about
@@bobsondugnutt5435 just saying diagnoses are useless. we are what we are. the point is what we make out of it.
@@constantinosschinas4503 okay and? my diagnosis was validating for me. i’ve always felt i was different and it felt good to know why. maybe that’s not your experience, and that’s okay. but you have no idea who i am or what i’m doing with my life. i don’t know how or why you would interpret that as a personal attack.
This dude deserves multiple Oscars... So he can stack them.
Hahaha 😆
Clutter, get rid of it.
Put them in straight lines
@@Evan_Meyer but they are Asymmetrical and therefore considered clutter by my standards. Autism manifests different for all of us.
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As someone with Autism, this is not insulting.... Its pure genius.
I have autism and this is so fucking funny to me
Same lol
Accurate too
I would probably act like that if i didnt try soooo hard to be normal. But i have "acted" for so long that i dont really know who i am anymore :(
@@sofiab.9129 i know exactly how you feel, we all try so hard to be "normal" we lose ourselves completly sometimes. Remember we are all beautiful
I love that the actor actually started stimming…
Edited to state that I feel seen.
“There’s hardly any human contact-“
“HOW DO I GET TO LIVE HERE”
He should have told him the butt sex
"Embezzling and fraud-"
"That takes too long!"
I can't breathe
EtherDimentionalist I need to go to prison NOW!
The first two lines form a pleasing curve
Dead
Well i guess it wouldnt take very long now if you apply for PPP and use thr money to buy lambos
You wear the same clothes everyday... Yes!
and you live in this tiny little box... YES! YES!
and there's hardly any human contact... How do I get to live here?!
MichaelZu Asking the real questions here
Well you have to make sure the grocery store clerk is dead.
It’s like Liz Lemons “I want to go to there”
These niggas will provide you lots of _human contact_
Sounds like university
As an autistic person, I approve of this NOT the good doctor. This is an honest portrayal.
The funiest bit for me was at the begining where she introduced him as “autistic reporter”. Idk why imagineif new readers just introdeuced all the autistic news reporters as “autistic reporter” lol. Also im autistic myself and I love this, it’s done really well.
Sad thing is, if Michael Falk really existed, he'd be the only journalist you could trust.
Unless you're a cashier at a convenience store.
Bad Hair Man This reply is underliked.
Bad Hair Man we all have flaws
I have always thought that autistic people would make great journalists. They would just tell you wtf happened.
Eamon Burke we would
"guys like me who are in here for embezzling and frau-"
"That takes too long. I want to go to prison now"
The best line in an amazing video 😂
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Best line is "make sure the cashier is dead"
@@Mai_TS--_-- nope.
@@lednails that's a bit too true
It's great watching this every year, and realizing they portrayed a better autistic character all those years ago than anyone can today.
I am an autistic teenager and I can say this is exactly how I would act presenting a story like this.
one on top of the other on top of the other
"Make sure the cashier is dead."
"I cannot see you, Brooke. I can only hear you."
most relatable representation of an austistic person i've seen.
Man, if I am referring to something I wrote in a text/comment, I won’t type “I said..” - I’ll type, “I stated..”
Because I didn’t, technically, verbally SAY anything.
However, I did STATE a point.
The second I hear that line, “I cannot see you, Brooke. I can only hear you” - all I could think was “Me.”
Also, the excitement over wearing the same thing, everyday - also, me.
I wear the same outfit, every damn day.” -‘or a variation of it. I have 6 of the same shirts, 5 of the same leggings, 7 of the same yoga pants, over a dozen layering tank tops and socks, 2 long-sleeve button up cover shirts, 3 of the same lounge dresses, 3 pairs of the same gloves, 3 pairs of the same aviator sunglasses - all black; as well as three variations of army green grunge-style rain jackets).
I do enjoy spontaneity, though I, definitely like and require routine within such.
Sometimes I think that if I were a kid today, I would have been diagnosed with a light form of autism too. That second sentence is definitely something I would have said. I've always had trouble picturing things that aren't literal. It's much less of a problem today because now as an adult I can understand these. Just don't ask me to write any kind of fictional piece (I have language studies and text exercises are the worst)
I haven't been diagnosed with anything.. But this sure strikes a chord.
@@lrsb1678 language is all mushy and contextual and relative; sometimes certain words convey a feeling better than the technically correct one
This is my son in a nutshell. Everything is so literal.
Prompt: he spends years planning increasingly stupid heists in order to get sent to prison, fails to get caught everytime and now he's the most succesfull and frustrated gang leader worldwide
Holy shit that’s brilliant
@@eidolor thank you i am quite dumb with some good days
My brain is also square, but if this was anything to go by then you must have a lot to be proud of
@@eidolor oh my god for real? If this turns into a movie in a crazy timeline, i'm putting you in the credits lmao
@@naimvelasquez6079 if you make it a movie, I’ll be cheering for you so hard my skirt falls off
"Make sure the cashier is dead" *prisoner's look of horror*
“That takes too long I need to go to prison now.”😂
I love how the prisoner is actually kind and understanding lmao.
That is Westchester values right there!
Well, yeah, he is a normal person only in there for fraud and embezzlement.
most prisoners aren't there for violent crimes. they're normal people who may or may not have paid the government the mafia dues they want lmao
@@Kushufy what's a normal person
@@aboomination897 someone that (at least superficially) takes part of the common social and economic order of capitalism
For those curious, this actor's name is *John Cariani.*
Oh damn, this guy has actually acted in some pretty big things. I've done some research on other recurring Onion characters, and a lot of them have next to nothing when it comes to acting roles in higher caliber things.
I had to go look him up! I thought he looked familiar. Law and Order as the ME. This guy has has been on and off Broadway as well as writing award winning plays- very talented indeed. He apparently did this after he was well known. I saw Stiller was in an onion video the other day "shaken man child". It was after he became well known too. Maybe the onion pays well or the artist was up for off the wall fun?
@@goldengod5915 have you looked up Brooke Alvarez actress Suzanne Sena ?
I thought it was Ben Shapiro
@@deemueller6470 I think for some comedians, because The Onion has been around so long as a publication and has had so much influence on modern American satire, they probably did it for fun. I'm sure the paychecks from The Onion are pretty damn small, but they garner a lot of great writers.
I'm autistic and think this is hilarious! Other autistic people might not find it humorous. But it's not insulting in any way that I can see. "Person with (not bad) condition has endearing stereotypical traits that lead to humerus misunderstanding." Great writing and execution.
As someone with Autism I find this to be very accurate as well as a perfect representation of the disorder. I have aspergers, so I have learned to keep most of this in my head. However, I still do these, and sometimes, I don't notice that I have these tendencies.
Since 2013 Asperger's Syndrome is no longer an official diagnosis. It has something to do with children, Nazis, and eugenics.
Did you know the American psychiatric society removed Asperger’s as a diagnosis from the DSM-5 handbook in 2013? We’re all qualified as Autistic Spectrum Syndrome now 👍
@barneymiller7894 yes I did, but not many people understand how ASD works so I still refer to it as aspergers, unless I know that person understands. I found that way people don't say "You're not autistic"
@@barneymiller7894 Thank you for making sure I was up to date though😄
*I can not see you Brooke, I can only hear you*
...right.
What an idiot!
Words of a god
I watched the video, too.
Dimentive
I cannot see the video, I can only hear it.
As an autistic myself I have seen a lot of supposed "representation"
How in the hell did the Onion get it the most accurate?!?!
There’s probably at least a few working for the onion. lol
I'm autistic myself.
I found this hilarious because I have really considered going to prison for all of things the clip makes fun of.
Unfortunately, all the bad people in prison kinda ruins the fantasy for me.
If only there were specific prison-like places for people like me!
On a side note, I've considered mental institutions, but going to one would bankrupt me. 🤷♂️
onion is on other level. they are best!
It's up there with The Chosen.
Rob a bank. You'll be able to afford autism prison then.
1:19 That little stand up he does is perfect, gets me every time.
this is gold. I keep coming back to this.. why do I relate so much to Michael Falk
"Make sure the cashier is Dead"
Truly words to live by
@Bigfoot that's someone's family man...
im literally over here laughing at your comment, the murder is not funny at all just hearing that right as the video ends LMFAO
@Bigfoot cashier in America maybe zombies but other countries it can be thot
yes, robbery only might get you nowhere, the cashier needs to die to make it into prison.
@@masterpuni7371 lmao yeah Dio, *what is thot?*
I love how the more the prisoner tries to discourage Michael from going to prison, the more he wants to.
Real “you don’t want none of this Dewie” vibes
Right 😂 "I don't think you understand"
Pathological demand avoidance for the win!
Plus him standing up and sitting down repeatedly...
you dont get hungover! @@coreyaruecker
When he stands at 1:19 due to an excess of excitement...my god it's brilliant
As an autistic person this is fucking hilarious.
"Well- you wear the same clothes every day,"
"Yes"
"And you live in this tiny little box,"
"Yes! Yes-"
"And there's hardly any human contact,"
"How do I get to live here?!"
As someone on the spectrum, I can absolutely agree with Michael Falk.
*“Make sure the cashier is dead!..”*
seems like avoiding pain at any cost..
@@ekatasatya2995 Well, I mean, yeah
@@ekatasatya2995 see there’s this thing called being sensory avoidant
Hell yeah
The actor playing the prisoner doesn't get enough credit. The way he looks at our beloved reporter like a child and is concerned about him while being in a very unfortunate position. Like how a father talks to a child.
Honestly, yeah. While infantilization isn't that great, I don't think that's the intent since it's not done in a mocking tone, which I appreciate. It's just how the guy approaches someone like Michael Falk. In all honesty I'd rather have someone talk to me like the prisoner than have someone talk down to me like I'm 3 and don't know how to do anything.
@@lambybunny7173 If you don't get it, you don't get it. That's alright.
@@lambybunny7173 he's just concerned that a nice young man wants to be in there with lunatics. It's more protective bc he's a good guy, not bc he's autistic.
from the first line i thought he sounded so natural and real
What kind of credit should we give him for doing his job well beyond pressing the like button? Fan mail? PayPal? Gofundme? Bitcoin?
Not only was this hilarious and clever, the actor was phenomenal!! 😂😂😂
This channel may be old but it is timeless for hunour
There are 11,505 comments that say, "this is me." This is me. There are now 11506 comments that say, "this is me."
His figeting, stimming, and interrupting is really great attention to detail
The echolalia too
Yeah this is shockingly realistic
It just amazes me how accurate and detailed this character is, i love it
Wouldn’t surprise me if he’s actually autistic
How is it that this actor in a 2min Onion joke is better at portraying autism than (almost) any bigshot Hollywood actor??
At 0:20 he is counting the tiles on the wall. Nice detail.
Oh fuck I didn't even notice that. Haha that's so accurate, I just count shapes and tiles when I'm talking to people
Omg I do that too! I used to know exactly how many tiles were in the classroom in 1st grade and I loved how I could count up to that number over and over again lol, I don't remember how many it was now, but when I learned multiplication it made it so much easier to get to that number lol
Hahaha, nice one. I missed this, thanks for highlighting it.
I'm not autistic but I actually did that myself in prison.
I count the tiles on the road and walk in patterns related to the tiles. Am I autistic? 🤔
Tilting the chair. Phenomenal.
This is hands down the most relatable reporter I've ever seen on TV.
Michael went from stacking crates to stacking bodies real quick.
Ahuizotl Xiuhcoatl you got likes thought I'd tell you
Ahuizotl Xiuhcoatl 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
Then he went back to stacking crates. Cause he got imprisoned.
"Can you stack your family?"
I'm dead just like the cashier
Lol I understand the logic of the question 😂
of course you can.
BRUH LMAOO
@@TheAmazingAdventuresOfMiles why not
Make sure the cashier is dead
as someone who is autistic, this is a better representation of autism than any show ive ever seen.
I love the attention to detail. Avoiding eye contact, stimming by rocking chair, echolalia (repeats words said to him), literal understanding of phrases, focusing on detail in conversation, barely a two-way conversation etc
I say this as someone with asd and adhd, with 3 kids with asd
“Make sure the cashier is dead” I’m dead 💀
Were you a cashier??
@@leocoelho12 I think they were!
No but are you? I'f you are a cashier you need to tell us so we can bring him the good news!
I think we all came here to find an answer lol
youll do
as an autistic person myself, I'm surprised how this is way more accurate than most Hollywood portrayals of autism.
What they need to do next is portray somone with autism after they have taken acid. Shits a show to watch. They go full blown retard trying to be normal. Shits cringeworthy and funny as fuck. I’ve seen it happen to my little brother.
@@soberrocks2158 wtf r u on bro ... !
@@bendreary autists on acid clearly.
@@soberrocks2158 ?? what is that supposed to mean
Probably because Hollywood is so afraid of offending anyone to such an extent that they fail to truly represent them.
As an officially diagnosed autistic person I not only find this hilarious but can remember a similar conversation I had 31 years ago!
This is so comforting.
“why do you want to get out of here?”
“for my family”
“can you stack your family”
man is asking the real questions
That part of the video made me laugh even though it probably shouldn't have lol
OMG that made me laugh harder than anything!
Investigative journalism at its finest.
The House that Jack Built answers this exhaustively
@@Somnicolossus *The House Built By Jack!
That is dark tho
I was thinking of it as
A man standing, the grandfather on his shoulders, the cousin on the grandfather's shoulders and so on like the Yertle Turtle story by Dr. Suess
He's (the character's portrayal) stimming and dropping in functionality due to excitement. This is wonderful.
Edit 1: His eye contact immediately "gets better" when he hears something he likes it's adorable.
Edit 2: I am also autistic
Edit 3: He's gonna kill Ryan at work to go to jail
*_I L I K E S T A C K._*
Terreliv it’s fake. Satire
@@phill8725 Why do you assume that they don't know that?
@@phill8725 They know, they're just commending the actor.
a neuroaffective disorder isn't adorable.
I like how he was smart enough to understand that embezzlement and fraud would take too long to get convicted and sentenced.
can we talk about how wholesome this felon is and how well he handles the reporter
"I like to stack" and stands up in excitement. Genius.
I'm 6'2" and I will jump up or pound on myself when excited. 😂
I'm really surprised on how accurate the onion was on this
@@luceromoreno9081
Could you imagine if they got us all together?
The amount of work the boys could put out… Jesus.
@@luceromoreno9081
Those who oppose us, or those who doubt our productivity shall suffer greatly.
I love your profile picture man, best one I have seen in 3 years I am surfing CZcams.
He immediately had to stack something so he stacked his body 🤯 Stack Master
At least he was able to settle for 26 minutes after the interview to wait and talk to Brooke and didn't immediately go to find a Cashier instead.
We don't know what happened after the interview lol
@@jkta97he says he stood there for 26 minutes waiting for Brooke
It isnt stated that the 26 minutes started immediately after the interview, dont be blinded by having one fact!
@@kMegalonyx moron
@@kMegalonyxhe said he finished the interview 26 minutes ago and had been standing there waiting for his since then. There's no knowing what he did after the cameras turned off but we know he didn't do anything immediately after the interview.
As an aspie myself, this makes me smile immensely. ❤
I've concidered doing something major I've always wanted to do (nothing too nefarious) to go to prison just for having a stable supply of food bed and board.... but I kept fighting against it and fought for a different way to support myself as a disabled autistic person who could not work due to CPTSD and other thing's.
I am honestly appalled to see the lack of sensitivity in this video. Issues like these need to be formally addressed and discussed. Stacking families is a big issue and I am very upset.
If families are not stacked in precisely straight lines then we have failed as a civilization.
I love someone non-stackable #warriormom :'(
Had me in the 1st half
Had me in the first half not gonna lie
Got me 😂😂😂