Joe Wells - I Am Autistic - Full Show
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- čas přidán 25. 10. 2023
- This show was recorded by Welsh comedy mavericks Go Faster Stripe.
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Special thanks to Robert White for creating one of the greatest cover versions in all of music history. - Komedie
My favourite Autism euphemism is "person living with Asperger." It gives me the chance to ask whether they are roommates or "roommates", who pays the rent, whether they share chores, and so on.
What about "person surviving with Asperger"?
@isaackitone Are they in the woods or on a desert island? And is the island just deserted, or is there an actual desert there?
@@Heatherwashere You've broken my brain.
"Living with Asperger" rather than "Asperger's" implies you're living with doctor Hans Asperger himself, which considering his...political associations, might not be much fun!
They better lock their door and sleep with one eye open if Asperger is their roommate. That creep sent kids to nazi death camps.
I absolutely love that you don't feel you have to look at, or even face, the audience.
receiving the diagnosis/finding out about the informal childhood diagnosis (it's a complicated story) really helped me be a better stand up because I didn't feel I had to model being a stand up on other comedians. I'm not completely where I want to be but I've been doing comedy for a long time and it's only post diagnosis that I feel like I've been going in the direction of authentically finding my voice.
Thank you so much for making this show. I am an autistic girl who has recently been discovering that I should, in fact, be myself everywhere-and not just the masked “self” the adults in my life told me to be. You exactly voice all the truths I have been realizing about being autistic that I just want others to know and believe. I am so glad to know that there is someone else who feels the same way about being yourself as an autistic person. Once again, thank you so much for making and recording this show, Joe. You have inspired me, and thanks to you, I feel more strongly than ever about two things. Firstly, that cross-country skiing is ridiculous, and, second and more importantly, that autistic people like me should genuinely be themselves.
Thank you.
As a 45 yr old Autistic women, please don’t mask if you can help it as it can fry your nervous system over time🫶
Then again, most of my relationships (that I appreciate deeply and I love my friends) were originally founded on various persona that I made up to mask my autism and imitate what I believed would make me acceptable and pleasant. After decades of masking all of the time, how do you distinguish between the "masked" you and your "true" self? So many traits, from micro-gestures to social doctrine (yes, autistic indeed), that were originally painful mimes are now intrinsic parts of who I am. "Masking chemo therapy" to root out the fakes would basically reboot me back to childhood. "Start new game" or "carry on faking", that is the question.
Me: *finishes watching this video*
Me: Hey dear? You wanna watch some stand up with me?
*Immediately restarts this video on a shared household device so my partner can watch too*
0_0 I think I might be one of the four.
😂 Thank you! I'm on tour around the UK next year if you're based over here. More than happy for people to buy tickets for multiple dates.
@@joewellscomic Unfortunately, I live in the US. 😅
I did buy your special when it was sold online though and I try to share your work with everyone I know (and many strangers online). Plus feeding the algo with rewatches and comments to do my part.
I really appreciate your work.
Nice one Joe! We Autistics are the funniest!
I just had a lengthy discussion with a close friend on this topic and we are in complete agreement
Yep!
51:00 got to me, out of nowhere. I started tearing up because I don't think I've ever heard that perspective explained, and I wasn't ready for how much it would make a lot of things in my childhood make sense. Thanks for that, genuinely.
It was also a very funny comedy show, I'm subscribing
same here! exactly that moment.
Found this very funny, thanks.
The audience seemed rather cold, but perhaps they were being quiet because they were listening intently.
I think the Autistic internal monologue has a large amount of "what the fuck are you talking about?!?!?!" in it lol.
Fantastic set, thank you. You spoke directly to some of us and I for one got to watch it on CZcams without buying a ticket so as a poor autistic person I feel especially seen.
Wow! This made me laugh so much. I want to talk about this but don't want to give away spoilers. The song is stuck in my head. I relate to this. I wish I could tell stories this well. This is a rollercoaster barrage of witticism. I needed this. I want more. Thank you. This made my day.
Thank you!
I'm the 3rd one of the 4 of our lot, stimmimg the loop button 😂Great show mate.
Omg your comedy is SO BRILLIANT 🤣😂🤣😂
Yay, finally a whole show! Thank you!
I couldn't have made this without Gofasterstripe, do check them out theyve got loads of good comedy stuff for sale
Absolutely awesome, thank you so much 😀
So happy to see a full show!
Oh, I LOVE this!! Thank you for existing
I was so excited to see that the full show was available! Such a funny guy.
Oh how cool, the whole show! 😍 Thank you so much!!
You're welcome although it's really GoFasterStripe to thank, they filmed it for free. Do check out their club in the video description.
This is great, man! Such a good show!
Absolutely brilliant 👏
This was hilarious, I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. I relate so much to this. Thank you!
Brilliant!
bloody brilliant, obvs
Love this! Have sent it to my neurodiverse friends. I loved the wit but also the gentleness in the way you share it. Look forward to watching more of your stuff and going down a Robert White rabbit hole, fab song! Thank you :D
Fabulous set Joe ❤
I listen to stand up comedy all the time and you are an amazing find for me! Clever, deep, a bit different so as any good stand up comedian. I want to hear more from you! Thank you!
This was incredibly good.
You should be a spokesperson for autistic people, feels like you are speaking from my brain.
haha! The power would go to my head but thank you!
Top notch
You deserved more laughs this was gold 😂
Joe what a fab show 🙂 a marvellous joy to behold.
Wonderful ❤
absolute legend, thank you for making this available here :-)
couldnt have done it without GFS, please do check out their club, the links in the video description.
Yay!!!!! Can’t wait to watch this right now. I am making taquitos. Autism swag
Love this. Love the representation. Hilarious and relatable.
Absolutely hilarious! 😂 xx
Good set, my friend!
went to see you back in december 2021 with my also autistic best friend (in a hugely overstimulating comedy club). I know allistics watch your shows but they feel like they were written 'for' us autistics. nice to have something specifically for us.
Thanks! Thats so lovely to hear!
Super, well done Joe!
Thanks! Hope alls well with you!
wow i love this. i got to see you once at a multiple-comedian show, and this is the first time im seeing a full show of yours. i absolutely loved it, thank you for this. im also autistic and i like comedy to sort of relate to the world. your comments about how people think autistic people dont understand humour were great (and funny!)
The nosebleed section loved your eye contact
Clever, funny, brilliant
Agree re:awareness months. Same for allergy awareness. It's just when the charities can promo their merch. Autism acceptance month - but then are the other 11 months - non-acceptance months? Autism pride is a thing, isn't it? But it's still LGBT
Throughly enjoyed his style😂
I was several decades out of high school until I leaned to ask back, "I'm good, how are you?"... Used to just say "good" then ignore them.
I might be on the spectrum...
fire show thank you supreme leader joe
Think differently! 👍
So funny!
Hilarious. I love your jokes
As a drummer that has taught an autistic student Cannibal Corpse blast beats, I highly approve.
I love that I've never heard the term "blast beats" before and yet I know exactly what you are referring to
100% be yourself 😊
What's wrong with "Goodbye kids and grownups!"? What was he supposed to say?
Great show, thanks for sharing, I just followed you on the socials.
Quick question: Did go faster stripe get you to do the sound of a cow that turns into a dog at the beginning or did they record that?
I wish I could do impressions that well
this might be the first comedy show that legitimately made me cry. it made me laugh too, but every comedy show does that, that's nothing special :P :D
I'm not autistic but still enjoyed it.
OMG I'm 51, and I think I'm autistic LMAO.... I never knew, just thought it was OCD and ADHD LMFAO
Ps, effin hilarious!!😂😂😂🎉🎉
Funny shit
Wondering if this was recommended to me because I’m actually undiagnosed.
Also does autistic boil down to watched a lot of tv s as a child and is currently not a dick?
I love Cannibal Corpse! 😀
They made the second best song called I Cum Blood ever
In her xxx I stuck my xxxx killing as I xxx
One of the greatest lyrics ever written, Chris Barnes was Cannibal Corpse. That was on The Bleeding, can't remember which track.
Haha, that cardigan vest guy's piano crimson jack off rendition was very good.
Chris rock has nonverbal learning disorder which is on the spectrum, that’s what I have too
I've read about this, I'd love to get Chris Rock on our podcast.
@@joewellscomic yes that would be awesome! It’s why when will smith walked up to him to hit him that he didn’t even know what was coming cause we don’t read body language at all we only get the 7 percent of language that is verbal
He didn’t even know will was mad
"Loosen up" is the worst. Luckily, I live in northern Europe, where shyness and introvert behavior is sort of ok (although not always understood) most of the time. Having a an inspired person violently and self-righteously pulling you onto a dance floor and, with threat of public ridicule, forcing you to dance in the name of self-expression, love, spiritual freedom and all things extrovert is my idea of hell. More hips, mf, more hips or you suck!
The finacial arguement for neuro-diversity. Money is just an idea, real wealth comes from people.
I remember seeing a conspiracy video about "viral warfare" around the time of covid and it said something along the lines of "a virus kills the people but leaves the wealth intact". If you actually think about that all you would have is a load of empty buildings and resources decaying. If you take their money it would have the same effect as printing more money, it would devalue your currency.
I'd love to know if our species will ever loose its obsession with money, at the end of the day its a man made idea and puts up barriers to actually helping people. We have been enslaved by our obsession to safeguard the economy which we worship as if it was a god. For me this is what the Infinity ♾️ stands for, theres a limited number of one and an infinity of the other 🍁
You went to padnell? I feel sorry for you
I then went on to Oaklands. Padnell was a paradise by comparison.
ha
Can someone explain the joke please😭
In order for the analogy to have been a fair one she would have had to not just shake hands with the patients.
Seems I'm one of the 40% who can't see where that joke is going. Can anyone explain it to me please?
In order for the analogy with Covid to have been a fair one she would have had to not just shake hands with the patients.
why is this guy wearing a cup
Well we're all people with brains, so calling autistic people 'people with autism' isn't that far off = D
Don’t like jokes of spouses. I have ASD and do NOT find that funny at all.:(🤷🏻♀️
You're funny and I like some of your observations. When you spoke about how autism is like being an airport hotel, I thought you were going to say people only stick around for very short periods.
I do just find your show annoying politically. You may be genuinely liberal but it surely also helps that this society won't tolerate anything else. These days it's hard to distinguish genuine liberals/leftists from the average person who just espouses such views because they don't want to get cancelled. This is why American comedy is generally better because they have genuine political discourse where both liberal and conservative views can be expressed and there is a tension there which means comedy can be risky. In 21st century UK comedy there's nothing but soul-crushing conformity to liberal views, and silly hyperbole about the Daily Mail being literally Hitler.
By the way if you do find yourself speaking for autistic people please don't say "we don't believe in gender". You definitely don't speak for me. Or if that is true it's that I don't believe in gender but in biological sex.
I'm also not looking for "allies" ugh.
Watched this with my hubby tonight. Laughed harder than I expected and it gave me practice with accents and repeating certain words you said.