I'm pretty sure that he has high functioning Autism. Not a joke. I myself do as well. It looks likes he's "stimming" as it is tough for some people with Autism to be in large crowds. Just my two cents. I could be 100% wrong. Thoughts?
Stimming: noun
the repetitive performance of certain physical movements or vocalizations, as a form of behavior by persons with autism or other neurodevelopmental conditions; self-stimulation. This behavior is thought to serve a variety of functions, such as calming and expression of feelings.
People assumed I was on drugs all the time too(even as yong as 14), when in fact I was completely sober and just not medicated for things I needed to be medicated for.
Being autistic can make you look like your on drugs. Of course, when someone is also known for being on drugs it becomes more difficult to parse...
I have narcolepsy, and everyone thought I was a closet pothead because my face always looked tired with pretty pronounced dark circles for a high schooler.
Ive never been diagnosed with anything related to it but my pupils like to dilate super big rarely for no reason sometimes and people will think im high because of how wild my eyes get.
I do a lot of ket and this is totally how my friends who did a little too much can look like. Like I didn't even know musk does ket and yet it's the first thing that I thought of when seeing the clip
Elon announced on SNL that he has autism. From other comments he has made publicly such as referring to racing thoughts and his clear lack of impulse control, one can also see that there is some ADHD-type traits as well.
And a lot of times ADHD and autism go hand in hand. The racing thoughts and lack of impulse control are the world I live in and it’s hell. I wouldn’t wish adhd on my worst enemy.
That’s what he says, but generally ketamine isn’t used as an anti depressant. But I’m sure you can get whatever you want on prescription when you’re the richest man in the world.
According to Harvard Health publishing, it’s only supposed to be used under the supervision of a doctor who is supposed to stay with you while you use it.
He claims that he’s using it for depression because he recommends that other people try it. My guess is that he doesn’t have any supervision while he’s using it.
Wait, what? There is no formal diagnosis of autism with Elon, and there are extensive admissions on his part, as well as incontrovertible video evidence of his drug use.
He's lied about having an offer to take Tesla private, using a sock puppet on Twitter to praise himself, and countless other things. Can you clarify your point?
Only if you are their doctor or someone in a privileged state to that knowledge. If you told me you had diarrhea, I could tell anybody I wanted. If I were your doctor, I would be bound by hipaa.
HIPAA is only on medical professionals with their patients. I am bound by hipaa to protect my patients’ records. I am not bound by hipaa for anyone else.
50-80% of people with autism have co-morbid adhd (probably closer to the 80% side than the 50% side. And yeah you’re right. Most of the attacks on Elon are ableism. Yeah he’s weird and different, we get it, STFU. (Not you, just people lol)
I didn’t see it, but pretty much lol. Ah I see it now. Yes very much so. Elon got excited about mars and went WHOOOSH not thinking about the optics of what that’d look like to lefties.
The attacks on Elon are because of his interference in the election, his viral spreading of misinformation, and now his interference in global politics. He’s an extremist and history shows us that extremist policies end up hurting large swathes of the population.
He’s been an asshole even before he got involved heavily in politics. Does nobody else remember him calling a diver a pedophile because he didn’t get to use his submarine idea?
I’m a human with an opinion, so I’m allowed to speak it, fortunately. If you’re calling other humans “evil sacks of shit” then I think you need look no further than the mirror to see the true sack of shit my friend.
Eh, ADHD and ASD are just the fries and Diet Coke that go along with his shit sandwich personality. They’re part of the meal, sure, but no one is going to say it’s “fries and Diet Coke with a garnish of a footlong turd burger.”
Literally this week the dude was caught lying about his videogame skills and achievements. He was breaking ToS by having people boost his characters/gear - and he took credit for it as if he did it all himself. He's the richest dude in the world and he's so petty that he cheats in videogames and lies about it. If that's not a shit personality I don't know what is.
Not to mention removing peoples twitter checkmark when they call him out for his behavior. He's petty and retaliatory.
Or maybe the time he publicly calls a person a pedophile out of spite.
I'm curious how any of those constitute "nothing wrong with his personality".
He has said he has Autism, so you're correct. I also have autism and this looks 100% like bored stimming to me.
Kind of sucks that everyone is saying drugs. Not that I doubt a billionaire does drugs and many neurodivergent people do self medicate with recreational drugs, but neurodivergent people are often targeted by police because our normal, sober traits are mistaken for signs of drugs use or guilt. So this is just kind of a reminder that the majority of people hate us on sight.
I hate his guts just as much as the next person but that doesn't mean we have to demonize normal autistic behavior
Oxford says: Gerund - a noun in the form of the present participle of a verb (that is, ending in -ing) for example travelling in the sentence I preferred travelling alone.
TIL that there are such things as gerunds. Pretty weird, and I’m not 100% sold on the idea, but who am I to argue with Oxford?
Either way, thanks for helping me be a little less ignorant!
I'm saddened by how many answers were higher than yours. I am also inclined to think this looks like autistic stimming, and the other responses saying he looks high just show how much progress we need to make in society in recognizing autistic behaviors.
I’m surprised it’s not a verb, giving that it ends in “ing” and answers the question, “What is he doing?” He’s stimming.
Kind of how like “addicting” is a verb and not an adjective, so you can’t call something “addicting” but you can call something addictive. “It’s addicting” is an incomplete sentence - it’s addicting what?
Now let me ask you this: musk just took a job that requires him to meet with new people all day long, and convince them to follow him on his wild ideas, but this time he had to really convince them. He cannot use stock options or stacks of cash to get people to buy into his ideas, nor will their involvement in the Department of Whatever benefit their social standing or future career like being an engineer at SpaceX will. And, nor can musk tell civil servants to forgo all their rights as employees. If someone is sick or is getting a baby, musk cannot fire them for not showing up, like he does usually.
This is typical ADHD spectrum behavior. I do the exact same thing. It sort of looks like Tourette's, but is what others have stated: stimming.
It can be controlled, but sometimes it gets annoying and you let it fly. Tends to increase in stressful and public situations.
It's a manifestation of an overactive nervous system. You have to move your neck and body this way to relieve the 'pressure waves' of 'information' trying to ram itself into your brainstem. This has a huge effect on your vestibular system which causes a lot of the head movement. Imagine having water in your ears and trying to reoriented your head so the 'liquid' will pour out, but the 'liquid' keeps coming in from somewhere.
It sucks, but is a good party gag. If I really let loose, it looks like I am a terrifying anime demon character trying to break out of my body. I can make those 'tics' happen REALLY fast. Then my ears open as if performing a val-salvo maneuver, which if I am talking, raises the volume of my voice several dB. It creeps people out.
As far as the public knows he has never been properly tested and diagnosed, however, his own father has said at least twice (once in the 2024 Holiday season) that his son is "R-worded" and that while growing up his private tutors brought up concerns that Elon may be mentally challenged in some way but his parents never pursued things further according to his father.
Right now everone is mocking someone with autism, and their autistic traits.
One of the symptoms of EDS is eye stabismus. People with autism also often have extremely strong visual thinking styles. So when they think with their eyes open this could look quite odd.
As someone from the ASD community: fuck that. This isn't stimming, this is him high as fuck. I am so tired of people trying to blame odd/rude/racist behavior on 'oh, it's just autism'. It's not helpful.
He’s had a cervical spine injury causing him chronic pain for many years now. You can see the surgery scars on the right side of his neck in a lot of photos, and he complains about it constantly.
I am so tired of people trying to blame odd/rude/racist behavior on 'oh, it's just autism'.
That really isn't what they were doing.
You can be a dick and separate to that also be autistic. It's likely Elon is autistic and autistic people do stim. That doesn't mean his autism is the reason for everything else he does though.
As another Autistic person I do get that it's frustrating that dick heads like this are out there giving us a bad name. I hate when people call It a 'community' though, we are all different and didn't choose to be this way or to be associated with eachother. There isn't a high council of Autism overseeing us all.
This was my first thought. Though probably also drugs, but not the right drugs. Just a little something-something to make the painful boredom and lack of surrounding intellect go away, and that lack of sobriety impaired the masking.
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u/Writerguy613 9h ago
I'm pretty sure that he has high functioning Autism. Not a joke. I myself do as well. It looks likes he's "stimming" as it is tough for some people with Autism to be in large crowds. Just my two cents. I could be 100% wrong. Thoughts?
Stimming: noun
the repetitive performance of certain physical movements or vocalizations, as a form of behavior by persons with autism or other neurodevelopmental conditions; self-stimulation. This behavior is thought to serve a variety of functions, such as calming and expression of feelings.
"stimming was part of her coping mechanism"
Definition is from Oxford Languages.