I do that shit, and get so mad at myself. Like, can I remember putting them in that drawer in the bathroom cupboard the last time I was in there?! Like fuck I can.
I can usually find 'em when I’ve left 'em on top of the green fez in our room, as one does.
That happens in my workshop alarming frequently. Put a bit or somesuch down, because i am done with it and moved on to something else. Come back to straighten up and put stuff away. Damned if i can figure out where i put it. I blame shop gremlins. They are a particularly vicious breed.
Workshop gremlins are indeed a real thing. They’ll steal or hide tools, parts of tools, even summa the projects’ materials. If you ever catch one, use fine grit sandpaper on its bottom, and they’ll all avoid you for up to half a year. Just mind the teeth.
There are also gremlins who steal writers’ words, phrases, and new ideas in their entirety as we are putting words somewhere, esp when there’s a deadline or other pressure. May writers’ gremlins all drown in ink or white-out, or die of paper cuts!
“Bastard gremlins!” 
I swear I lose things like screwdrivers while I’m holding them.
I see I told U this story once before:
Certainly beareth repeatin’ tho.
“magical autist” (as an action protagonist)? is that a term anyone else has heard?
Yeah, it’s a thing.
See also: coded AF.
I have a pet media discourse theory that “the buddy formula” in film and TV is frequently (mostly?) one autistic-coded person and one ADHD-coded person. This is of course especially true in comedy, but not exclusively. See:
And so forth. Hell, I think even Rain Man counts.
(Yes, a lot of this is an extension of odd-couple/funny-man-straight-man pairings, but let’s inquire why that’s a setup in the first place?)
There’s definitely plenty that don’t line up, but it’s awfully prevalent! And then there are some oddballs that riff on the formula:
(This is an extension of another media discourse theory that Spouse developed that – basically – almost all sitcom characters, especially in ensemble casts, are coded autistic. Consider just about any damn character from Seinfeld, the Office, Parks and Rec, Abbott Elementary…)
Open Access article: A qualitative interview study on quality of life and ageing experiences of autistic adults.
While short, the statement notably only speaks to people who “[aid] Americans with ASD” and focuses only on children. It completely fails to even acknowledge the existence of autistic adults.
Well, but yeah, people should have grown OUT of being on the spectrum, and be “real” adults!!! /s
The principal at my son’s school felt the same way about kids, if they’d been to OT. Otherwise, why did they bother?
It’s honestly super-weird how some people are so hostile towards neurodivergence. It’s kind of driven the whole anti-vax thing… But some people just can’t handle anything being “different” and any difference needs to be beaten into place, violently if necessary.