jordan schlansky has autism - conan obrien kicks the autistic w his freakishly long legs

[sperginity]

watched these (old) segments recently, I might use them to explain autism to normies who would not be open to hearing about lolcows. The only people I found talking about this guy possibly having autism were whiners on wrong planet, who were of course appalled that conan got so much joy out of "bullying" jordan. :

 

[Coolio55]

Wait. Is Jordan Shlansky like the american equivalent of Karl Pilkington?
This shit is pretty good so far.

 

[Dom Cruise]

That's not just a character he's playing?

 

[sperginity]

That's not just a character he's playing?

if its a character, they based it off an autistic man

 

[MasterDisaster]

Autism comes in many shapes and sizes.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

He's not ugly and offputting enough.

 

[Mariposa Electrique]

Autism comes in many shapes and sizes.

Most of them being fat, hideous, and unwashed.

 

[Cyber Bowling]

That's not just a character he's playing?

Not an outright character, but probably a caricature/exaggeration purposefully played up/edited for laughs.

 

[sasazuka]

I preferred Conan when Pierre Bernard Jr. was the resident sperg.

Why don't they bring "Recliner of Rage" back? Is there not enough anger in America anymore?

 

[queue-anon]

I think Schlansky has autism, and I also think he's in on the joke. He has a good poker face, but there are times when he's clearly about to break.

My assumption since I started watching these segments is that Schlansky is genuinely weird, Conan probably ribbed him behind the scenes for it, and they wound up making it a thing on the show.

 

[Secret Asshole]

I've watched a lot of the segments because I totally forgot about this. Its really fucking hilarious.

I lost my shit when they were going through how much Jordan loves Italy and he was showing his pictures to Conan where he looked like the biggest douche in the world and Conan just takes a drill to the Ipad and smoke starts pouring out of it.

 

[murgatroid]

 

[howyadoin]

This video definitely convinced me that he’s not really autistic (if he is, he’s hiding his autism very well) and is just playing an autistic-like character. I‘m saying this as someone who has seen autistic people many times throughout life.