Wow. this is one little douchebag.
This is what happens when you homeschool your kids. they turn into unsocial little pricks! he needs a beating tonite.
Oh well reminds me of my classmate who's mom is a mathematician and who's father is a physics professor in physics at our university. dang... these kinds of kids.
Real autistic people like KIM PEAK and DANIEL TAMMET are much more interesting to interview than them.
Well. His mom apparently homeschooled him to be the spelling champion. When he turns 20-or-so, still without girlfriend or friends, I think he'll thank her for teaching him this useful skill.
Aww, dammit twinkle, I had nothing to say until I read your first comment. Then your second comment left me again with nothing to say. I saw this kid last night on Jimmy Kimmel. Jimmy is a balls to the wall jerk, running a rigged spelling bee so he could humiliate and beat this kid. He's how old and already has his fifteen minutes of fame, while I'm still stuck at the lousy local TV staion promo shot at the topeka zoo?
#9, I watched the spelling bee today on espn. They actually showed a clip of him playing the piano, he reminded me of Kim Peak 100%. I think the kid may be a sevant.
Holy crap, that was painful to watch. At his age I was an introverted, socially-awkward geek, but man, I'm like Hugh Hefner compared to this kid. I just feel sorry for him (and a little sorry for that poor anchorwoman having to interview him).
Wow . . .poor kid. He probably has to be homeschooled after driving public school teachers nuts! I think he probably does have an unusual brain, savant, autistic, however you want to label it. His mom should try to get him some socializing situations: as soon and as much as possible.
Y'know what would be good? Competitions could be held to see if kids knew what words *meant.* They could have 'em a couple of times a year, and there could be a building with rooms where kids of a certain age could go to learn the meanings of lots of words. Maybe they could pay someone to teach the kids the words. Maybe teach 'em to add, so they could count all the words the meanings of which they knew and realise there were still more words of which the meanings they hadn't yet learned. And if the kids learned most of the meanings of the words for their age, they could advance a year and learn what harder words meant. Perhaps they could be given a few months off to kick back and play. For example, in the summer.
this kid is straight f***ed, and hes not a sevant hes a f***en retard. he spelled a word wrong that anyone could of spelled correctly. f***in idiot has no motor cordination either. he is waving his arms all over like a f*** head. wheres the luger at so I can pop this sucka.
I don't know what's got yeveryone pissed at the kid. So he's a nerd. I thought it was cool he didn't play up to that bimbo who was interviewing him. She's incompetent and only on there for her looks. I wish more interviewees on tv were like this kid, flipping back lines to inane and stupid questions. "What did your _mom_ say?" "I don't know, why don't you ask her?"
omFG. Hilarious. That's so sad, that boy probably read the damn dictionary for bedtime stories as a kid, and theres absolutely no reason any kid should sound like that. Come on. Home schooled or not..
He seems autistic, and if he is, then the way he acts has nothing to do with home schooling. Autistic people are known to have deficits in social interaction.
Autistics (rarely) can also develop amazing mental capabilities, such as being able to memorize whole phone books. This is known as Asperger's Syndrome, also called "high-functioning autism". He probably won the spelling bee because of just such an ability.
At any rate, if he is autistic, then this is just an example of someone with an unfortunate neurological disorder. And that makes it not funny at all.
Isaac is dead on. This young man seems to be autistic. My first impression was that he has Asperger's Syndrome. The interviewer is the real twit. Where did she learn to ask such inane questions?
Quoted: "flipping back lines to inane and stupid questions. "What did your _mom_ say?" "I don't know, why don't you ask her?""
As mentioned, he's probably autistic, he doesn't mean to talk back at her. It's just logical, he doesn't know what his mother said, so they should ask her.
And what's with the dumb people laughing at him? You can't even spell savant (note the lack of an 'e' if you didn't even see it....) Unless you've dealt with mentally disabled persons is suggest you keep your ignorant, dumb thoughts for yourself.
And for the networks to air it and for the newsposter to post it under "Funny" and "Pwned", i didn't really expect much more from Americans... Showing tuna fish sandwiches on live television, i wouldn't even call it journalism...
Yes i'm offended by this and normal people would be too, good to see there still are a few normal people around here.
Let's just say both sides are retarded. The interviewer for showing such useless journalism by asking inane questions, and the kid for being a socially impaired Assburger sufferer.
How serious can the interviewer be when interviewing a spelling bee winner. This is not supposed to be hard-hitting journalism. I think her questions were right for news "filler" material.
As for his answers, I do think he is mentally ill in some form. However, most people do not realize that you can have a mental illness and win something as challenging as a spelling bee.
You have to give it to the interviewer that she kept her cool and tried to keep the interview going. She didn't have much to work with and probably didn't know what she was getting into. It's not her fault.
I have an autistic sibling and have had to be around that stuff most of my life due to it, and I noticed something is up with that kid right away. He seems to have asperger's imo. Some people get halfway through adulthood without ever knowing they have it, the only indicator they usually have is a string of failed relationships and/or social interactions in general.
And I think the interviewer did fine, I don't even know how she came up with so many questions for a spelling bee winner and kept it going with him giving such short and arrogant (kinda rude too I think) answers. I was once just a kid too, but if I knew that if I acted rude like that to a lady on tv I'd get my ass in trouble when I got home.
As for the autistic/savant thing, if you watched the actual spelling bee (i was hella bored) and you saw the clip of his home life, you'd feel even more strongly about that route.
He composes music, and his mother explained how he thinks of the notes as numbers, and generally writes them down as arabic numbers instead of notes. That's what really made me think of Kim Peak, find a video on him talking about Beethoven's 5th. He makes all kinds of crazy, yet somewhat logical connections all based on the #5 and the beginning few steps of the music.
I gotta agree (partially) with Joe Mamma here. I can't say with any certainty whether or not this kid is autistic or just socially awkward. His continual harping on the interviewer for his error in spelling the word is pretty irritating, but probably quite normal for his age (most kids are pretty defensive about things they feel they have expertise in--I corrected my teacher in grade 4 on the pronunciation of 'anemone' and I don't even have Asperger's; I'm just a windbag.)
I'm leery of home-schooling as a process; this kid may eventually learn to spell Scombridae, but it's more likely than not he won't have any clue what that means in terms of biology or evolution. Being Canadian, I also don't quite understand the whole 'spelling bee' concept (I think we had one once as a time-killer on a rainy Thursday afternoon, but most of the time we played IQ 2000)--sure, a kid can learn to spell 'foehn' and memorise its meaning, but so what? Is s/he going to be able to look at a map and apply that knowledge to understand why Frankfurt is so much warmer than Minneapolis? For most kids educated in this way, I doubt it.
I completely agree with all the comments mentioning the word 't***' though.
Har har. Click my linky to see pics, but you ain't seein' no titties...yet.
Besides, the "other Amy" might have my ass on a platter if I did.
I don't think he has Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, etc. whatsoever. I was a social science/psychology major back in college. Even in mild cases, sufferers would never think to talk back to a person the way this kid lashes out at the interviewer. Even though AS chidren do have trouble sympathizing with others and developing a sense for things outside of their own self, if he DID have the disorder he'd never even think of going to the lengths he has to become a spelling bee champ, he'd be far too withdrawn. He's not suffering from anything other than a severe lack of agood smack upside the head.
Ok I hate double posting but thought I'd sling this one at you "oh poor kid" people, as well: Do a little, you know, research on the kid. He takes martial arts classes and excels at several school subjects. Another nail in the coffin for AS.
I have Asperger's. The site's called "Geekologie"; I'm sure a lot of people here have Asperger's, high-functioning autism, or other developmental disorders.
This kid's an unmitigated DIPSHIT. It's not 'cause he can't do whatever socially; it's because he refuses to acknowledge that he can't.
Watching his reactions to the questions and his stunted social development, he most likely has Asperger's Syndrome (Autism "Lite" )
Trust me, it's no laughing matter but it's strange to interact with these kids for the uninitiated, apparent by the bewilderment of the news anchor / interviewer.
I understand your reactions and don't take this as a flame. I'd be willing to bet $100 to $1 that this child was pulled from public school because his parents couldn't handle seeing their kids incessantly teased by the other kids.
Respectfully submitted,
GVS
Proud father of Spencer and Tyler, who both have Autism.
Watching his reactions to the questions and his stunted social development, he most likely has Asperger's Syndrome (Autism "Lite" )
Trust me, it's no laughing matter but it's strange to interact with these kids for the uninitiated, apparent by the bewilderment of the news anchor / interviewer.
I understand your reactions and don't take this as a flame. I'd be willing to bet $100 to $1 that this child was pulled from public school because his parents couldn't handle seeing their kids incessantly teased by the other kids.
Respectfully submitted,
GVS
Proud father of Spencer and Tyler, who both have Autism.
Watching his reactions to the questions and his stunted social development, he most likely has Asperger's Syndrome (Autism "Lite" )
Trust me, it's no laughing matter but it's strange to interact with these kids for the uninitiated, apparent by the bewilderment of the news anchor / interviewer.
I understand your reactions and don't take this as a flame. I'd be willing to bet $100 to $1 that this child was pulled from public school because his parents couldn't handle seeing their kids incessantly teased by the other kids.
Respectfully submitted,
GVS
Proud father of Spencer and Tyler, who both have Autism.
Only thing wrong with Joe is the incessant inbreeding in our family. His daddy drinks paint, I try to cut and paste scratch cards together to get winners and Joe has no social ability to interact with other humans. I had to get rid of all my cats because of their anal tearing and the vet bills.
Gee...she still didn't get it right and neither did CNN!!
It's Scrom-broi-dai and "br" is pronounced BRR as in cold or shivering and OI is pronounced like TOY or BOY....
So neither was the spelling by CNN right nor was the way she was pronouncing it.
Shame that people in this country think "stupid and popular" or "social" is more important than Intelligence and productivity....maybe that is why some parents are home schooling...and these kids get lots of socialization the general go to church are scouts, sing in choirs such as Albuquerque Boy Choir, or join Civil Air Patrol. Just because they don't go to PUBLIC school doesn't mean they are isolated or don't get all the subject matter that they need. There are avenues for every subject the parents learn how to use them all...they don't just teach academic studies.
To say that this is why you don't homeschool your children is extremely stupid. Not all homeschooled children are anti-social misfits. Just like I don't think all public school kids are engaged in sex on school buses.
In fact, I think any 13 year old would have a tough time in a tv interview. This kid would be no less geeky looking if he were in public school, he would just have no self-esteem from the endless swirlies and wedgies. Give him a break.
Watching this horrid mash-up has made me want to avoid Subway for life. Jeez! Now we're getting product placements awkwardly wedged in our news? Freaking sad.
Well, I have avoided Subway for the crap factory that it is already, but now I at least have an anecdote to back it up.
Quizno's is better anyway, with their beefy, bum-punching goodness.
Yeah, I'm really not violent, but I got about a minute into that before having to stop it because I felt like punching both of them in the face. The kid--he talks slow for being "smart." Smartness isn't just judged by your knowledge, but your interaction with others. Who freakin' cares if he won the spelling bee? In five years, only a few people are going to care enough to remember. Hell, he needs to get the eff outside and talk to people. Damn, man, I thought I was bad.
Well… I don't know about 'child abuse' personally. Can you imagine this kid in a public school? The teacher'd leave the classroom to take a phone call or something and come back to find just a pool of blood where this kid used to sit.
Yeah, i was overwhelmed by how many comments were against the kid, the interviewer looks really phony, especially that smile!
and then shes like, "your really making this hard for me"
like shes pissed about it. Plus, she gets confused and thinks he spelled it right, you could tell she really doesn't like him anyways, and thats her problem.
First, his getting the word wrong is totally excusable because she was pronouncing it wrong. He KEPT asking her to repeat it, and kept repeating it himself as "scom-ber-dae" and she kept acknowledging that it was right. It is NATURAL to be frustrated at just having been embarrassed on live TV because someone can't pronounce the difference between "bri" and "ber."
I don't see anything he's saying as purposefully mean or arrogant. He's just socially inept, perhaps AS/autistic. Those who think that kids with AS or autism means that you can't excel in academics, or that every aspie is a shy little flower that avoids all confrontation, are so dead wrong I just don't know where to start.
Anyway, I love this kid and want to adopt him. Don't let the Internet get you down, kiddo! Have fun at math camp!
This kid isn't showing well here, but he was a very bright and nice kid during the actual Bee. He was actually our favorite kid of all of them-- he's a total genius, too-- he writes music, does math, and spelling is just something he does on the side. Yeah, he's nerdy, but he's just being himself and he doesn't give a damn how he comes off for the cameras, which is pretty cool. Also, I loved how he took all the reporter's stupid questions and sort of gave the real answer you'd want to give, not the shiny, PR answer.
Wow. He tried so hard to make up for his misspelling. "You didn't pronounce it right." I know people just like that. Not the Asbergers, the making excuses for sucking. Whoribley.
Reader Comments
1. Mark - June 6, 2007 5:18 PM
She tries so hard to get him to talk, it's funny.
Oh, and nice product placement. FIrst!
2. nathan - June 6, 2007 5:28 PM
Wow. this is one little douchebag.
This is what happens when you homeschool your kids. they turn into unsocial little pricks! he needs a beating tonite.
and for vanman, sorry it was too late.
3. colt45joe - June 6, 2007 5:31 PM
ahh, this is terrible.
4. Tall Face - June 6, 2007 5:48 PM
scombridae: Es, Kay, DOH!
5. RandomNigel - June 6, 2007 5:51 PM
O_______O
That kid is officially the geekiest kid I have ever seen...
I'm almost crying at that...
And I'm an anti-social geek myself.
6. Ray - June 6, 2007 5:54 PM
I actually saw this kid interviewed on a bunch of other networks.. He was much friendlier and talkative. He looks really tired in this.
7. Jab - June 6, 2007 6:51 PM
holy f*** was that funny.
I'm still a homeschooling advocate if you get the kid other forms of socialization, but holy christ.
8. OMGTFBBQ - June 6, 2007 7:23 PM
THAT is a nerd.
9. Twinkle - June 6, 2007 7:45 PM
Oh well reminds me of my classmate who's mom is a mathematician and who's father is a physics professor in physics at our university. dang... these kinds of kids.
Real autistic people like KIM PEAK and DANIEL TAMMET are much more interesting to interview than them.
10. Twinkle - June 6, 2007 7:47 PM
so umm... did i just say physics professor in physics??? harharharhahr
11. Moranius - June 6, 2007 7:51 PM
Well. His mom apparently homeschooled him to be the spelling champion. When he turns 20-or-so, still without girlfriend or friends, I think he'll thank her for teaching him this useful skill.
12. Natalie - June 6, 2007 8:07 PM
Gosh... Me, I thought this was kind of a turn on.
13. nathan - June 6, 2007 8:31 PM
Natalie,
email me your nudes.
thx.
nathan
14. vanman - June 6, 2007 8:48 PM
Aww, dammit twinkle, I had nothing to say until I read your first comment. Then your second comment left me again with nothing to say. I saw this kid last night on Jimmy Kimmel. Jimmy is a balls to the wall jerk, running a rigged spelling bee so he could humiliate and beat this kid. He's how old and already has his fifteen minutes of fame, while I'm still stuck at the lousy local TV staion promo shot at the topeka zoo?
15. Amy - June 6, 2007 9:24 PM
40-year old virgin, realized.
16. Puzzleking - June 6, 2007 9:57 PM
I think this kid should be the new logo for geekologie. Put his picture in the upper left corner of each page.
17. ajax - June 6, 2007 10:01 PM
if geekologie did that, i think i would actually have to stop coming to the website
18. Ossot - June 6, 2007 10:26 PM
#9, I watched the spelling bee today on espn. They actually showed a clip of him playing the piano, he reminded me of Kim Peak 100%. I think the kid may be a sevant.
19. Amy - June 6, 2007 10:39 PM
By the way, I just realized there's another Amy on the boards. I'm not her. I'm another Amy. And unlike my predecessor, you can probably see my t***.
20. fiona - June 6, 2007 10:42 PM
This was really f***ing paniful to watch. And he was such an asshole about it--tired or not.
21. Mike - June 6, 2007 11:03 PM
Holy crap, that was painful to watch. At his age I was an introverted, socially-awkward geek, but man, I'm like Hugh Hefner compared to this kid. I just feel sorry for him (and a little sorry for that poor anchorwoman having to interview him).
22. Kai - June 6, 2007 11:20 PM
His voice is driving me to madness.
23. Stelle - June 6, 2007 11:21 PM
Wow . . .poor kid. He probably has to be homeschooled after driving public school teachers nuts! I think he probably does have an unusual brain, savant, autistic, however you want to label it. His mom should try to get him some socializing situations: as soon and as much as possible.
24. Brownian - June 6, 2007 11:35 PM
Y'know what would be good? Competitions could be held to see if kids knew what words *meant.* They could have 'em a couple of times a year, and there could be a building with rooms where kids of a certain age could go to learn the meanings of lots of words. Maybe they could pay someone to teach the kids the words. Maybe teach 'em to add, so they could count all the words the meanings of which they knew and realise there were still more words of which the meanings they hadn't yet learned. And if the kids learned most of the meanings of the words for their age, they could advance a year and learn what harder words meant. Perhaps they could be given a few months off to kick back and play. For example, in the summer.
This kid should go to a place like that.
25. Brownian - June 6, 2007 11:37 PM
Sorry about that folks. My producer just informed me that such a place is called a school, and this kid doesn't go to one for some reason.
My bad. Must be a Latin word.
26. Bolt - June 6, 2007 11:44 PM
Just so ya know most of the kids in this competition are disabled. So he may be a geek but calling him a douchebag may or may not be out of line.
27. Assman - June 6, 2007 11:51 PM
STFU YOU LITTLE SHIT!
you just misspelled the word, not her fault!
28. fuckthiskid - June 7, 2007 1:17 AM
this kid is straight f***ed, and hes not a sevant hes a f***en retard. he spelled a word wrong that anyone could of spelled correctly. f***in idiot has no motor cordination either. he is waving his arms all over like a f*** head. wheres the luger at so I can pop this sucka.
29. Dave Bowman - June 7, 2007 2:10 AM
I don't know what's got yeveryone pissed at the kid. So he's a nerd. I thought it was cool he didn't play up to that bimbo who was interviewing him. She's incompetent and only on there for her looks. I wish more interviewees on tv were like this kid, flipping back lines to inane and stupid questions. "What did your _mom_ say?" "I don't know, why don't you ask her?"
30. Allie - June 7, 2007 3:12 AM
Mswahahahaha, this kid is gonna hav fun in the real world - classic
31. Allie - June 7, 2007 3:16 AM
Mswahahahaha, this kid is gonna hav fun in the real world - classic
32. Lindsay - June 7, 2007 3:23 AM
omFG. Hilarious. That's so sad, that boy probably read the damn dictionary for bedtime stories as a kid, and theres absolutely no reason any kid should sound like that. Come on. Home schooled or not..
33. Lauren.wiseman - June 7, 2007 4:33 AM
ah that has brightened a rainy morning,
"man of few words but when he understands them he spells them correctly"
HAH!
34. Linda - June 7, 2007 4:38 AM
OMG this is so hot, I'm not joking, this gets me so moist, wow.. This kid rocks.
35. Isaac - June 7, 2007 5:51 AM
He seems autistic, and if he is, then the way he acts has nothing to do with home schooling. Autistic people are known to have deficits in social interaction.
Autistics (rarely) can also develop amazing mental capabilities, such as being able to memorize whole phone books. This is known as Asperger's Syndrome, also called "high-functioning autism". He probably won the spelling bee because of just such an ability.
At any rate, if he is autistic, then this is just an example of someone with an unfortunate neurological disorder. And that makes it not funny at all.
36. JIm - June 7, 2007 6:11 AM
Isaac is dead on. This young man seems to be autistic. My first impression was that he has Asperger's Syndrome. The interviewer is the real twit. Where did she learn to ask such inane questions?
37. Doni - June 7, 2007 6:24 AM
Quoted: "flipping back lines to inane and stupid questions. "What did your _mom_ say?" "I don't know, why don't you ask her?""
As mentioned, he's probably autistic, he doesn't mean to talk back at her. It's just logical, he doesn't know what his mother said, so they should ask her.
And what's with the dumb people laughing at him? You can't even spell savant (note the lack of an 'e' if you didn't even see it....) Unless you've dealt with mentally disabled persons is suggest you keep your ignorant, dumb thoughts for yourself.
And for the networks to air it and for the newsposter to post it under "Funny" and "Pwned", i didn't really expect much more from Americans... Showing tuna fish sandwiches on live television, i wouldn't even call it journalism...
Yes i'm offended by this and normal people would be too, good to see there still are a few normal people around here.
38. Niggerfaggot - June 7, 2007 7:38 AM
Let's just say both sides are retarded. The interviewer for showing such useless journalism by asking inane questions, and the kid for being a socially impaired Assburger sufferer.
39. Extirpatiion - June 7, 2007 8:17 AM
How serious can the interviewer be when interviewing a spelling bee winner. This is not supposed to be hard-hitting journalism. I think her questions were right for news "filler" material.
As for his answers, I do think he is mentally ill in some form. However, most people do not realize that you can have a mental illness and win something as challenging as a spelling bee.
You have to give it to the interviewer that she kept her cool and tried to keep the interview going. She didn't have much to work with and probably didn't know what she was getting into. It's not her fault.
40. Andrew - June 7, 2007 9:46 AM
Whoever said that this kids usually more talkative than this, it's bullshit. As evidenced here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTolIgmVn04
41. Mari - June 7, 2007 9:55 AM
I have an autistic sibling and have had to be around that stuff most of my life due to it, and I noticed something is up with that kid right away. He seems to have asperger's imo. Some people get halfway through adulthood without ever knowing they have it, the only indicator they usually have is a string of failed relationships and/or social interactions in general.
And I think the interviewer did fine, I don't even know how she came up with so many questions for a spelling bee winner and kept it going with him giving such short and arrogant (kinda rude too I think) answers. I was once just a kid too, but if I knew that if I acted rude like that to a lady on tv I'd get my ass in trouble when I got home.
42. Jab - June 7, 2007 10:36 AM
I just realized, anyone else think this kid sounds kinda like Professor Farnsworth from Futurama?
43. Ossot - June 7, 2007 10:45 AM
As for the autistic/savant thing, if you watched the actual spelling bee (i was hella bored) and you saw the clip of his home life, you'd feel even more strongly about that route.
He composes music, and his mother explained how he thinks of the notes as numbers, and generally writes them down as arabic numbers instead of notes. That's what really made me think of Kim Peak, find a video on him talking about Beethoven's 5th. He makes all kinds of crazy, yet somewhat logical connections all based on the #5 and the beginning few steps of the music.
44. Joe Mamma - June 7, 2007 11:33 AM
He's a tard. It's that simple. Stop making it out to more than it is, the kid is a tard.
And Amy, show your t***
45. Brownian - June 7, 2007 12:26 PM
I gotta agree (partially) with Joe Mamma here. I can't say with any certainty whether or not this kid is autistic or just socially awkward. His continual harping on the interviewer for his error in spelling the word is pretty irritating, but probably quite normal for his age (most kids are pretty defensive about things they feel they have expertise in--I corrected my teacher in grade 4 on the pronunciation of 'anemone' and I don't even have Asperger's; I'm just a windbag.)
I'm leery of home-schooling as a process; this kid may eventually learn to spell Scombridae, but it's more likely than not he won't have any clue what that means in terms of biology or evolution. Being Canadian, I also don't quite understand the whole 'spelling bee' concept (I think we had one once as a time-killer on a rainy Thursday afternoon, but most of the time we played IQ 2000)--sure, a kid can learn to spell 'foehn' and memorise its meaning, but so what? Is s/he going to be able to look at a map and apply that knowledge to understand why Frankfurt is so much warmer than Minneapolis? For most kids educated in this way, I doubt it.
I completely agree with all the comments mentioning the word 't***' though.
46. Amy - June 7, 2007 2:19 PM
Har har. Click my linky to see pics, but you ain't seein' no titties...yet.
Besides, the "other Amy" might have my ass on a platter if I did.
I don't think he has Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, etc. whatsoever. I was a social science/psychology major back in college. Even in mild cases, sufferers would never think to talk back to a person the way this kid lashes out at the interviewer. Even though AS chidren do have trouble sympathizing with others and developing a sense for things outside of their own self, if he DID have the disorder he'd never even think of going to the lengths he has to become a spelling bee champ, he'd be far too withdrawn. He's not suffering from anything other than a severe lack of agood smack upside the head.
47. Amy - June 7, 2007 2:24 PM
Ok I hate double posting but thought I'd sling this one at you "oh poor kid" people, as well: Do a little, you know, research on the kid. He takes martial arts classes and excels at several school subjects. Another nail in the coffin for AS.
48. Joe Mamma - June 7, 2007 2:39 PM
Amy, Do your boobs giggle when you say "Har har"?
49. Dan - June 7, 2007 2:42 PM
I have Asperger's. The site's called "Geekologie"; I'm sure a lot of people here have Asperger's, high-functioning autism, or other developmental disorders.
This kid's an unmitigated DIPSHIT. It's not 'cause he can't do whatever socially; it's because he refuses to acknowledge that he can't.
50. Dan - June 7, 2007 2:45 PM
AND WHO GREENLIT THIS THING??? Don't they preinterview anyone anymore?
51. GVS - June 7, 2007 4:36 PM
Watching his reactions to the questions and his stunted social development, he most likely has Asperger's Syndrome (Autism "Lite" )
Trust me, it's no laughing matter but it's strange to interact with these kids for the uninitiated, apparent by the bewilderment of the news anchor / interviewer.
I understand your reactions and don't take this as a flame. I'd be willing to bet $100 to $1 that this child was pulled from public school because his parents couldn't handle seeing their kids incessantly teased by the other kids.
Respectfully submitted,
GVS
Proud father of Spencer and Tyler, who both have Autism.
52. GVS - June 7, 2007 4:37 PM
Watching his reactions to the questions and his stunted social development, he most likely has Asperger's Syndrome (Autism "Lite" )
Trust me, it's no laughing matter but it's strange to interact with these kids for the uninitiated, apparent by the bewilderment of the news anchor / interviewer.
I understand your reactions and don't take this as a flame. I'd be willing to bet $100 to $1 that this child was pulled from public school because his parents couldn't handle seeing their kids incessantly teased by the other kids.
Respectfully submitted,
GVS
Proud father of Spencer and Tyler, who both have Autism.
53. GVS - June 7, 2007 4:41 PM
Watching his reactions to the questions and his stunted social development, he most likely has Asperger's Syndrome (Autism "Lite" )
Trust me, it's no laughing matter but it's strange to interact with these kids for the uninitiated, apparent by the bewilderment of the news anchor / interviewer.
I understand your reactions and don't take this as a flame. I'd be willing to bet $100 to $1 that this child was pulled from public school because his parents couldn't handle seeing their kids incessantly teased by the other kids.
Respectfully submitted,
GVS
Proud father of Spencer and Tyler, who both have Autism.
54. Joe's Moma - June 7, 2007 5:43 PM
Only thing wrong with Joe is the incessant inbreeding in our family. His daddy drinks paint, I try to cut and paste scratch cards together to get winners and Joe has no social ability to interact with other humans. I had to get rid of all my cats because of their anal tearing and the vet bills.
55. Randomgilding - June 7, 2007 6:34 PM
My mother is a trained psychiatrist. She diagnosed the boy with Asperger's within about 35 seconds of this.
56. Tenchi059 - June 7, 2007 7:22 PM
Great, now I'm in love with her.
57. Maddox - June 7, 2007 8:23 PM
I masturbated to that video. I have issues :(
58. proteon - June 7, 2007 8:33 PM
Holy Christ that hurt. I'm two years older.
59. Rat_Brain - June 7, 2007 9:33 PM
"they turn into *unsocial* little pricks! he needs a beating **tonite**."
* Oh! You mean -- ANTI-social??
**"Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source
Tonite
\Ton"ite\, n. [Cf.L. tonare to thunder.] An explosive compound; a preparation of gun cotton."
(This is what happens when you send your kids to public school)
60. Dan - June 8, 2007 12:44 AM
59: You're not exactly an exemplar of excellance in the written word, either.
61. Norman - June 8, 2007 8:53 AM
Scum per day?
62. Sarah Yarbrough - June 8, 2007 8:57 AM
Gee...she still didn't get it right and neither did CNN!!
It's Scrom-broi-dai and "br" is pronounced BRR as in cold or shivering and OI is pronounced like TOY or BOY....
So neither was the spelling by CNN right nor was the way she was pronouncing it.
Shame that people in this country think "stupid and popular" or "social" is more important than Intelligence and productivity....maybe that is why some parents are home schooling...and these kids get lots of socialization the general go to church are scouts, sing in choirs such as Albuquerque Boy Choir, or join Civil Air Patrol. Just because they don't go to PUBLIC school doesn't mean they are isolated or don't get all the subject matter that they need. There are avenues for every subject the parents learn how to use them all...they don't just teach academic studies.
63. shannon - June 8, 2007 10:58 AM
this is what buster from arrested development was like as a child.
64. Mike - June 8, 2007 11:59 AM
To say that this is why you don't homeschool your children is extremely stupid. Not all homeschooled children are anti-social misfits. Just like I don't think all public school kids are engaged in sex on school buses.
In fact, I think any 13 year old would have a tough time in a tv interview. This kid would be no less geeky looking if he were in public school, he would just have no self-esteem from the endless swirlies and wedgies. Give him a break.
65. M H - June 8, 2007 12:14 PM
Watching this horrid mash-up has made me want to avoid Subway for life. Jeez! Now we're getting product placements awkwardly wedged in our news? Freaking sad.
Well, I have avoided Subway for the crap factory that it is already, but now I at least have an anecdote to back it up.
Quizno's is better anyway, with their beefy, bum-punching goodness.
66. Vahn M. - June 8, 2007 12:28 PM
Yeah, I'm really not violent, but I got about a minute into that before having to stop it because I felt like punching both of them in the face. The kid--he talks slow for being "smart." Smartness isn't just judged by your knowledge, but your interaction with others. Who freakin' cares if he won the spelling bee? In five years, only a few people are going to care enough to remember. Hell, he needs to get the eff outside and talk to people. Damn, man, I thought I was bad.
67. DreamFX - June 8, 2007 12:56 PM
That kids parents should be arrested for child abuse!! They must molest him or something. They are turning him into a freaking vegetable!!!
68. Dan - June 8, 2007 1:30 PM
Well… I don't know about 'child abuse' personally. Can you imagine this kid in a public school? The teacher'd leave the classroom to take a phone call or something and come back to find just a pool of blood where this kid used to sit.
69. yayforthekid - June 8, 2007 2:31 PM
Yeah, i was overwhelmed by how many comments were against the kid, the interviewer looks really phony, especially that smile!
and then shes like, "your really making this hard for me"
like shes pissed about it. Plus, she gets confused and thinks he spelled it right, you could tell she really doesn't like him anyways, and thats her problem.
70. dockanz - June 9, 2007 8:03 AM
It is clear that he has a pervasive developmental disorder and is not just being antisocial people.
71. AmyB - June 9, 2007 11:41 PM
#55: Then your mother is a dumb whore and I like cheese.
72. Wonkobonko - June 11, 2007 6:59 AM
allah hakbar,
And I thought I was a Geek...:P
There's still hope=D
73. Jenn - June 11, 2007 5:39 PM
I'm in love....<3
74. Sammka - June 11, 2007 10:07 PM
I love this kid!
First, his getting the word wrong is totally excusable because she was pronouncing it wrong. He KEPT asking her to repeat it, and kept repeating it himself as "scom-ber-dae" and she kept acknowledging that it was right. It is NATURAL to be frustrated at just having been embarrassed on live TV because someone can't pronounce the difference between "bri" and "ber."
I don't see anything he's saying as purposefully mean or arrogant. He's just socially inept, perhaps AS/autistic. Those who think that kids with AS or autism means that you can't excel in academics, or that every aspie is a shy little flower that avoids all confrontation, are so dead wrong I just don't know where to start.
Anyway, I love this kid and want to adopt him. Don't let the Internet get you down, kiddo! Have fun at math camp!
75. shelly butler - June 12, 2007 2:23 AM
This kid isn't showing well here, but he was a very bright and nice kid during the actual Bee. He was actually our favorite kid of all of them-- he's a total genius, too-- he writes music, does math, and spelling is just something he does on the side. Yeah, he's nerdy, but he's just being himself and he doesn't give a damn how he comes off for the cameras, which is pretty cool. Also, I loved how he took all the reporter's stupid questions and sort of gave the real answer you'd want to give, not the shiny, PR answer.
76. Jonny - June 14, 2007 7:41 AM
Family of FISHES???????
FISH!!
77. Geoff - June 19, 2007 11:24 AM
Wow. He tried so hard to make up for his misspelling. "You didn't pronounce it right." I know people just like that. Not the Asbergers, the making excuses for sucking. Whoribley.
78. Nick - June 23, 2007 12:45 AM
wow... its funny cuz the kid tries to play it off when he spells it wrong
79. TT - June 24, 2007 3:49 AM
you know guys, there are spellcheckers around...
80. Yans - July 28, 2007 9:48 PM
this kid is basiclally a total asshole. he has no respect at all
81. tristan - June 12, 2009 6:07 PM
OMG lil brat who doesn't ralk and gets a smart mouth with an adult and he soo much younger than her i would so smack him lol
82. jeremy - June 25, 2009 4:05 PM
I really don't know if we should be laughing, or feeling very sorry for this kid. Why parents WHY!?!?!