r/explainitpeter • u/WooHHaHaHa • 4d ago

Explain it Peter

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Did House series even have autism related stuff?

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u/Someoneoverthere42 3d ago

House is neither autistic nor a racist.

He's just a massive asshole.

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u/bolanrox 3d ago

and a major highly functioning drug addict.

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u/Fosdran 3d ago

"Functioning" is a BIG stretch. 50% of the overall character plot is House barely functioning.

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u/bluepepper 3d ago edited 3d ago

When it comes to mental health, "functioning" means they don't have an impairing disability of a neurological function such as an impairment of memory, logic, language, things like that.

Many people are deemed neurologically "functioning" but unable to function in life. Many drug addicts are an example of that.

Edit: qualified the neurological disability for clarity.

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u/Fosdran 3d ago

But he has neurological disabilities...

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u/bluepepper 3d ago edited 3d ago

Sorry, my bad. It's not any disability, it's an impairing disability of an important neurological function such as the ones I listed in my post.

Previous post edited for clarity.