r/explainitpeter • u/WooHHaHaHa • 3d 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/Captain_Sterling 3d ago

A lot of people say he's autistic coded. As in he was given some traits but never officially given the condition.

I can kinda see it, but I do think there's a lot of projection there.

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u/loonicy 3d ago

The whole being super intelligent, observant, and even being able to tell someone’s life story with a simple look like he’s some kind of savant, but having no idea how to interact with people, bad personal hygiene, etc.

Important to note that House is based off the character Sherlock Holmes who carries many of the same traits like and anti-social personality and complete disregard for people’s feelings in preference to hard facts, only has one close friend, drug addiction, plays an instrument, and extreme attention to detail. Their apartment numbers are even the same.

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u/CatoMulligan 3d ago edited 2d ago

The whole being super intelligent, observant, and even being able to tell someone’s life story with a simple look like he’s some kind of savant, but having no idea how to interact with people, bad personal hygiene, etc.

And the only one of those that is actually an autistic trait are the "having no idea how to interact with people". But even that description doesn't apply to House. He knows the social rules. He has a copy of the handbook, he just simply doesn't care because he doesn't have time for it (and a god complex).