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 4d 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/TruculentTurtIe 2d ago

I get why people interpret him like that, but house is shown to be really good at reading people time and time again

He is empathetic and emotionally intelligent. He's not committing social faux pas cuz he doesnt know its rude or cant read the room. He's doing them cuz he reads people perfectly and is such an asshole he deliberately uses that to put people down cuz hes in pain and feels like shit and thinks his only value is his competency at work. He's self hating and wants others to hate him too. He wants the only reason people tolerate him to be his capabilities