I own a Toyota and my knowledge of the brand is middling.
That reminds me.
Time to go watch Love on the Spectrum.
I feel like AD is in danger of being watered down by just being passionate about something. Having a passion doesn’t put you on the spectrum
100%
Through a combination of diagnostic creep, laymen/casual use of psych terminology, and the odd cultural trend of label-seeking over the past 10-15 years, many diagnoses have been watered down. Autism and ADHD are probably at the forefront.
I heard my Mom and my brother’s baby mama talking about the possibility of my nephew being ADHD already. Baby Mama said he’s too wild and exploratory. She thinks it’s probably ADHD. He’s nine months old.
Yeah, it’s extremely common. Pair that motivated sentiment with a kid who’s in the diagnosable age range (or an adult), and a diagnosis is almost guaranteed.
Most mental health diagnoses are dependent on subjective reporting of symptoms and history, so if someone - or their parent - want the label or have otherwise already convinced themselves that it’s true, their self-reported history is going to be colored by that, and most clinicians are going to err on the side of the treatment that the client wants.
Ahhhh I hate that. It sucks because I get the sense that if the kid isn’t a still quiet angel choir boy his parents are gonna want to label him everything under the sun.
Some people argue that we’re pathologizing normal boy behavior with regard to ADHD specifically, because the gender split is very disproportionate.
I think that’s possible, however, an alternative explanation could be that it’s legit, and boys are just more prone to some disorders and girls are to others. Who knows? The whole thing is way less precise and objective than it would be in a perfect world.
The open quote being alone at the end of the second line totally isn’t bothering me. Not one bit.
Can I interest you in Edwardian-era shipwrecks and maritime disasters?
Can I interest you in some Gordon Lightfoot?
Girl I’m from the Midwest, you know I’m pouring one out for those 29 souls every November 10th 🫡
“And all that remains is the faces and names of the wives and the sons and the daughters”
Are you just teasing us?
Look up Oceanliner Designs on YouTube, he will entertain you for hours on end about the topic more than I ever could!
Thanks, I’m halfway through a video on the sinking of the Britannic.
Welcome to the club, with your friend Mike Brady.
Shipwrecks are never not going to be interesting
Did you know all Toyota performance cylinder heads since the 1967 2000GT’s 3M were designed by Yamaha. I can’t find anything to confirm that is still the case for the G16E-GTS though.
I see your Toyota expertise and raise you the primary, secondary, and tertiary balancing harmonics of pretty much any 4-stroke ICE geometry that’s not wildly esoteric
Having an autistic friend is no different than listening to a podcast
Unfair generalization… I never organize my thoughts or have funny anecdotes for my info dumps 🥲
Never said it was a good podcast.
But if you’re good friend, you’ll throw in the kind of comedy material that makes it ones.
While others believe it is like watching a niche YouTuber. Thank you for joining us in our weekly round table “Are They Autistic?” This week we will be discussing Todd, he’s sensitive to light, but doesn’t like trains.
I worked at a Toyota dealer way back, so … yeah.
So? What can you tell us?
For Toyota specifically, in the mid 90s, 4Runners had headgasket problems. They were replacing them for free on a service action, even outside of warranty. What did Toyota do to change the replacement headgasket sets so they wouldn’t fail at 80K miles? Nothing.
Actually the issue you are referencing affected both 4runners and pickups 89-95 with the 3.0l V6 3VZ-FE, and the cylinder heads themselves were prone to warping. Offering to slap new gaskets in was a cop out, no change to the gaskets would have been able to correct the issue. Most second gens still on the road have either the extremely well regarded 2.4l I4 22R-E or an engine swap. The 3.4l V6 5VZ-FE is in my opinion an ideal candidate, but the Toyota UZ series V8 Chevy 4.3l V6 and Buick 3800 Series II are also popular choices
You have bested me.
And I did at Mercedes, though we never got the models that I’m actually obsessed with…
Here is a list of OEMs I have sourced parts for:
Honda, Mazda, Volkswagen, BMW, Volvo, Mercedes and Unimog, GM (Buick), Chrysler, Alfa Romeo, Peugeot, Range Rover, Renault, Toyota.
I have so many stories.
They don’t love what you do for them.
“In spite of everything you’ve done for them, eventually they will hate you.”
