Essay:Reasons why autistic people like Sonic The Hedgehog
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According to Professional Internet Medical Armchair Detectives™ (Or PIMAD), who also discovered that both Joe Biden and Donald Trump had dementia, the franchise of Sonic The Hedgehog attracts people who were born with autism.
Here are some arguments brought forth by the PIMAD and affiliates:
- The gameplay of the modern games is very simple and the classic games require a good memory of each level to complete them due to the cramped camera view and the fact that Sonic goes very fast.
- Autistic people love speed.
- The characters from the Sonic games are two-dimensional (In the context of personality and development, not literally) which helps autistic people understand them without a second thought.
- Sonic The Hedgehog's head was drawn on the golden ratio which is why he is the most appealing to autistic kids.
- Autistic people find the color blue the most appealing or the most calming.
- All Furries are autistic and Sonic is an anthropomorphic animal, which means Furries love Sonic The Hedgehog, and therefore, that is why Sonic attracts autistic people.
- Many artists on DeviantArt are autistic teens and manchildren and yet Sonic is the most popular character on the website spanning thrice as many artworks as My Little pony, therefore, that is why Sonic attracts autistic people.
- Point is, the crazy SammyClassicSonicFan, the completely insane Christine Weston Chandler and some guy on DeviantArt called Lazerbot are autistic and they are Sonic fans.
- People who play Sonic are autistic.[Read: I have watched a troll scream about Sonic on Youtube.]
- Because the world inside video games is less threatening than real life and due to all the wacky music and sounds, that is why Sonic is appealing to people with autism.
Furthermore, the PIMAD discovered that the same applies to Super Mario Bros and Minecraft, one of which is one of the most popular franchises of all time and the other of which is one of the most played games on Earth.
External links[edit]
https://kiwifarms.net/threads/sonic-and-autism-lolcows-whats-the-connection.6125/ - Brilliant comments from the totally open minded and progressive Kiwi Farms.
https://autismsd.com/why-do-autistic-people-like-video-games-such-as-sonic-or-mario-bros/ - The person who wrote this does not realize that video game addictions and autism can be mutually exclusive.
Why does Sonic the Hedgehog attract so much autism? - Kongregate