Autistic Not Alien | University 

Thank you so much, Norah. I think the next one will be about holidays, though it won't be ready for at least a week...because I'll be on holiday.

Thanks, Paul. This comment made my day. I was aiming for laughs, especially as my previous video was so heavy.

NHS gave me a non diagnosis because i have a sense of humour, so obviously they know what they are going on about, so Neil cant be autistic. BOLLOCK'S!!!! Great video and similar situation to a friend i made. We would write songs and he would be pissing his pants becuase i was that terrible at singing and playing guitar lol I still wear a hat tho 😂

@@tonycurtis4088 It's so silly, misguided, arrogant, and bizarre to assume that autistic people don't have a sense of humour. Stewart Lee is autistic. Fern Brady is autistic. I expect that there are many, many more comedians and artists who are autistic. Honestly, listening to music and writing songs with my mate at uni was bliss.

Thank you! I really appreciate this.

Thank you very much, Jim. Thank you for watching!

I had to look up what fainéant means!

I totally understand how solitary and stressful university can be. At least you found out that you're autistic! I would have loved to have had that self-knowledge when I was at uni.

Yep, good old Syd. I spent a couple of years writing a book called 'Crazy Diamonds', which is based on my first year at uni. It's a shame the book is rubbish.

Yes i watched the relatively recent released film about him a few weeks ago , called have you got it yet? I enjoyed it. I remember going down the floyd/ barret wormhole in my younger days its a right of passage. Im sure your book is'nt rubbish 🙋‍♂️

​@@jamesnock5572 Thank you for making me aware of 'Have You Got It Yet?' I've just read a Guardian article about it. I think this comment is harsh but understandable: "'Although he’s hailed by some as a lyrical genius, the truth is that most of his output was grating psychedelic whimsy..." I think this next comment is unusually empathetic in the context of music journalism: "What makes his tale a tragedy is not so much that Barrett stopped making music, but that his family, and in particular his sister, had to look after him, day in, day out, for 25 years." And this comment seems silly for the sake of it: "One of the interesting aspects of Pink Floyd’s origins is the impeccably middle-class world from which they emerged in Cambridge. They were all far too sensitive and entitled to become just another rock band." I'm almost certain that Syd Barrett was autistic and happened to live during a time when experimentation in pop music was encouraged. My best friend at Cambridge was obsessed with 60s music (especially Hawkwind). It's weird that I ended up bumping into Syd and my friend didn't. I'm glad that Syd (Roger) still inspires so many people.