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[-] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Its just the stereotypical trains = autism trope. As our understanding of autism is expanded, the joke stars feeling dated.

[-] charokol@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

People, like whoever drew this comic, are starting to evoke the trope without any nuance or understanding. Like you said, it’s just trains = autism. It’s getting annoying.

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