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“Full steam ahead” says autistic person headed for conversational iceberg

Added 2025-03-04 11:00:05 +0000 UTC

Piece by Sara Gibbs, Image Shutterstock

An autistic person who saw the dim outline of a giant conversational iceberg in plenty of time nonetheless ordered their brain crew to shovel more coal into the engines, survivors have reported.

Jay Chester, 28, who intellectually knows which murky, hazardous social waters to avoid, reportedly decided that they were going to inevitably crash and sink, so they might as well get it over with.

Chester said: “Sure I could say ‘fine thanks, and you?’ and make it safely to clear waters. But instead I’m going to tell my new boss about how I attended a furry convention over the weekend.”

Chester’s boss, Liz McHodge, 40, said: “I don’t even think I asked Chester how they were. I just said ‘good morning’ and they started showing me pictures of themselves dressed as the Gruffalo.”

McHodge reportedly attempted to get her colleagues, which Chester kept referring to as “passengers” to safety - but there were apparently “not enough lifeboats in the world.”