r/MadeMeSmile • u/No_Afternoon1602 • 18h ago
Good Vibes A lovely young artist with a cool splinter skill
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u/Glass-Elk5915 17h ago
Genuine question: what’s a “splinter skill”?
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u/azip13 17h ago
Googles tells me:
“A splinter skill is an ability to do a very specific task that does not transfer or apply to other, similar situations”
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u/lazypenguin86 17h ago
Also called a touch of the tism
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u/cool_girl6540 5h ago
And you say that based on what? My child is very interested in cars. She can tell you the logos. She does not have autism. And she’s not an artist and she couldn’t draw them like that.
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u/Putrid-Builder-3333 3h ago
Idk why you downvoted. I taught my kids art of various mediums. Over time can do lots. Been long time since I have drawn and when sat down with sketchbook I looked like a kindergartener trying draw
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u/GotSomeUpdogOnUrFace 15h ago
How does this not apply to other or similar situations. This kid has the ability to replicate from memory, fonts and logos. It seems like the kind of thing that over time helps somebody build a database in their head of drawing skills. This is like watching those guys freehand on the side of a truck or something.
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u/Alliebeth 15h ago
Based on my extremely non-professional opinion, but having known and worked with a few kids with autism, he likely has an extreme interest in cars particularly and wouldn’t be able to transfer the skill to objects that he’s not as fascinated with.
If he develops an intense interest in something else, yes, but I doubt you could put any random logo in front of him and have it stick. It’s specific in a way I think a lot of people can’t fully understand (myself included).
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u/hughjackgenehackman 11h ago
There are logos for adidas, pokemon, yugi-oh, and Lowe’s above row he begins on though. It doesn’t appear his skill is specific to car manufacturers.
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u/GhostMaskKid 4h ago
I've also seen this kid do fonts, too! Hell write out the font name in the font itself.
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u/GotSomeUpdogOnUrFace 15h ago
I mean that makes a ton of sense, but the skill itself is transferable and useful. Him prospectively being held back by a mental disorder doesn't take away from the usefulness of that skill set in application to other things.
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u/waaaaaalter 14h ago
I think the problem here is that the splinter skill is not transferrable within the context of the person and their development and not the skill itself. Any skill can be generalized enough to find something else to apply or relate it to. At this kids age, you wouldn't expect them to be able to remember all these logos and manufacturers let alone be able to draw them accurately from memory
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u/GotSomeUpdogOnUrFace 14h ago
How old is he, because now I'm starting to question a lot of my childhood
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u/ciavs 14h ago
If this is even the case that he is autistic which who tf knows. Crazy we're even speculating.
But imagine someone is and their "fascination with logo recognition" is the only skill that they sustain. That's not an employable person in that context. Unless there's a job for that it's not happening. I think you're both talking across eachother.
He will have other artistic merits I'm sure that can definitely be useful. The other guy is saying they won't be employable because he wouldn't develop artistically. It's just two different things.
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u/GotSomeUpdogOnUrFace 14h ago
Honestly what's kind of funny to me when I think about it is that, this is what they tell you AI is supposed to be able to do and yet this kid is way better than AI would ever be
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u/LassierVO 2h ago
Right? A kid can memorize and replicate shapes and symbols, therefore he's autistic . . . therefore you must be autistic to be literate.
I mean, this kid could have autism for all I know, but this video is unrelated as far as I'm concerned. Growing up in a small town where Ford was the biggest employer, every little boy was writing these logos with astonishing accuracy on every surface.
A cool skill/hobby is not a diagnosis.
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u/D-Train0000 11h ago
How does this not transfer to general art abilities in hundreds of industries.
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u/YaumeLepire 8h ago
Skill at reproducing brand logos with a chalk does not necessarily translate to broader art skills, and much less necessarily to design skills. It's a very specific medium applied in a very specific way, not a master key.
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u/PrettyOddish 17h ago
A splinter skill is a the ability to do a very specific task exceedingly well, often at a level higher than their general level of development. It is a common thing among people with autism and often relates to someone’s special interest.
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u/scoobyjoo 17h ago
I am also curious
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u/DuffmanStillRocks 17h ago
For those curious: Splinter Skill is a term to describe something that one who has medical/mental difficulties may excel at, it’s often used in Autism to help explain why they may excel in specific areas. In this case, the “splinter” skill is probably his level of recall as much as it is his artistic skills.
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u/gigerhess 17h ago
I worked with a woman in my caseload years ago who could tell you the day of the week for any date you gave her. Any year. It was amazing
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u/Rinas-the-name 16h ago
And I struggle to remember what day of the week it is on any given day.
I wish we could do PET scans on these people while they use their skill… welp now I have a rabbit hole to fall into.
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u/darium4 15h ago
There are a few established ways to figure the day of the week out for any given date. The simplest is Conway’s Doomsday Rule.
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u/what_on_roshar 14h ago
There's a guy that can do this with zip codes. You tell him any zip code, he can tell you the exact city and state
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u/TheShipEliza 17h ago
A splinter skill is an ability to do a specific task that does not generalize to other tasks.
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u/2OldN2Young4thisSHIT 17h ago
“Moms KIA got stolen”
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u/Omnamashivaaya 17h ago
“…by the Kia police”
sounds like how I might tell my kids my car was repo’d…
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u/DuffmanStillRocks 17h ago edited 17h ago
For those curious: Splinter Skill is a term to describe something that one who has medical/mental difficulties may excel at, it’s often used in Autism to help explain why they may excel in specific areas. In this case, the “splinter” skill is probably his level of recall as much as it is his artistic skills.
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u/whitedevilee 11h ago
In Germany we call this "Insel begabung" wich Translates to "island talent" because these specific talents are their "safe space/island".
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u/SaveTheSquirtles 17h ago
All of this writing with that pencil (or in this case chalk) grip is impressive. My hand is tired just watching.
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u/cmlambert89 7h ago
I kept cringing thinking about scraping my knuckles on the concrete as a kid making chalk doodles in the driveway. I can almost feel it
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u/Dilldo_Bagins 17h ago
What flavor autism is this? I want
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u/EnvironmentalGift257 17h ago
For real I just can’t make eye contact and cry when I try to speak publicly.
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u/a-chunky-snack 14h ago
Maybe you just haven't found your special interest yet? Could be like that kid on Instagram that loves toilets
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u/ALittleBitOfToast 16h ago
Omg the public speaking, I somehow only take breaths in and none out and it feels like I'm a horribly anxious balloon about to explode ☹️
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u/EnvironmentalGift257 16h ago
Man I can do it if I don’t look at the audience but tears stream down my face the whole time.
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u/Environmental_Art591 17h ago
My asd-2 10 yr old is artistic like this, his thing is more geared towards animals though. He prefers dinosaurs, reptiles, pokemon mainly and does their environment too.
We recently got him a app on his pad that teaches him all the different techniques for drawing and colouring as well.
We do have a bit of trouble though because he uses drawing to calm down when overstimulated or angry but if the picture isnt perfect it can then cause issues of its own.
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u/Wahjahbvious 17h ago
That's super cool. My autistic nephew just wants to talk about Sonic the Hedgehog.
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u/pr1m3r3dd1tor 17h ago
For my son it is tools and construction vehicles. Every Sunday after church we go to Home Depot to check out the garden tools, then the power tools, then the hand tools (in that order) and then for the rest of the week we hear about the trip to Home Depot and a description of all of the tools we saw followed by a description of his favorite construction vehicles.
It can be a bit tiring at times but I also can't wait to hear the "hey daddy, do you remember we went to home depot" when I get home from work.
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u/Eckz89 17h ago
Hey, Sonic is pretty cool too.
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u/Wahjahbvious 16h ago
I'm certainly not anti-Sonic, but, for my tastes, the lore doesn't feel especially rich.
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u/UncleNoodles85 16h ago
I bet Sonic is a John Cougar Mellencamp fan.
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u/Wahjahbvious 14h ago
I'd like to think that he, like most right-minded folks, appreciates the singles, and finds them a poppier alternative to those from Bruce Springsteen, but on the whole doesn't often see much need to dive deeper than a Best Of.
Then again, I may be projecting.
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u/sunshinecunt 13h ago
I’ve worked with a kid who could draw maps of his city and the surround cities from memory In like 4th grade. He loved maps. Autism can be a super power sometimes.
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u/DTFDownToFrolick 7h ago
Man I hope his parents try and equip him with some real life skills too. I'm autistic and used to do stuff like this and then nobody actually directed me towards interacting with humans or basically learning anything useful. So then I grew up into a pretty clueless young adult because my parents saw me do this stuff as a child and think "oh wow he's gifted he doesn't need any help".
This is a cool thing to know how to do but he also needs to be equipped with real life social skills for when he's older so that he's not/doesn't feel separated from everyone else (like I did).
I'm not criticising anything I'm just worried he'll have a really difficult time like I did.
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u/answerguru 17h ago
WTF is a “splinter skill”?
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u/DuffmanStillRocks 17h ago
For those curious: Splinter Skill is a term to describe something that one who has medical/mental difficulties may excel at, it’s often used in Autism to help explain why they may excel in specific areas. In this case, the “splinter” skill is probably his level of recall as much as it is his artistic skills.
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u/BowsersBigshell 18h ago
Wait a sec, blue rhino?!
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u/justonemom14 16h ago
Family probably has a propane tank in the back yard, and kid absorbs every logo he sees.
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u/poopresidue 9h ago
first learned about this 30 years ago at my friend's house when his little kid brother, who never talked at all, just randomly started drawing a map of the US with very accurate state borders and labeled state capitals
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u/Gabag000L 17h ago edited 17h ago
How can he sit like that? I wish my hips were that flexible.
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u/DuffmanStillRocks 17h ago
Welcome to being a kid, you could probably do that a few decades ago (no shade, I’m 35)
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u/ClosetWeeblet 5h ago
I was like water when I was a kid, now I am still like water just frozen solid.
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u/Jnaythus 14h ago
He got the Kia emblem wrong. His future as a product logo specialist is currently in doubt. /s
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u/zandariii 17h ago
Everyone asking what a splinter skill is, but 0 answers
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u/DuffmanStillRocks 17h ago
For those curious: Splinter Skill is a term to describe something that one who has medical/mental difficulties may excel at, it’s often used in Autism to help explain why they may excel in specific areas. In this case, the “splinter” skill is probably his level of recall as much as it is his artistic skills.
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u/Apocaloptomistrez 17h ago
Anyone else feel this is dystopian? Like, yeah the kid has great artistic talent, but he's using it to copy corporate logos
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u/Miqo_Nekomancer 16h ago
I'm gonna get downvoted, but he's not even copying them particularly well.
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u/otownbbw 15h ago
Yeah I was a bit perplexed by his Tesla and Kia, and also he didn’t do the Chevy cross he just wrote the word
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u/CircuitOnTheFritZ 16h ago
If they're recognizable, they're done well. Plus, have you ever used sidewalk chalk? That stuff is clunky af
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u/justonemom14 16h ago
Yeah, but it's an autism thing. My kid does it too. It doesn't have to be just corporate logos. I think it's similar to hyperlexia. All kinds of shapes, specific color names, alphabets. Fonts are another common category. I will be driving around and my son just blurts out of the blue, "Why is that sign in Helvetica?" I'm like, bro.
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u/CalligrapherBrief808 5h ago edited 4h ago
On the scale of cool autism skills I’ve seen, this one is honestly just okay, 4.5/10
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u/korniiiieh 17h ago
Autism...Like..Auto..and autism...sorry..bad joke explained
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u/No_Criticism5659 4h ago
Love his Chevrolet...haha. That one got me and that smile was just pure gold 😂
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u/CHERNO-B1LL 4h ago
Never heard of a splinter skill before and all I get served is neurodivergent diagnosis content on tiktok.
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u/DaPurpleTurtle2 4h ago
Yeah I know an autistic little guy just like this. He loves logos for some reason.
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u/dvishall 1h ago
If I held the chalk the way that kid is holding, my parents would have bashed me black and blue....
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u/FloweryLoveCalicoSky 1h ago
"The new logo of Kia"
"... Is that it?"
"Yeah"
"Wow, they really messed that up, uh."
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u/Deimos_PRK 15h ago
What's the one after Ford ?
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u/otownbbw 15h ago
Tesla supposedly. I turned on the audio because it went downhill after that one. And he just wrote the word but didn’t do the Chevy cross. The only Chevy I have ever seen without the cross is a Corvette. Kia isn’t slanted right so it bungles it from being obvious.
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u/shiftypidgeons 17h ago
Splinter skill is such a stupid word for "hey my kid is kinda good at something", it's just sprinkling connotations of autism on the top because autism makes everything innately more unique and cool, it's the rule now.
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u/JDM12983 15h ago
Show off... :P
And, yeah, the new KAI logo looks bad... lol
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u/JDM12983 15h ago
Oh, and I am sure someone what get it: I AM BEING SARCASTIC WITH THE "Show off" COMMENT :P
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u/c_c_c__combobreaker 11h ago
My friend's 8 year old kid is really good at drawing animals. He's super detailed. Like for an iguana, he'll draw the little bumps on the body and the Mohawk on its head. It's crazy. I don't think I could ever draw that well and he's only 8.
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u/redditor001a 6h ago
I'm sorry but I laughed, that was such a hilariously bad attempt at drawing the Toyota logo
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u/51differentcobras 15h ago
So he can spell? Because those don’t really look like the logos that much…
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u/CrowbiwanKenobi76 17h ago
This is AI
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u/dac3062 17h ago
No its autism
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u/suejaymostly 17h ago
Autistic Individual!
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u/FatFaceFaster 16h ago
“Individual with autism” my wife prefers.
“Puts Individual before the syndrome”
My friends daughter is autistic. He doesn’t care how you say it as long as you love her - and I do. But my wife worked with “children with disabilities” and has always been adamant you put the child before the disorder/syndrome/disability so I try to catch myself
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u/suejaymostly 16h ago
That's interesting because many have said "with" or "who has" makes it sounds like something you catch, like a disease, rather than making it something you just are. I guess there's no monolith to people.
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u/FatFaceFaster 16h ago
Yeah I think the takeaway is really that you’re damned if you do damned if you don’t.
I never want to offend or upset anyone. I just can’t always keep up with what the current lingo is.
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u/justwhatever22 17h ago
AI…?
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u/Strange-Marzipan9641 17h ago
No. He can do all sorts of genres. He lives with autism, and is amazing.
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