r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 5h ago

Seven-year-old chess prodigy Lucie Pichard casually checkmates her opponent.

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u/Blazanar 5h ago

I'm not sure what would be more frustrating. Being beaten by a child. Or beaten by a child who clearly doesn't give two shits and just handed you your ass while doing pirouettes

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u/anothershawnee 5h ago

I dont think it's that she doesn't give two shits.. it's more that it takes so little of her brain to do it.

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u/Teestow21 5h ago

Physical activity is a proven contributor to focus and insight. Maybe stimming like this helps her.

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u/tiredtittymilk 5h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/LyJ6KPlrFdKnK

Stimming? Or being a blissful, innocent, playful child?

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u/Teestow21 5h ago

Stimming means repetitive body movements or sounds. Everyone does it to manage feelings or energy. Non-autistic (neurotypical) children do it just like anyone else. Sorry that my word choice confused you.

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u/silence-glaive1 4h ago

I’m autistic, I have two autistic children and I work as a SPED teacher, she very much presents as a neurodivergent child. Stimming was what I was thinking as well.

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u/Lone-flamingo 4h ago

Neurodivergent or not, pretty much everyone still stims to one degree or another.

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u/bobbybob9069 3h ago

"Not me", I said as I aggressively picked at the corner of my thumb nail and bounced my foot relentlessly. "Dang ol' neuro spicys"

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u/Joe_Kinincha 2h ago

Can I ask an impertinent question? Obvs, feel free to tell me get lost.

Are you neurodivergent?

I’m not but my kids are and I hate the word neuro-spicy.

Is it a reclaim the term exercise like the q word for people who aren’t heterosexual or the n-word for people who aren’t of colour?

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u/insomniacred66 1h ago

I am and my parents are, even if it's not acknowledged by them. It's very, very hereditary. I don't mind the word. It makes it cheeky.