To think young sheldon will give many people the rage

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He can be irritating as an adult in Big Bang theory but the of a show based around him as a kid has made me blink.

I cannot see it being funny. I can really see it being very ragey with a precocious child.

I would also probably feel cross that he wasn't offered the help he needed as a child.

yes I'm aware it's just a program and I don't have to watch it. It's my irrational rant of the day

Rather scratch my own eyes out

Saw the ad for it and thought it looked shit. Love Big Bang though.

Wait - this is a thing?

How is this a thing??!

Going only by the adverts for it, it just doesn't look that funny.

Yep it's a thing

Coming soon to E4

One of the bits is where Sheldon points out his female teacher has a moustache.

I will watch it and see, if it comes out Blossom Like it'll be good. Loved Blossom and Boy Meets World etc

DS and i have been waiting 6 months for it, I hope it doesn't piss me off :o

Sheldon interests me, from what I've seen of young Sheldon he is very much like my son and I fully expect similar from him as an adult...

Why do you say precocious?

If they are definitely saying he is autistic it should be interesting to see. There seem to be a lot of shows about autism at the moment. The only one I really liked is Atypical on Netflix.

It's not a horrible show. Fairly entertaining. His dynamic with the rest of his family, especially with his MeeMaw is good. That being said, much like Big Bang, I only watch it when we've finished watching all the good shows.

I really want to see it, I like Sheldon's character, I am willing to give it a watch then decide.

I saw a trailer for it and was really irritated. Young Sheldon is just adult Sheldon in a child's body with adult viewpoints - there was so much "acceptance" from him. In reality you would expect a child to have lots of tantrums and very difficult behaviour.

I think it will depend on how they narrate his autism. If used to point and laugh then it will be awful. I also think adult Sheldon does the autistic community a huge disservice. Most autistic individuals aren't necessarily like Sheldon and it fails to present the condition in a fair manner in my view. I happen to think child Sheldon will indeed be a precocious twat. In short YANBU.

The writers have never actually said that Sheldon has autism have they?

Sheldon has never been diagnosed with autism. In fact the writers purposely don't label him.

I’ve seen it on YouTube. Really enjoyed and can relate to some situations as been in them with ds6

No. The writers have said that Sheldon does not have any autism but the person who plays Sheldon, states he does use aspergers behaviour for the character

They say precocious as when you say ‘gifted’ in uk people get the rage. Plus ‘gifted’ ain’t a gift.

Ive watched it and found it endearing and funny

Btw I hate atypical on Netflix. I was that sister when I was growing up with my autistic brother (although he was low functioning autism)

His mother had him tested, but later regretted not taking him to a specialist.

Tbh PG (profoundly gifted) and HFA (high functioning autism) have some much crossover it can be hard to separate them.

One of the bits is where Sheldon points out his female teacher has a moustache. I knew someone who did this, it didn't go down well and made me realise that the adults are also vulnerable. The woman concerned kept it together but got very upset later.

He's not nasty in Young Sheldon at all, he comes off as quite innocent, just irritating at times because he doesn't understand social clues and doesn't have issues with correcting people.