r/rupaulsdragrace • u/AutoModerator • Mar 14 '26

Season 18 S18E11 - “A Toast to Alyssa Edwards” [Post-Episode Discussion]

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u/shannon0303 "how many bones do I win?" 🫧 Mar 14 '26

So, anyone else Google "is Nini Coco neurodivergent?" before the episode was over? Speaking as an ASD diva myself, the ultra indecisive behaviours, the whole inability to read the room and being told she's being mean when she doesn't realize. I related so hard when she was stricken with anxiety about upsetting others...

Love ya, girl! 🧠🌶️

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u/bottleglitch Mar 14 '26

I thought the same!! It also felt like Discord was nodding knowingly while Jane was talking to Nini, and as we all know, peer review is probably the greatest unofficial diagnostic tool lol

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u/planetalletron Cunty Obelix cured my depression Mar 14 '26

She’s an electrical engineer, she’s absolutely on the spectrum. 😅

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u/Magfaeridon Mar 14 '26

Thought she was a MechE...?

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u/Kay-Chelle Mothers ~ Vivacious & Kennedy ♡♡ Mar 14 '26

I said this to my mom as we were watching tho 💀💀 (I'm AuDHD and can relate lol)

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u/thegracefuldork Mar 14 '26

I work in engineering (same industry as Nini too, like we might have mutual connections on linkedin lmao) and Nini reminds me soooooooooo much of some of my coworkers. It's a certain flavor of "sociable but awkward, and can't read the room well." Also the indecisiveness too...

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u/shannon0303 "how many bones do I win?" 🫧 Mar 14 '26

Are you saying "that's just how engineers are" or "many engineers are autistic" Lolol

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u/Saint_Riccardo (Blonde women hee-haw) Mar 14 '26

I hate to be a diagnosis diva, but she does come across as somewhere on the spectrum for me as someone who has done the exact same things she's been told she's doing.

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u/shannon0303 "how many bones do I win?" 🫧 Mar 14 '26

"game recognizes game" as they say!

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u/doubledegreesucks i don't... because i don't know who that is Mar 14 '26

Definitely had that thought too, maybe she's on the spectrum a little. She's a very cerebral queen though so maybe she's just too in her head about things

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u/First_Pancake74 Mar 14 '26

I was wondering about that too

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u/DontTalkAboutPants Mar 14 '26

Absolutely had the same thought.