>>713222692 (OP)The real answer, I suspect, is that autism makes looking into a camera scary, just as looking someone in the eyes is scary. But not long ago it became fashionable for high-functioning autistic people (game devs) to start posing like this, and the autists who idolize them thought "finally, something I can do in front of a camera that won't show the fear in my eyes"
>>713223132That watch is way too big for him, looks like a kid wearing his dad's watch