# Autistic child has birthday party, nobody comes, police department saves the day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autistic-child-has-birthday-party-nobody-comes-police-department-saves-the-day/768553>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 14, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autistic-child-has-birthday-party-nobody-comes-police-department-saves-the-day/768553 "2016-10-14T21:04:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autistic-child-has-birthday-party-nobody-comes-police-department-saves-the-day/768553/41 "2020-11-29T16:35:15Z")

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In the midst of investigations about police misdeeds, I suspect a lot of this is cheap PR designed to curry favor and distract from bad cop tricks currently in the news.

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autistic-child-has-birthday-party-nobody-comes-police-department-saves-the-day/768553/42 "2020-11-29T16:40:20Z")

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Sure it’s PR, but she started the thread in 2016.

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autistic-child-has-birthday-party-nobody-comes-police-department-saves-the-day/768553/43 "2022-12-10T23:57:58Z")

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I thought of this thread when a woman posted on our local Pay It Forward Facebook page that she was going to host a birthday party for her soon-to-be 6-year-old daughter, and only one person RSVP’ed. I mentioned contacting the police and fire department, and a TV station, and also accused her of gift grabbing, in part because it did seem to be exactly that.

She did add to not judge her Venmo name, which was something like “Hotsexybabe69420.” Yeah, I don’t think I’d want my 6-year-old around someone who admits to having a Venmo name like that either.

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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autistic-child-has-birthday-party-nobody-comes-police-department-saves-the-day/768553/44 "2022-12-11T01:32:10Z")

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When I have a birthday party, I’m gonna invite zombies.

Zombies always show up. Late, but they show up.

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