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Am I German or Autistic?

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Re: Am I German or Autistic?

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Post by skeltoac »

ekr wrote: post #18
yoz-y wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To me it lacks the option “moral obligation but only hold accountable people who live alone”

Why? Bathroom queues or things like that? I live alone but am almost always late. A few weeks ago I was late to the airport for a flight by a couple of hours. Yesterday I was late to work, I was commuting by car when an officer thought of stopping me and do some checks for around 10-15 minutes. It does feel like I'm cursed or something. It happens way too often, but almost always feels as if it's completely outside m…

TLDR but guessing from the length of your comment, it really is about respecting other people‘s time

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

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Post by masswerk »

blensor wrote: post #69
croemer wrote: post #3

Only 31% German despite being German. Maybe I'm not German after all.

58% German / 27% Autistic As an Austrian I am not sure how to feel about that

As a Viennese, I missed appropriate options, like rules and their mutual negotiability by lateral maneuvers (AKA dissimulation) and a general sense for disgruntledness. Moreover, smalltalk as the core of any negotiations (which should be understood more as mundane paperwork after the fact) isn't even mentioned! Now I do need some coffee, for real. ;-)

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

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Post by tayo42 »

embedding-shape wrote: post #66
croemer wrote: post #3

Only 31% German despite being German. Maybe I'm not German after all.

Sometimes you're born in the "wrong country". My life was essentially a mess until I moved across the continent to a country that much better follows what I personally want out of life, then suddenly a bunch of seemingly unrelated issues just solved themselves.

What country? I feel like moving never solves personal problems, surpsing to hear it did for me someone

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

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Post by lgeorget »

sdevonoes wrote: post #2

Regarding punctuality I miss the option: “A moral obligation from my side, but I don’t care if others arrive late to an appointment with me”

Yeah that's also how I work: be strict to yourself, indulgent to other, I feel this is the best strategy to get along. Obviously, the downside is the tragedy of the commons: the few bad people abusing the leniency of the rest and getting away with it, like people showing up late because "they hate waiting".

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

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Post by duped »

ekr wrote: post #18
yoz-y wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To me it lacks the option “moral obligation but only hold accountable people who live alone”

Why? Bathroom queues or things like that? I live alone but am almost always late. A few weeks ago I was late to the airport for a flight by a couple of hours. Yesterday I was late to work, I was commuting by car when an officer thought of stopping me and do some checks for around 10-15 minutes. It does feel like I'm cursed or something. It happens way too often, but almost always feels as if it's completely outside m…

> It happens way too often, but almost always feels as if it's completely outside my control.

Same thing happens to my partner. They're just fundamentally bad at estimating time and constantly do things that maximize their probability of being late.

Your story for example, almost nothing was outside your control.

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

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Post by abdusco »

injidup wrote: post #55

The test doesn't follow the correct procedures for diagnosing autism and after a thorough reading of the DSM-5-TR I could find no mention of German a mental illness being and I challenge anyone to me wrong prove.

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Re: Am I German or Autistic?

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Post by gostsamo »

tonyedgecombe wrote: post #75
gostsamo wrote: post #15

YOUR RESULT Both The Wittgenstein Result GERMAN 49% AUTISTIC 40% Been once to Germany, maybe twice. Can't vouch the other.

>Been once to Germany, maybe twice. Being German isn't communicable, you won't catch it on a business trip or holiday.

Not sure, there was this nature + nurture thingie.
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