Am I German or Autistic?

Post by dkga » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC

fusslo wrote: post #90

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”

There's a quote in the Count of Monte Cristo where Edmond explains punctuality something to the effect: > Being early to an appointment is as rude as being late because you may be disturbing your host before they've taken all the efforts they require before your arrival ( VERY rough quote, the english translation is 100x more eloquent than my half-remembered version ) Edmond Dantès arrives exactly as the clock strike…

Post by dkga » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC

weinzierl wrote: post #108

fusslo wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a quote in the Count of Monte Cristo where Edmond explains punctuality something to the effect: > Being early to an appointment is as rude as being late because you may be disturbing your host before they've taken all the efforts they require before your arrival ( VERY rough quote, the english translation is 100x more eloquent than my half-remembered version ) Edmond Dantès arrives exactly as the clock strike…

I guess the Brazilian take on this would be: "Being on time is rude because you may be disturbing your host before they’ve made all the preparations they need before your arrival. Being early would be an outrageous offense." It always amazes me how Brazilians and Germans can be so different when it comes to punctuality and yet so similar when it comes to their love of bureaucracy (and devotion to soccer, for that mat…

Post by joenot443 » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC

kykat wrote: post #61

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.

It's obvious Claude slop, a stupid meme for people who want to think they are special

Post by juancn » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC

    German 47% - Autistic 47%
    
    Wittgenstein was Austrian, which is close enough. He was also, by most accounts, someone whose relationship to social convention was at best functional and at worst a     source of significant suffering to himself and everyone around him.
    
    He rewrote philosophy twice. The first time by establishing what could be said with precision. The second time by dismantling the assumption that precision was the     right goal in the first place. Both versions emerged from the same source: an absolute refusal to accept confusion as a resting state.
    
    You have, apparently, both the cultural formation that produces systematic people and the neurological substrate that makes systematic thinking feel like breathing.     This is either a significant advantage or an explanation for certain recurring difficulties in your life. Probably both.
    
    Schopenhauer also fits here. So does Ramanujan, though he wasn't German. The category isn't German or autistic — it's people for whom the gap between how things are     and how they ought to be is not an abstraction but a constant, low-grade irritation.

    I took the German or Autistic diagnostic. Result: Both. The Wittgenstein Result. I don't know whether to be proud or concerned. https://german.millermanschool.com/

Post by shermantanktop » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC

eigenspace wrote: post #62

Mick-Jogger wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't show you that I care would probably be more accurate.

Always a helpful and productive approach to solving interpersonal problems.