56/31. I'm really unsatisfied with the choices for Question 15, "The real problem with the world is...". None of them seem to capture "not everyone is playing by the same rules"
Am I German or Autistic?
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Re: Am I German or Autistic?
#152The test says that I'm 66% German. As a German I'm not really sure how to interpret that :-)
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#153Question 9 imho is the most German one ("When someone says 'we should get coffee sometime,' you understand this to mean:"). It depends on context a bit obviously, but most Germans are sincere about it. You either propose coffee or you don't. However, there's a subset of Germans who seem to propose coffee and then don't follow up themselves, but it's not just a phrase. If you are the one to follow up, they'd join you.…
> If you are the one to follow up, they'd join you.
I get this. I don't want to be imposing myself, and I want to give the person an out if they don't want to meet me.
But I also want them to know that I would be up for having a coffee.
Re: Am I German or Autistic?
#154Re: Am I German or Autistic?
#155"Shut up and follow directions unless you know better." is a phrase I think translates very well in all languages. Not German. Not Autism. Just harsh feedback for people that need to hear it once in awhile. Mostly management types.
Hmm, sounds close to "shut up and mind your own business because sure I know better" so I'm keen to upvote it.
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#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
From Sweden to Spain, basically as polar opposites it can get while remaining on the same continent :)
Re: Am I German or Autistic?
#157Posting my result here in case you want to see the different results without redoing the test: 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…
I got the very same 47/47. What if it's always giving that?
Re: Am I German or Autistic?
#15840/40 - nailed it (not actually German though)
“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.”
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#159As a member of the German diaspora (who has faced the autistic allegations his whole life) who grew up with, and was heavily influenced by, his Oma, this is immensely reassuring.
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#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Free" is in fact about 300€/month. And this does NOT include dentist's appointments
Bro, even for an entire year that is less than a single ambulance ride in some parts of the US. Heck, you might pay $1000+ even with insurance coverage.
It's $1400/month per person in Germany, just hidden from you. That's more than a monthly family plan in the US.