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Re: Am I German or Autistic?

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Post by kykat » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC

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

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

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Post by eigenspace » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC

Mick-Jogger wrote: post #51

eigenspace wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"I don't care if you're late" versus "I just silently judge you". Which one is it?

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

Always a helpful and productive approach to solving interpersonal problems.

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

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Post by storus » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC

ExpertAdvisor01 wrote: post #33

iammjm wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Free" is in fact about 300€/month. And this does NOT include dentist's appointments

It's about 1.2k euro if you earn over 69k

Yeah, over 1200EUR when freelancing. More expensive than in the US lol. "Free German Healthcare"

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

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Post by shevy-java » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC

I think the archetype does not work well. For instance, people in Bavaria are very different to people in the northern areas of Germany. This includes the language too. The first question was about punctuality; I don't think all germans are always on time, it totally depends on many factors, including age. Perhaps decades ago this was accurate, but nowadays it feels to me as if people living in larger cities, are often much more alike to one another. And I think this trend will continue.

Back in the 1990s I was in Hong Kong. The city was epic, cool and alien. Today I feel I could live there even without speaking cantonese (I understand the top-down control via Beijing being a huge problem; I refer to what a city may look like in 2026 and beyond though from a theoretical point of view. Naturally knowing the language helps insanely, but english works as a substitute in many modern areas, even in non-english speaking countries).

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

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Post by embedding-shape » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC

wildpeaks wrote: post #28

I lived in Germany for 10+ years, so unsurprisingly got Both (40/62) as result, although it was slightly frustrating sometimes to pick between answers where none really fit precisely (which in itself is probably a sign too, lol)

I never lived in Germany, but live in Spain since more than 10 years, also got 40%/67% German/Autistic. And yes, very fun to live in a society with the personal rule of "being on time is being late" when everyone else is basically "late doesn't exists as a concept". I do enjoy pretty much everything else though :)

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

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Post by embedding-shape » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC

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.

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

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Post by dxdm » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC

sersi wrote: post #50

Having lived in Germany and experienced the wonderful Deutche Bahn, I wouldn't really associate punctuality with being German.

Alas, the tendency to overgeneralize from isolated samples over whole populations is universally human.

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

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Post by dgb23 » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC

ramesh31 wrote: post #56

sersi wrote: post #50

Having lived in Germany and experienced the wonderful Deutche Bahn, I wouldn't really associate punctuality with being German.

>"Having lived in Germany and experienced the wonderful Deutche Bahn, I wouldn't really associate punctuality with being German." This is relative. In Germany, people complain when the train is late. Everywhere else, the train is just late.

The Swiss nervously check the time when a train is 2-3 minutes late. When a train is late, the situation is basically on the brink of a national emergency.

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

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Post by blensor » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC

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

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

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Post by tokai » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC

sersi wrote: post #50

Having lived in Germany and experienced the wonderful Deutche Bahn, I wouldn't really associate punctuality with being German.

Most of the German stereotypes are not just untrue, reality is actually the opposite. Germans are not efficient as an example, they love layers of formality and documentation for its own shake at the cost of getting stuff done.