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Am I German or Autistic?

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Re: Am I German or Autistic?

#81
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.

This is not true, people complain a lot in France when the trains are late.

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

#82
post #60
post #49

60% german, 40% autistic. Seems fair since I'm german and work in IT. The rules question did not have an answer I liked tho.

As another German dev, i'm the other way around

Austrian here. I scored 40 and 51, giving me a „Both“.

> The Wittgenstein Result … Wittgenstein was Austrian, which is close enough.

Clearly I should have scored 100.

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

#83
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.

I am currently living abroad, but I come from northern Italy. Rest assured that we complain a lot about our trains being late.

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

#84
I'm neither apparently, which I guess is a relief? Some of the questions I felt didn't have an answer I would select, like the inner monologue one. I generally don't have an inner monologue as I understand it described by people who do. Also, there's way more wrong with the world than those four answers.

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

#85

Am I the only one who got "neither"?

Also got neither. I’m Irish but have lived a long time in Austria now. The punctuality thing is common with Germans. They have a different approach to rules here I think.

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

#86
> I took the German or Autistic diagnostic. Result: Both. The Wittgenstein Result. I don't know whether to be proud or concerned.

It was 47% 47%. AMA!! I've got stories man, just give me a specific prompt. I can also tell stories about my PhD advisor (100% german, 70% autistic).

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

#87
post #76
post #52

I am 40% German, 40% Autistic. Will be gone a while while I look for the other 20%.

They explain it on the site, the two percentages are independent. You are 60% non-German and 60% non-Autistic.

I dont want people to think I am German, Autistic or Pedantic but the question posed was ... Am I German or Autistic? not Am I German or Autistic or Non-German or Non-Autistic?

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

#88
post #69
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

Makes sense to me. As an Italian currently in Austria, you are close to being German, without being one fully.

Re: Am I German or Autistic?

#90

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 strikes the minute of his appointment no later and no earlier. I remember reading that when I was ~16 and it always seemed to make sense to me

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