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Am I German or Autistic?

Am I German or Autistic?

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  • WA
    Question 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. Which, to say the least, is annoying, too.From my German perspective, asking someone for grabbing coffee sometime and not meaning it is a completely stupid thing to say. Why would you suggest it? Why should the other person have to decode this as a "nice thing to say but not meant literally" if you could say a hundred other things that could be meant literally and are still nice, like "see you around" or something like that?
  • injidup
    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.
  • sdevonoes
    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”
  • juancn
    Posting 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 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. Share blurb: 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/
  • wildpeaks
    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)
  • sniderthanyou
    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"
  • arkensaw
    I am German, not autistic.This confuses me as I have never been to Germany and do not speak German.But rules are rules.
  • sersi
    Having lived in Germany and experienced the wonderful Deutche Bahn, I wouldn't really associate punctuality with being German.
  • croemer
    Only 31% German despite being German. Maybe I'm not German after all.
  • rawgabbit
    I got neither. Is this good or bad?You are, as far as this diagnostic can establish, neither specifically German in your cognitive habits nor particularly autistic in your neurological profile. You are something rarer in the context of people who take quizzes like this: apparently normal about it.
  • zdc1
    There's an interesting spectrum of reactions here. Maybe the real test is peoples' reactions to the test...
  • nyell
    I lived in Germany for four years, but no longer there. I got 42% German / 20% Autistic grade and I am not European at all.
  • Yossarrian22
    I scored Neither and received a congratulation for being the control group
  • giacomoforte
    Having lived in Germany, the strongest cultural conflict I felt was inflexibility of plans.The German way is to plan something very meticulously and the to follow through with the plan no matter what.I am however of the persuasion of not planning too much beforehand especially when the input is lacking. But also to be flexible and reactive during execution.
  • stevenalowe
    40/40 - 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.”
  • notabhishekrai
    One heck of a title this one
  • thi2
    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.
  • morellt
    As 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.
  • movpasd
    Frustratingly, many of the questions have multiple answers that can apply simultaneously! (You may like to guess my result.)
  • fch42
    I always thought I had learned to successfully mask as one of my compatriots, but the test ruthlessly exposes me as 80% Autistic / 20% German.The test is broken, if you ask me.
  • 1970-01-01
    "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.
  • luckymate
    44% German. Possible. I’m not German, but I’m from nearby and I do have a German surname.„ Your patterns are cultural, not neurological.” - that’s for sure. My neurological ones were so terrible I had to resort outer sources.
  • humanpotato
    I got 36% German, 33% Autistic.I didn't think I was that normal, but here we are.
  • kylec
    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.
  • harladsinsteden
    The test says that I'm 66% German. As a German I'm not really sure how to interpret that :-)
  • ludicrousdispla
    I got "the Wittgenstein result", which I guess makes sense as I used to live down the street from his childhood home.
  • PunchyHamster
    Didn't suspect getting both is an option
  • alper
    This test is good and also I'm not sure it's meant to be funny, but it is very funny.
  • cousinbryce
    Feature request: a worldle style share button. E.g. 42%(DE emoji) 20%(Puzzle emoji)Update: I scrolled down. Your share button is pretty good!
  • amunozo
    47% German, 20% autistic. Too German for my taste, but I have a couple of very German behaviors even though I am Spanish.
  • GTP
    Turns out, I'm more autistic than German. But it should have been expected, as the latter isn't my nationality.
  • captainbland
    78% autistic, 16% German. My ancestry is Dutch which as someone who grew up in the UK feels about 16% German.
  • analog8374
    I took the German or Autistic diagnostic and scored Neither. I am apparently the control group.
  • jstanley
    It told me I was both German and Autistic?Completely wrong! I am neither German nor Autistic!
  • gwbas1c
    Honestly, I really want to know what the German options are and the autistic options are.
  • Mick-Jogger
    58% German 49% AutisticAs a German the first part I can follow. Autistic was a bit of a surprise.
  • codeduck
    German but probably not autistic. I shall go and celebrate with some Dunkerbier.
  • blitzar
    I am 40% German, 40% Autistic.Will be gone a while while I look for the other 20%.
  • marstall
    I got 20% autistic, 80% Irish?
  • dark-star
    I am German but the test says I'm neither (31%/36%). I will now think about this result for a few days, if not weeks.....
  • franktankbank
    > 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).
  • gostsamo
    YOUR RESULTBothThe Wittgenstein ResultGERMAN 49%AUTISTIC 40%Been once to Germany, maybe twice. Can't vouch the other.
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  • kykat
    AI slop, absolutely meaningless, don't take it seriously.Btw I tested neither, 30% each; "the controll group". So I am formally authorized to criticise the page as a perfectly normal person.
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  • shevy-java
    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).
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  • mikkupikku
    Hogwash, this says I'm German but "probably not autistic."
  • stavros
    I'm not sure how I feel about this, but I liked the writing:> You are difficult to work with in the ways all serious people are difficult to work with. This is not a diagnosis. It is a compliment.
  • ramesh31
    Am I the only one who got "neither"?
  • marcusverus
    On being interrupted, "It's difficult to describe. Something like a physical sensation."This is extremely relatable. I'm pretty confident that this physical sensation is related to my (rather severely) limited working memory, which I have to carefully manage at maximum capacity and which is catastrophically overwhelmed by some interruptions. A token interruption ("hey, do you have a sec"?) Doesn't tend to cause the sensation, but an interruption that contains data ("I called Greg about the plan for Wednesday and he said that Susan said...") is psychologically painful and even enraging in an oddly visceral sort of way.
  • jcmontx
    64% autistic 31% Germandisappointed
  • antiloper
    Thanks chatgpt