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I am entirely convinced that the entire country of Germany suffers from Asperger's. Denmark is a bit better, maybe because they drink more ? Dunno.

theodric 9mo ago
I have observed the same across a bunch of linguistically Germanic countries (DE, AT, CH, NL, DK, NO, haven't been to SE, didn't observe it in IS), and I thought of it as "cultural autism." Apparently "higher context" is the politically correct way to say it. Now I know!
- 4gotunameagain 9mo ago
  Danish and Norwegian are not linguistically Germanic. If anything, German has more old Norse influences. And dutch.. Well, dutch is the illegitimate child of england and germany.
  - Arn_Thor 9mo ago
    >Danish and Norwegian are not linguistically Germanic Where do you get that notion? My education (and some googling to refresh my memory) has Norwegian, Swedish and Danish classed as "North Germanic" according to comparative linguistics. That is one subset of the West Germanic languages which most of northern Europe speaks.
    - 4gotunameagain 9mo ago
      You are right, west germanic is what I had in mind. In my mind north germanic never made sense, but I guess I will leave that to the experts :)
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  - theodric 9mo ago
    Speaking as someone with an academic background in Germanic historical linguistics: this is thoroughly incorrect.
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Schlagbohrer 9mo ago
Germany answers the question, "What if autistic engineers got to have their own nation?"
n4r9 9mo ago
As someone who's visited both countries a few times, Germany is more of a drinking culture. Wikipedia agrees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_c...
- 4gotunameagain 9mo ago
  As someone who has lived in both countries, the Danes drink much more in a social setting. Maybe the overall consumption is higher in Germany, but in Denmark everyone is out drinking much more than in Germany.
  - bluGill 9mo ago
    In Germany people drink less - but those who drink really drink a lot. Averages don't tell the story.

theodric 9mo ago

I have observed the same across a bunch of linguistically Germanic countries (DE, AT, CH, NL, DK, NO, haven't been to SE, didn't observe it in IS), and I thought of it as "cultural autism." Apparently "higher context" is the politically correct way to say it. Now I know!

4gotunameagain 9mo ago
Danish and Norwegian are not linguistically Germanic. If anything, German has more old Norse influences. And dutch.. Well, dutch is the illegitimate child of england and germany.
- Arn_Thor 9mo ago
  >Danish and Norwegian are not linguistically Germanic Where do you get that notion? My education (and some googling to refresh my memory) has Norwegian, Swedish and Danish classed as "North Germanic" according to comparative linguistics. That is one subset of the West Germanic languages which most of northern Europe speaks.
  - 4gotunameagain 9mo ago
    You are right, west germanic is what I had in mind. In my mind north germanic never made sense, but I guess I will leave that to the experts :)
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- theodric 9mo ago
  Speaking as someone with an academic background in Germanic historical linguistics: this is thoroughly incorrect.
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Schlagbohrer 9mo ago

Germany answers the question, "What if autistic engineers got to have their own nation?"

n4r9 9mo ago

As someone who's visited both countries a few times, Germany is more of a drinking culture. Wikipedia agrees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_c...

4gotunameagain 9mo ago
As someone who has lived in both countries, the Danes drink much more in a social setting. Maybe the overall consumption is higher in Germany, but in Denmark everyone is out drinking much more than in Germany.
- bluGill 9mo ago
  In Germany people drink less - but those who drink really drink a lot. Averages don't tell the story.