I came here looking for a discussion about a link between Autism and animism (as being the oldest known spiritual practice).
I think your just talking about animism and confusing the relation
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akakunai@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
TIL that Japanese people are all autistic.
Kayel@aussie.zone 5 months ago
akakunai@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Oh I agree there’s probably no relation. Reading this I just found the overlap between autistic tendencies and Japanese cultural tendencies to be interesting, not indicative of anything else.
Kayel@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I agree, the overlap is very cool!
Poik@pawb.social 5 months ago
I’ve noticed a lot of things that are considered autistic in the states specifically may be normal practice in various cultures, having worked with people in Germany, and from a large swath of Asia.
It interests me a bit, but I think the takeaway is that autism tends to manifest in a number of quirks, and the ones that don’t align with the current culture the autistic person is in are the ones that are paid attention to. That and there tends to be a bit more obsession over said quirks than in those cultures, sometimes to the detriment of the autistic person or their social life.
NegativeInf@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m a screw and the system just keeps whacking me with a hammer.