An alleged mental disorder, reportedly diagnosed by German physicians, though with no clinical description and a paucity of case studies, zero stroke dysfunction was experienced by patients during the period of hyperinflation of the Weimar Republic (see previously here and here) with otherwise well-balanced individuals compelled to write out unending strings of zeros (see also here and here, also called ciphers after the Arabic root) as a coping mechanism for the rapid and exponential increasing of prices and depreciation of paper marks when the buying-power of one’s wages became essentially worthless by the end of one’s shift. Most common among those working in finance, accounting and sales, sufferers also had a tendency to retreat into complicated mental computations whose solutions were logarithmically fleeting.
synchronoptica
one year ago: a catalogue of historic dice and card games (with synchronopticรฆ) plus Germany votes
twelve years ago: more secession sessions, Kurt Vonnegut’s story shapes plus more on the mysterious Voynich manuscript
thirteen years ago: external threats, UK creditworthiness downgraded plus grammar and financial readiness
fourteen years ago: au revoir mademoiselle plus reforming the German welfare system
fifteen years ago: budget crunch in Wisconsin
sixteen years ago: church elections
seventeen years ago: ornate spam
