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Isn't this the second time this exact thing has happened?
Yep, and despite all that and his first term half the US voters still figured he'd be a great President.
But he could totally identify which one was the elephant, and didn't confuse it with the rhino or the camel even once. I'm pretty sure that qualifies anyone to be the bigliest president.
Yeah, but Biden was just so old. Many people said so!
Democrats didn't help themselves by running terrible candidates with shitty policies, yeah.
They're going to keep giving it to him to gauge his decline.
Yeah, this is Trump's second "annual visit" to Walter Reed hospital.
Different thing. During his first term, he claimed to have aced a certain cognitive test his doctors gave him. When questioned about it, it sounds like he got the MoCA test, which you can see here:
https://geriatrictoolkit.missouri.edu/cog/MoCA-8.3-English-Test-2018-04.pdf
Yeah, that's not a test an adult takes when your doctor thinks everything in your brain is fine.
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You genuinely couldn't make this shit up, could you?
Also, I hate that I now read quotes from him in his voice. I want it out of my head.
My tired ass first read "you genetically couldn't make this shit up", and frankly, we should preemptively make a law for this.
There is some clip from this where he's like "Hippo, lion, tiger. Crocket couldnt do that. It gets very hard at 10."
Bruh he's literally being asked to list just any fucking animal he can. Like... this is a test for 3yos.
It's actually a test for dementia patients, to gauge how severe their disease is. That he's being asked to take it at all is... not good.
Though I'm not really sure if I would prefer him lucid or impaired. It's not like he was a good person when he was in full command of his faculties.
I do not drink alcohol. The day this guy stops talking I will go to the supermarket and buy a bottle of Champagne and drink it alone.
DRINK WATER.
that will be the worst hangover. Drink a lot of water with that.
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There are better tasting options. A nice cognac, perhaps.
Strawberry shake, even better. Or a mango lassi.
I have a bottle of Michel Forgeron Barrique 1984 I've been sipping now and then. I dress for a Kool-Aid budget but live a cognac life.
My wife and I have a bottle of champagne that was a wedding gift. The day it happens is the day we uncork the bottle.
Alcohol triggers two medical conditions I have so I to don't drink anymore. After 6 years without a drop of alcohol, trust me you're better off not having it, just buy some fireworks or something.
I would but gunpowder exacerbates my acid reflux
That's why you have to light the fireworks before eating them. They undergo a chemical reaction when lit and are not longer gunpowder after a few seconds.
Gluten free gunpowder, a bit more expensive but worth it once in a while when you want to treat yourself.
Real gunpowder is gluten free
You're thinking of the knockoff brand glunpowder
If I may ask, what conditions?
I'm currently trying to figure out why alcohol triggers migraines for me, but only sometimes. Lately it's been most times. I only drink socially now, and even then, more often than not I abstain.
I'm not talking big drinking, I mean one Manhattan can either be the beginning of a fun night where I might have two or three more drinks, tops. Or I can feel the headache starting before I even finish the first drink.
Replace whiskey with gin, vodka, beer, wine, whatever. All have the same 50/50 chance of ruining my night and next day, depending on how hard I ignore it. No rhyme or reason to what alcohol does it, though I admit to not being extremely scientific.
Sugar level doesn't seem to have an effect. Hyper hydration seemingly helps sometimes? But barely. Even with liquid IV or lmnt pregame, no dice. I drink plenty of water every day regardless, I like sugary foods but I avoid pop like the plague.
My recent blood work was all good, fasting glucose was good, so I don't think it's diabetes.
Doctor wasn't extremely helpful. He did recommend trying tiny amounts of alcohol, and different types of alcohol. Trying to see if some combination can bring relief. Then just drink that.
My most recent thought was that maybe it has some connection to my teeth. I get migraines for seemingly no reason, but a bad toothache can definitely be a trigger. I've got a couple bad teeth, and I grind. But dentistry is expensive, so it'll be awhile, if ever, before I find permanent relief there.
While I don't get migraines, I do regularly get massive headaches and grind my teeth which are in such bad shape the dentist said it would be cheaper to just get full upper and lower implants at this point. Seeing how alcohol doesn't always trigger the migraine I'd say yes it's probably more to do with your teeth, but I'm just going on what you wrote to produce my unsolicited prognosis.
As for what alcohol triggers for me, GURD (severe and chronic acid reflux) and IBS-D.
The GURD can trigger almost immediately or later, depending on how strong the drink is.
The IBS-D usually hits within 1 to 2 hours of drinking and then it's hours of pain, cramping, sitting on the toilet, and praying for death.
I haven't had a drink since March 2019 and while I'll never fully escape the symptoms of either of these, I have managed to reduce the frequency and severity of them by cutting out all alcohol.
Best of luck figuring out what's causing your migraines. Best advice I can give is stop drinking for a while and see if you still get them, if yes then it's probably not the alcohol.
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If you don't drink, can I recommend basically anything but champagne? Its not good tasting, get a sweet wine or something else instead.
yeah i celebrate with port
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I do not drink alcohol. the day this guy stops talking i will continue to not drink alcohol. Just because someone you hate stops talking doesn't mean you need to drink.
Martinelli's was good enough for me when I was 8, and it is good enough for me at 48.
Explanation: this is a carbonated apple juice, growing up this was provided at many parties for kids as an alternative to champagne. We keep a bottle in our house for celebrations still.
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The related stories are just as funny/tragic:
5 words? oh the humanity
And he couldn't even remember them, so he glanced around the room and came up with person, woman, man, camera, TV.
And... recalling the words later on in the test... is part of the test. Uh oh
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Okay so this is the second time he’s done that right?
He’s confused a dementia test for an IQ test… twice…
Is that not a sign he might have dementia or something? He should at least remember us making fun of him for it the first time right?
This is an honest question btw. Am I’m missing something? It’s happened twice now?
I mean it could just mean he has incredibly low IQ, maybe?
Or both
They could also be lying to him what the test really is because he would refuse a dementia test otherwise.
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I really think AOC should take him up on this offer and demand it's broadcast live.
a live telacast of everyone in congress doing dementia screenings would be fantastic imo
Aww bless him, that's just what his people told him the test was for. He doesn't know any better.
😂
😭
If he found the cognitive function test very hard...
My Dad passed away from from dementia, and he was deep into it before the tests finally officially confirmed it. Literally EVERYONE around him absolutely knew it, but so much of the test had to do with numbers - telling time, adding numbers, etc. - that he did deceptively good on it. He never had a problem with numbers, right up to the end. He had been a Mathmatics major in college, and was hard-wired for numbers. Even dementia couldn't disturb that. I saw a 60 minutes piece on Tony Bennett, and he was exactly the same way with music.
So just because you pass the test, doesn't mean you aren't already showing strong symptoms of dementia. I've never taken the test, and neither has my mother. You only take it when someone suggests that it's a good idea because you've been showing symptoms. Of Trump is taking it, it's probably because those around him are becoming alarmed at his behavior.
Just another stupid story to distract from the Epstein files.
Doctor: Draw a clock.
Trump: sweating profusely
Again? 🤦
Is this consistent misunderstanding of his more indicative of his IQ or his dementia?
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Remember the halcyon days when this would have automatically been assumed to be an Onion article? I remember...
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💯he has dementia.
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