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I feel bad that she spent her final few years Weekend At Bernie's-ing for her staff instead of getting to retire + relax a bit.
Dementia patients rarely admit they have dementia, even when they struggle to put a full sentence together. It's depressing to watch.
Just look at Trump from 2015 to now for an example of this.
Or McConnell just completely freezing
Look at Trump's current unhinged nonsense on his little twitter clone. In the last two years, it's gotten progressively worse.
All you have to do is look up an interview with him in the early 2000s. He was still a self absorbed asshole, but at least he could form complete sentences.
This is my grandma. She got tested a few years ago, but refused to tell anyone the results. It's so sad. Now then though my mom wants to move she's stuck taking care of her and grandpa.
Watching my parents age, now into their 80s, they're only just now starting to admit that, maybe, they're not as smart, agile, and capable as ever. Chronic kidney disease, COPD, metastatic cancers.... No blatant signs of dementia, but it's a struggle to explain new concepts or devices to them. I think it's just hard for people who've been strong, independent people all their lives to accommodate a world in which they can't carry 25 pounds or deviate from habits engrained over 20 years. It's got to be even harder for a politician or oligarch surrounded by sycophants. Harder still when the brain loses its capacity for logic.
Aging sucks.. that's why I plan to Kurt Cobain at 50. There is nothing good about being old. Only the healthcare Oligarchs benefit.
50's fine, as long as you haven't really abused your body or lost the health lottery. Can't speak from experience, but 60 looks OK for the most part, although you'll probably learn your doctor's name around then. 70 is my current schedule.
I know you didn't mean it to be funny but I got a chuckle at that image.