Donald Trump appeared to describe a dementia screening he underwent at Walter Reed Medical Center as a 'very hard' IQ test while speaking with reporters inside Air Force One
  • AnitaAmandaHuginskis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    58·
    6 hours ago

    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.

    • SippyCup@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      2 hours ago

      DRINK WATER.

      that will be the worst hangover. Drink a lot of water with that.

    • oppy1984@lemdro.idEnglish
      5·
      4 hours ago

      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.

        • chiliedogg@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 hour ago

          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.

      • hereiamagain@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        1 hour ago

        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.

      • HugeNerd@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        4 hours ago

        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.

    • 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.caEnglish
      67·
      4 hours ago

      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.

  • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    11 hours ago

    Aww bless him, that’s just what his people told him the test was for. He doesn’t know any better.

    😂

    😭

  • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    110·
    16 hours ago

    Tbh, those tests are normally done when you already have issues to determine the severity, and his narcissism does not allow any other message than “perfect score”, so i would be more concerned about that his immediate surroundings wanted him to have an MRI and dementia screenings.

    • luciferofastora@feddit.orgEnglish
      23·
      6 hours ago

      That’s what I said the first time he bragged about his doctors saying that he doesn’t have dementia: I don’t think people without indicators need in-depth screenings in the first place.

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1011·
    18 hours ago

    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.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 hour ago

      You had the spirit of the quote:

      “The first couple questions are easy: a tiger, an elephant, a giraffe, you know. When you get up to about five or six and then when you get up to 10 and 20 and 25, they couldn’t come close to answering any of those questions.”

      His naming the big animals that we first learned of as toddlers, same as you attributed to him!

      Tried this myself. Went about 2 minutes till I got bored.

      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        58 minutes ago

        It would be literally the most hilarious in the history of US politics if it wasn’t such a horrible reality we’re in.

        If you wrote something this absurd into a book, your editor would make you rewrite it.

    • ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      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.

  • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1311·
    18 hours ago

    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.

    • KnitWit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      74·
      16 hours ago

      It isn’t even an iq test, it’s a cognitive test. For dementia and stroke patients. Questions are things like ‘place the numbers where they go on an analog clock.’

      • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
        192·
        13 hours ago

        I wonder if they’re going to change that one. More and more people are going to go their whole lives without ever seeing an analog clock.

        People on here get all upset about kids these days who can’t read an analog clock. Funnily enough, a lot of those people think it’s completely reasonable that they don’t know how to drive a manual.

        • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          161·
          12 hours ago

          People on here get all upset about kids these days who can’t read an analog clock

          To be fair, it was mostly that one idiot who thought it should disqualify students from sitting exams…

          Funnily enough, a lot of those people think it’s completely reasonable that they don’t know how to drive a manual.

          And I agree. Just like analog clocks and indeed internal combustion engine cars in general, manual transmissions are technology that used to be the norm but is now old fashioned, unnecessary except for rare use cases, and fast approaching obsolete.

          • Donnywholovedbowling@lemmy.worldEnglish
            8·
            12 hours ago

            By modern automotive standards, manual transmissions are already obsolete. That said… They’re so damn fun to drive, and you feel way more in control because in some sense you are. Just not in the power and fuel savings that the machine picks

            • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
              18·
              12 hours ago

              EVs are even better - you’re fully in control of the power, without an engine and transmission imposing a bunch of limits and power bands based on engine RPM and vehicle speed.

              You actually get the experience that automatic transmissions promise but fail to deliver. If you want power, press the pedal. If you want more power, press the pedal more. That’s it. No power fade, surges, hiccups as it shifts, etc.

              I prefer a manual to an automatic, but they’re both obsolete. Electric motors just do as they’re told.

              • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
                4·
                4 hours ago

                Eh, not really. For context, I switched from a hybrid manual to an EV last year. The EV, despite being more expensive, 8 years newer, and much more sporty (in terms of design and marketing) is not nearly as much fun IMHO. If you want a fun car, get a little coupe or hatchback with a manual, doesn’t even need a lot of power. If you just want to go fast in a straight line, get an EV.

                EVs are even better - you’re fully in control of the power

                Nope. You put your foot on the pedal, and the computer decides how fast you want to go. Put your foot on the brake, and the computer decides how hard you want to brake. All your controls are filtered through the computer. If the computer and I disagree, the only thing I can do is push my brake to floor, which engages the physical brakes using a traditional brake boost system, and fight the power steering motor for control of the front wheels, since there is a physical connection there.

                In a manual, your control of the engine is much more direct (although mine did have throttle by wire), as well as your control of the transmission and brakes (when compared to an EV).

                Honestly, if my wife did not absolutely dog on my CRZ for years, I wouldn’t have switched (yet). That being said I do like having a car she can drive and I can “fuel” it up just by plugging it into a standard wall outlet.