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      5911 months ago

      Mitch McConnell, 81 year old US Senate minority leader, stopped mid sentence and stared out into space before being escorted away during a recent press conference. Video

        • Sonotsugipaa
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          Hey, this is the first time in a decade I see a website that knows what `` is!

          Trigger warning: extreme nerding

          (edit: that’s a lie, my university’s on-line didactic portal has done it for at least 2 years and it’s hardly a coincidence that it has a C.S. faculty - which I’m a part of. I need a life ffs)

        • @[email protected]
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          2111 months ago

          Americans love their 80 year old politicians. The upper levels of government are basically a retirement home, it’s wild.

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            1011 months ago

            Imagine not wanting to retire when you clearly have a shit tonne of money and could live a very comfortable and happy retirement. He probably could have retired like 40 years ago too. I don’t get it.

              • @[email protected]
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                811 months ago

                Yeah that is the only explanation but it’s just an obsession at that point… Keeping power to the literal death sounds like mental illness to me.

                • @[email protected]
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                  311 months ago

                  It’s a very human trait, unfortunately. That’s why democratic control over any sort of power is the only way to improve society.

              • @[email protected]
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                411 months ago

                This is the only logical explanation. Which makes them exactly the kind of people you don’t want to have in power.

      • jared
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        1011 months ago

        He just needed a reboot, damn blue screens.

  • Bactus
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    1811 months ago

    My friend posted a picture of her cat frozen in the same way and suggested maybe he was hypnotized cause he saw a birb. Do we have any confirmation of whether or not he was chittering under his breath?

  • @Jagget
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    811 months ago

    Oh cmon all these barely alive politicians. We shouldn’t allow ppl older than 60 into politics.

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      411 months ago

      There’s plenty of older politicians with their wits about them. The problem is the witless voters who support McConnell.

  • @_angryplankton_
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    111 months ago

    Ethan on H3 made this exact joke made me laugh so fucking hard dude!!!