Good lord, he doesn’t know how to be discreet about anything. Every topic is a chance for him to try to show off. No one likes a braggart, and no one takes a transparent braggart seriously.
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.
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.
Maybe Trump got a perfect score for dementia. You know, 100% dementia.
His test came back positive!
He’s got the best dementia. It’s so hot. Everyone is saying how great his dementia is.
Just another stupid story to distract from the Epstein files.
Remember the halcyon days when this would have automatically been assumed to be an Onion article? I remember…
Pepperidge farm remembers
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.
I’ve taken a number of IQ tests, not one of them had pictures of animals on it.
And I think it’s about time we do something about it!
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.
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.”
He’s 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.
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.
If he found the cognitive function test very hard…
Any IQ test is hard for him
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.’
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.
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.
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
They are also a good anti-theft device.
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.
Last time I tried an electric, there was a 0.5s lag between me stepping on the pedal and motor starting to spin. I got used to it pretty quick, but on that first intersection I did not feel especially in controll of the whole situation.
The brake in my wife’s ICE car takes that long to disengage after I take my foot off the pedal at red lights. Incredibly distracting for me, as someone who is apparently very “in tune” with the car I’m driving. I didn’t notice it during the test drive, but we didn’t stop at many red lights that day. When I first noticed it, it caused a brief moment of panic - “What’s wrong with the car?!” I’m kind of used to it now, but it still takes me out of any good mood I was in about driving that car. When I take my foot off the pedal, I expect the brakes to release at that moment, not a bit later.
And this isn’t the brake hold feature that lets you remove your foot from the brake pedal. I rarely use that. It’s just a lag between taking my foot off the pedal, and the brakes releasing. Most people never notice it, I’m sure, but it bugs me.
In general that car feels like there’s a computer between you and the road. Everything is so muted, then it does things like the brake lag to remind you that it’s in control and you’re just making suggestions.
Easily, the most erudite description of the point I’ve read so far. 🤌🏼🤓
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.
those ev motors are torquey and for some people fun is acceleration
I remember that episode of Hannibal. Did not end well.
He can’t even spell IQ
Eyeque
1)When your optometrist is busy
2)when someone hits you in the ocular region with an implement usually intended for playing pool, billiards, or snooker
- When you are in line for an eye transplant.
When you’re waiting your turn to go on a multi-elevation walking tour of South London
Well there’s a lower side to the IQ spectrum. It’s why I like to call people idiots.
New Mexico used to have a law that idiots could not vote, too bad it did not bar them from running for office.
New Mexico Supreme Court affirms amendment ending ban on ‘idiot’ voters interesting to note, this happened in 2016, right before trimp was elected. Coincidence? Maybe not.
To be fair, the main reason for IQ tests was stop non-white people from voting.
Doctor: Draw a clock.
Trump: sweating profusely
Isn’t this the second time this exact thing has happened?
Yeah, this is Trump’s second “annual visit” to Walter Reed hospital.
Let’s hope its a trilogy and there’s no reboots.
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.
Yeah but he didn’t remember the first time.
Yep, and despite all that and his first term half the US voters still figured he’d be a great 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.
It’s fun to remind them that Trump was older when he took office in '25 than Biden was in '21.
It’s fun to remind them that he’s never won against a man.
For reasons that don’t make any sense to me, that seems to really bother them. 🤔
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.
They’re going to keep giving it to him to gauge his decline.
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?
The thing with IQ or any cognitive test, is they’re only administered when there’s a call for one.
If trump was behaving like a normal man his age, then there wouldn’t likely be a cognitive test. Just like how most people who get an IQ test are only tested if they’re either exceptionally advanced or exceptionally behind in their learning.
Yet he’s either too demented or too cognitively slow to realize that the fact his doctors want tests means that something seems wrong to them.
I mean it could just mean he has incredibly low IQ, maybe?
Or both
Imo you answered your own question👍
They could also be lying to him what the test really is because he would refuse a dementia test otherwise.
Aww bless him, that’s just what his people told him the test was for. He doesn’t know any better.
😂
😭
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
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.
I made jokes about buying a very expensive bottle of scotch (something like Johnny Walker gold label, or even platinum) when Trump dies… but maybe I don’t.
Or you could buy some good scotch instead.
Johnny walker gold and platinum are both over 100$. What is your definition of good scotch and how much does it cost?
Not the person you were in a conversation with, but all Johnny Walker is blended scotch. I would suggest a single malt instead (the entire bottle is from a single distillation).
I’m partial to peat heavy scotches, and my go to are Lagavulin and Laphroaig, both should be under $100 (been a few years since I’ve indulged). If you want a more middle of the road honeyed and heathered flavor, go for MacCallan 12 or Glenmorangie, both should be under $60. If you want something with salty seaside flavor to it, opt for a speyside like Glenfiddich or a west highland like Oban.
It’s not that jw is a bad whisky, but for what people pay for a bottle of blue, you can get two fantastic bottles of an actual single malt.
Basically what I was getting at. Personally I really like Islay scotches, so Laphroaig, Lagavulin, Ardbeg (if you REALLY like smoke), Kilchoman, Caol Ila (which is where a lot of Johnny Walker’s blend comes from anyway) are all favourites that come reasonably priced.
If you want decent blends I personally go for Dimple or Monkey Shoulder. Or if you have an Aldi nearby, they occasoinally have a great blend called Highland Black which is very reasonably priced for what you get.
tl:dr Johnny Walker is overpriced and not nearly as good as their reputation.
Lesson for the day:
More money != Better than
I’m partial to peat heavy scotches
Enjoy those phenols.
all Johnny Walker is blended scotch. I would suggest a single malt instead
Agreed, my own preferences run towards island single-malts, though not so much to the peat-bombs, but there’s nothing inherently inferior about blended Scotch. It’s just, as you imply, there’s a big (and unwarranted) price premium on the brand-name recognition of Johnny Walker. Positional goods, price-equals-value fallacy, etc.
Anyway, for health reasons, I don’t have alcohol very often. Instead, I’ll fire up a fatty of my favorite sativa, while considering whose doll to stick the next pin in.
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
There’s other varieties of Champaign that aren’t Brut
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.
I’m glad you are staying to true to yourself and your own needs, but you can find other ways to celebrate that work for you.
ok
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.
ill stick to my brio thanks.
I was agreeing with you and offering a non-alcoholic analog, but you do you bro.
cheers allan.
wouldn’t be too fast…shit is only getting worse when he croaks.
I’m going to drink a couple bottles of any Mexican beer
I love the specificity of Mexican beer.
Until he stops talking I’m drinking Mexican water :(
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.
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.
You might have a sensitivity to sulphates/ites, which is a common additive to alcoholic drinks to kill off the yeast/other microbes to shelf stabilize them. Although that tends to manifest more as respiratory or hives.
Tannins can cause headaches (so red wines, or any spirit that has been barrel aged).
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
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.
DRINK WATER.
that will be the worst hangover. Drink a lot of water with that.
Feeling hungover and not having gods chosen around will probably at least balance it out where you’ll still be ecstatic at least. Champagne is damn good though, hangover be damned so long as you drink a normal amount of water.
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.
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.
Easy. Just swap his voice out for Kevin Hart’s.
Fucking cash back credit card ads in my head now. I wish ublock worked on my TV
PiHole. 🤘🏼
Yeah it’s been on my todo list for years. I gotta pick up an Ethernet cable for adding it to my lan.
Doesn’t this not actually block the ads because they started delivering them via the same domain as the content (like years ago?)
Ways to counter this are available and the barrier to access is upheld in order to both mitigate attention paid to it (ie. tends to hasten correction of related exploits) and hopefully ensure that the user base is informed & capable of (empowered by) using it. 🤓🤘🏼
My tired ass first read “you genetically couldn’t make this shit up”, and frankly, we should preemptively make a law for this.
Is this consistent misunderstanding of his more indicative of his IQ or his dementia?
If he was truthful about the results (unlikely), then low IQ. If he was not truthful (likely), it’s dementia. Or both.
