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!
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. 🤔
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 but he didn’t remember the first time.
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.
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. 🤘🏼
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.
Maybe Trump got a perfect score for dementia. You know, 100% dementia.
He’s got the best dementia. It’s so hot. Everyone is saying how great his dementia is.
His test came back positive!
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
There are better tasting options. A nice cognac, perhaps.
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.
Strawberry shake, even better. Or a mango lassi.
If you don’t drink, can I recommend basically anything but champagne? Its not good tasting, get a sweet wine or something else instead.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Again? 🤦
Just another stupid story to distract from the Epstein files.
Aww bless him, that’s just what his people told him the test was for. He doesn’t know any better.
😂
😭
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
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.
Remember the halcyon days when this would have automatically been assumed to be an Onion article? I remember…
Pepperidge farm remembers
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.
💯he has dementia.
