• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
      59·
      11 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@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          121·
          11 months ago

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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)

        • ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
          21·
          11 months ago

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

          • scottyjoe9@sh.itjust.works
            10·
            11 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.

              • scottyjoe9@sh.itjust.works
                8·
                11 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.

                • Diplomjodler@feddit.de
                  3·
                  11 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.

              • Holzkohlen@feddit.de
                4·
                11 months ago

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