• 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.