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Pens1566 said:
That's a ton of makeup trying to cover something up.
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Somewhere I saw suggestions of "bruises from an IV".

Who knows? He's a very old guy, bound to have medical things going on. Bigger issue is the bad case of fascism the country is coming down with.
 
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pmv said:
Somewhere I saw suggestions of "bruises from an IV".

Who knows? He's a very old guy, bound to have medical things going on. Bigger issue is the bad case of fascism the country is coming down with.
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I doubt it's from an IV. Bad spot for someone that old, especially with a visible vein just next to it. I think it's more likely just a bruise from any of the various meds they're pumping into him to keep him upright.

The latest photo of his cankles is a REALLY bad sign. Well, depending on how you look at it ... If he's not in CHF, I'll be shocked.
 
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nakedfrog said:
The Dark Crystal wasn't big in the UK then? It was popular enough that they did a series in 2019 too.
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If so, it completely passed me by. Don't think I'd even heard of it till looking that up just now.

Maybe it was 'big' among children - pretty sure I was too old for it though.

Legit pun on "sketchy-looking MF", though, if that was the intention.
 
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pmv said:
If so, it completely passed me by. Don't think I'd even heard of it till looking that up just now.

Maybe it was 'big' among children - pretty sure I was too old for it though.

Legit pun on "sketchy-looking MF", though, if that was the intention.
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Never assume you're too old for a story.

KMFJD said:
also, look at those ankles

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That's pretty bad edema, probably lymphedema (likely very bad at his age).
 
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Pens1566 said:
I doubt it's from an IV. Bad spot for someone that old, especially with a visible vein just next to it. I think it's more likely just a bruise from any of the various meds they're pumping into him to keep him upright.

The latest photo of his cankles is a REALLY bad sign. Well, depending on how you look at it ... If he's not in CHF, I'll be shocked.
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Maybe they drained off a couple backed up quarts and upsized the catheter? A fluid buildup caused by his heart?

People typically live 2 to 5 years after being diagnosed with congestive heart failure.

Know what will clear that up? Coke with real cane sugar!

How long until Trump's in a wheelchair drooling in a bucket dragging along an IV stand? Can they pull off a "Weekend at Bernie's"?
 
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VRAMdemon said:
Yeah, all this sudden 'transparency' about his medical conditions and health - an attempt to distract from the Epstein news, his poll numbers and to garner sympathy?
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If they are using this to distract from the Epstein files, they really are rattled.
 
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Paratus said:
arstechnica.com

Conspiracy theorists don’t realize they’re on the fringe

Gordon Pennycook: “It might be one of the biggest false consensus effects that’s been observed.”…
arstechnica.com arstechnica.com

Interesting article on why people believe conspiracies. (Spoiler alert for many it’s excessive overconfidence)
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Very interesting article (though I ran out of energy to read it carefully, part-way through, bookmarked for later - it also in turn links to other interesting bits of research, so still more homework).

For some reason I always get a strong desire to poke holes in anything 'social psychology' related [edit - I mean, as I understand it, the field as a whole does not have a particularly good track record for reproducible results]. I'm distrustful of the entire field. But on the other hand, maybe that impulse of mine is closely related to the very traits they are talking about?

On first scan-reading, the 'overconfidence' referred to seems to be not so much the believer's overconfidence in their own reasoning powers, but overconfidence in the sense that they grossly overestimate how many others believe the same as they do.

That seems, to me, related to how often people - perhaps particularly in this Age of Popularism - seem to believe they are in touch with some supposed overwhelming majority of 'ordinary people', and thus are speaking as representatives of some supposed 'silent majority' against a minority, elite, view. Often, these days, it seems that people with diametrically-opposing views seem to be equally convinced of that.
 
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Everybody's an atheist, but a whole lot of people pretend they aren't sometimes.
 
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