• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
      55·
      1 year 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
          111·
          1 year ago

          We’re sorry but Piped doesn’t work properly without JavaScript enabled. Please enable it to continue.

          Hey, this is the first time in a decade I see a website that knows what <noscript> 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
          20·
          1 year 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·
            1 year 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·
                1 year 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·
                  1 year 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·
                1 year ago

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