• 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.