Edit: changed the title from the site to say “Doctor That …” instead of “Doctor Who …”

  • @shalafi
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    10 hours ago

    Oh boy!

    “I’m not 80, and I’m not that close to 80,” said Trump, who is 20 months away from turning 80. “I’ve done cognitive tests. I’ve done them twice, and I aced both of them, and the doctor in one case said, ‘I’ve never seen anybody ace them.’”

    He aced a test that only shows… Fuck here’s the test:

    Recite these words back to me: person, woman, man, camera, TV

    Harris could hammer that one home! “Here’s the cognitive test Trump brags about.”

    Dyer and other psychiatrists, though, said that test, often used as an initial screening tool which Trump took nearly seven years ago, is not helpful in assessing his current condition.

    Seven years is a long time in one’s 70s. May be almost zero difference, may be drooling on the carpet.

    “That assessment is given to potential nursing home patients to decide which wing to assign them to, not to someone you want to hire, let alone be president,” said Andrew Smolar, a Pennsylvania psychiatrist who has had numerous patients of Trump’s age and apparent condition.

    OUCH.

  • @LesserAbe
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    I feel like the audience on lemmy is uniquely primed to see “Doctor Who” vs the general public. Also fuck Trump

  • bean
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    Why’s it all caps anyway? The HP article writer could have done better I think.

    Doctor Who Wrote ‘Goldwater Rule’ Says He Would Recommend Dementia Tests For Trump

    Versus

    Doctor who wrote ‘Goldwater Rule’ says he would recommend dementia tests for Trump

    Or even

    Doctor which wrote ‘Goldwater Rule’ says he would recommend dementia tests for Trump

    Having ‘Who’ in caps is probably what triggered. Were used to seeing the show name / dr name capitalized.

    • FuglyDuck
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      291 day ago

      … “Doesn’t he look tired?”

    • @[email protected]
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      241 day ago

      I liked my sci-fi/fantasy non-political and not so fucking woke. Things like

      • The Golden Compass
      • Demolition Man
      • V for Vendetta
      • District 9
      • Starship Troopers
      • They Live

      You know, back when men were men and women were women. Like Chaz Bono, Caroline Cossey, and Alexis Arquette

      • TimeSquirrel
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        261 day ago

        Yeah, those were the days, I remember growing up with wholesome, non globalist agenda-pushing cartoons like Ferngully and Captain Planet.

        • @[email protected]
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          1024 hours ago

          BUT NOT SESAME STREET. I’m not letting some liberal agenda teach MY kids LETTERS AND NUMBERS!!!

          What if it makes them *gulp* not bully kids I hold unreasonable grudges against?!

    • Skeezix
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      181 day ago

      It’s Dr. That now.

  • @[email protected]
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    271 day ago

    I had to read the title multiple times before it became clear this has nothing to do with Doctor Who…

      • @dirthawker0
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        51 day ago

        While that is a confusion-clearing thing to do, my understanding is “who” is used in reference to people, and “that” refers to things. So, grammatically incorrect but semantically correct.

        • @candybrie
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          1122 hours ago

          Grammar rules exist to make communication clearer. If they’re getting in the way of that, ignoring them is usually fine.

          • @[email protected]
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            216 hours ago

            In this case, I think adding an article would also have cleared the garden path— that is, “The Doctor Who […]” — but yeah, the meaning is clear enough this way.

    • TheTechnician27
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      1 day ago

      Fuck me, it’s literally there first thing past the headline. Just read for 8 seconds.

      Edit: Fuck, I’m stupid and didn’t read the capitalization on the ‘W’.