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Heel_Paul t1_iybl4qr wrote

Reply to comment by Starlightriddlex in Alzheimer's drug lecanemab hailed as momentous breakthrough by Methoszs

My grandpa right now was a loving person. But that guy right now isn't the person I remember. He's a mean fox news watching bigot who treats everyone like they are a piece of shit.

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Taniwha_NZ t1_iybzvyh wrote

That's happened to a lot of elderly without alzheimers, see the documentary 'the brainwashing of my dad', things have only gotten worse since then.

So this transformation probably isn't a great example of what alzheimers does to you. Or maybe it just demonstrates that watching right-wing news has the same effect on your brain as alzheimers.

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KookooMoose t1_iyco7n1 wrote

Do you know how incredibly insensitive it is to compare someone watching a news channel that you don’t agree with to a horrific disease that destroys loved ones and rocks families?

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EternalStudent t1_iycvjwv wrote

>Do you know how incredibly insensitive it is to compare someone watching a news channel that destroys loved ones and rocks familys to a horrific disease that destroys loved ones and rocks families?

FTFY, and having been someone who's had both happen... yes.

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Versificator t1_iyd1rg5 wrote

Fox news is worse. People who consume that garbage are willingly lobotomizing themselves.

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