• solidus@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Seriously… name any service that you would trust a man this age and in this condition to perform for you besides helping you find a book at your local library (and even that is a stretch). We have a terribly broken political system.

  • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    What about human taxidermy? What if he was taxidermied after his death, so his place can be uphold in the senate?

  • Akasazh@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’m all about the inherent weirdness of his disappearance.

    However, It’s an attrocious shot with bad contrast, cropping and lighting and on another angles and expression. I still see more similarities than differences.

    This is seeking something there isn’t

  • switcheroo@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The Pedo-in-Chief hates disabled people being in his presence so this isn’t going to go over as well as the fuckhead Republicans think it will. He finds wheelchairs gross (which is funny coming from someone who looks like a sack of spoiled mayo and diarrhea).

  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    One is a telephoto that’s not really on focus; the other is a crisp portriat. The original tweeter is just looking to stir up controversy where there already is plenty of things to talk about.

  • Enkrod@feddit.org
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    1 day ago

    Look up “terminal lucidity” and you will find the reports of nurses who have seen people not only recovering mentally, but also physically only days before their death. It’s a very weird phenomenon which I’m still not completely sure is real, but this could match that really good if he (hopefully) dies shortly.

    Also I bet they covered him in makeup head to toes.

    • cdf12345@lemmy.zip
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      10 hours ago

      My cat was 19 and basically only hung out in like 1 room and felt safe there. She randomly came out and jumped on the couch and went all over the house and like 5 days later she was limping and passed overnight after bringing her home from a vet visit.

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        10 hours ago

        All animals I’ve had that were terminally sick had a great last day, like terminal lucidity but more like terminal enjoyment.

    • andz@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      It’s a very real and fairly well documented phenomenon. Depending on the underlying sickness and/or disease, it obviously doesn’t always happen, but especially in older patients close to a “natural death,” it’s common enough.

      I’ve seen it dirst hand as nurse a couple of times, and in all but one, it was extremely touching and heartfelt for the families (the last one didn’t have anyone) to be able to say goodbye and speak with their relatives for a few while, perhaps convey last wishes and such. In one case, even the pain the patient had suffered for a long time all but disappeared for a while.

      The one who was alone was a much sadder case. Me and a few other nurses took turns just talking with her, mostly reminiscing about her life and experiences and such. It was a profound experience, but damn if it didn’t feel sad. A whole (and long, at that) life and not a single relative or friend there at the end. Not because she was a bad person either, just bad luck. I felt worse for her than my own relatives who died surrounded by family and with elaborate wills and funerals.

      To end on a more positive note, though, weird things do happen to us when we’re close. Our bodies are such a wonder in many ways, like that.

    • Duranie@leminal.space
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      1 day ago

      Yep. I work in hospice, and when a patient that has been declining significantly suddenly has a great day (alert, conversational, eating) silent alarms start going off.

    • Smaile@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      Probubbly something like a last push where the body decide to burn the candle at both ends to finish what the person needs to do in they life.

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        13 hours ago

        Or alternatively, some protective mechanism with the side effect of diminished capacity gives out and the side effect goes away but the body fails to something the mechanism was staving off.

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        1 day ago

        Makes sense to me, we already have systems similar to that with adrenaline and placebo. People are too quick to mix up “we can’t explain it (yet)” with “it doesn’t exist”.

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      1 day ago

      My gram had that, the day before she went she was sitting up and talking after being unconscious for a week. Family had photos taken with her. I missed it because of work and have been sad about it since.