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[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Think about how funny it will be to watch his most devout followers embrace and defend his demented ramblings, though. To everyone else, it will be interesting to see the mental gymnastics they employ to try and convince others that he's not losing his mind.

When he gets lost and scared on his way to the podium, when he gets angry and starts getting super racist during interviews, when he soils himself during a visit to a foreign country. We'll get to watch most of his followers erode, but there will be hardliners who will try to defend a literal dementia patient as some masterful gambit.

Whether he wins or loses, we'll be hearing about him for the rest of his life, and we'll see his descent into mindlessness either way. We have a rare opportunity to put a literal mad man at the helm of a super power. This opportunity might not come again.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He will die suddenly. It will likely be in the bathroom. The level of physical stress at his age should be as taxing as it appears to be. I'm sure he has a Sam Altmann/Lance Armstrong level of blood doping vampirism, but even that won't save him IMO. How and when he dies may be important. He is a traitor. He should not be alive or a candidate for his coup.

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Never heard that about Sam Altman, do you happen to have a good source? To be clear, I invite you to tell me "nah man, go do your own internetting" lol, but I wanted to ask in case you happened to have something particularly informative!

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol -2 points 1 month ago

Trust me bro, it's true bro. Sam just got his machines to delete all proof bro.

[–] xep@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

~~nl /= ml~~ Nvm, I flubbed on the comment tree. My bad.

[–] xep@fedia.io 9 points 1 month ago

You made me check; I was mortified. No harm done.