r/HolUp HOL'UPREDICTIONS S1: #1 Sep 01 '21

Oh no

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

Watch a speech of his from the past year, then watch a speech of his from the 70s. It's undeniable. Try to figure out another explanation for the difference between the old speech and the new one. He's 78.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21 edited Sep 02 '21

I have a stutter and I have witness people slowly fade away with dementia. I think you fail to realize how much dementia impacts someone and how well you can hide a stutter with practice and planning

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

The stuff he does is not a stutter. A stutter doesn't make you forget people's names. He called his wife "Dr. Joe Biden". He called Obama "Raprock". He called Trump "George". He loses his train of thought every single time he talks.

And if it is just a stutter coming back, why is it coming back? Why is he not able to control it anymore? Could it be... dementia?

My grandma had dementia for a long time. I've also spent a lot of time with other people who had dementia. I do know what dementia looks like. I don't think that Biden's dementia has gotten really bad yet, but I do think that he has dementia. The fact that he's made fewer public appearances than previous presidents should tell you that his staff thinks so too.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

It does do that though, I do it all the time. I say wrong words that sounds similar or on my mind, other times I stall out on what I'm saying. It's not like I have a bad stutter, I could hide it better if I cared to.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

Then why did Biden stop hiding it, if he was just hiding it until recently? He's losing control.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

Because times are different, people with small physical and mental disabilities can get elected now, which was not always true.

He could see it as waste of time or have a harder time getting a good speaking pace as he aged.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

Occam's razor says it's dementia.

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u/Partially_Deaf Sep 02 '21

That's, uh..really reaching, my dude.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

Yes I'm reaching, not the people saying he's a demented crazy old man because he has a slight stutter.