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Chris Fox's avatar

I was forgetting what I came downstairs for when I was 18. I was smoking a lot of weed. Short term memory loss is a well-known thing. We laughed about it.

Sometimes I find myself groping for a word, but that isn't new.

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Grow Some Labia's avatar

Maybe Biden smoked a lot of weed back in the day :)

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Chris Fox's avatar

No, when he was younger he was pretty conservative. And anyway the memory effects are temporary, you forget while you're stoned, not for the rest of your life.

I smoked a lot of strong weed for decades, then quit around 1990 and when I started again six years later I smoked much, must less. Stoned I aced calculus exams in college; stoned I wrote code at Microsoft. My memory is fine, especially for numbers.

I don't think Biden is in much bad shape. I'd certainly trust his mind more than Trump or Walker.

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Peaceful Dave's avatar

Biden was tough on crime, and you can find video of him as a young Senator speaking with a stutter or word salads. I don't think it was pot.

A thing that I notice that people who have never cared for a loved one with dementia is the way his wife, handlers and even vice-President direct him to keep him from wandering, both in speech and action. It reminds me of the way my sisters and I had to care for our mom in her final years. A sad, but familiar sight.

Not trying to argue, our opinions are our own based upon our own experience.

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