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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

He really thinks this cognitive test he took is an IQ test or in any way measures intelligence doesn't he? It checks for signs of dementia. It doesn't have anything on it that is complicated, measures knowledge or critical thinking skills. It's basic association, memory, and recognition testing. A neurotypical 6 year old can do it.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

His style of communication makes a lot more sense when you realize he doesn’t give a shit about convincing other people about things. He says it out loud to convince himself.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Unfortunately, he's a clinical narcissist, so he really does genuinely have the ability to completely delude himself over his own superiority regardless of all evidence to the contrary. He genuinely believes he's a genius, an intimidating presence, a great deal maker, a popular person with the general public, that he won all 3 elections, and even that he's seen as a sex symbol. He does not live in objective reality in regards to his own attributes, or much else for that matter. It's all delusion. And that's before the dementia started setting in.

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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 50 points 2 days ago

i feel like "wild marathon rant" would just apply any time he opens his fat bullshit spewing face anus, and can be considered a given

[–] Bieren@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

He just has a crush on her and can’t figure out how to show it.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 44 points 2 days ago (6 children)

What a disaster it was! AOC should be forced to take the Cognitive Test that I just completed at Walter Reed Medical Center, as part of my Physical,” continued the commander-in-chief. “As the Doctor in charge said, ‘President Trump ACED it,’ meaning, I got every answer right.

So does acing a cognitive test means you have cognitive decline or not?

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago

Bragging about it does

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[–] FireAtWill@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'd take AOC over Trump every day of the week.

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[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 days ago (5 children)

AOC vs Trump. I want to see a neutral third party administer IQ tests. Go on, Donny. Take the test. Get owned.

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[–] philophilsaurus@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 days ago

This reads like an Xbox live message.

[–] PillowD@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (4 children)

the guy has the vocabulary of a child

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You know, these headlines do tend to exaggerate and call any outburst a rant or meltdown. But Jesus Christ, that is indeed a completely mental meltdown over a relatively ordinary political statement. And I like how Omar's country is definitively rated the worst in the world, but...maybe it's not rated the worst in the world.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The angrier he gets the more unrelated imagined slights and enemies he pulls into his rants. One of these days he's going to be raving against Kamala Harris and toss in a reference to the very mean boys who bullied him during elementary school.

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