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[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 51 minutes ago

Fuck, I hope he had a stroke. I hope he's in a lot of pain too. Fucking arsehole cunt.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago
[–] TheKingBee@lemmy.world 36 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

I read the headline earlier, with no picture, and thought yeah he always looks like a bloated orange monster that tracks.

Actually seeing the pictures all I can think of is the training I did on FAST, literally the F is for face drooping, that old mother fucker is having a god damned stroke...

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 13 points 2 hours ago

It is even clearer in the video footage. A single picture could just be him grimacing in a single frame, but the video makes it clear that the droopy face is his actual resting face, which it wasn't before.

The hamberders are finally catching up to him.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

TIA in progress.

[–] opus86@lemmy.today 71 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Strokes took out both my parents. Come on stroke, you owe me. I'll undoubtedly go out the same way.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 hour ago

How did you manage hilarious and alarming in the same post lmao

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 103 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

Relax, it’s just a stroke, guy

"Doc says I can rub one out whenever I want!"

"No, Donald, he said you could have a stroke at any time"

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 36 points 9 hours ago

Just havin' a lil stroke calm down

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

"Just a series of mini-strokes"

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

It won't negatively affect his cognitive functions. Those are long gone.

[–] MrWafflesNBacon@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

Just another Thursday Stroke, don't mind him! 👍

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 60 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

High volume activity and movement after a stroke pretty much guarantees a secondary event. Just saying.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

What does this mean? You should be sedentary after a stroke?

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 hours ago

If you're going to get 3 billion people's hopes up, you better be fucking right

[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 39 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

With the AI editing of his Charlie Kirk message and this, with the weekend disappearance the other week. Yeah, it looks like it more and more. Trying cover it his failing health.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

"Pictures of Trump renew questions about Biden's health"

[–] Inucune@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Biden could post a video getting his own mail from the end of a reasonable driveway as a display of superior health at this point. L

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 7 hours ago

Don't tease me.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

It's ok he had it a few weeks ago

[–] rustyfish@piefed.world 5 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

We always have a bottle of Pinot Grigio sitting around so we can spontaneously celebrate.

If this mf dies, we need more wine.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 22 points 8 hours ago

We can call him Droopy Donny now right?

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 29 points 9 hours ago
[–] Jolly_Platypus@lemmy.world 15 points 8 hours ago

Doubt he lives to the midterms.

[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

C'mon man, just lay down and go off into that great night. You'll be at peace

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Well, if there is an afterlife, and any belief systems about it are true, he'll be burning eternally and providing an eternal source of entertainment for devils, or getting reincarnated thousands of times as a cockroach that gets stomped on every time.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 49 minutes ago

it always amazes me. The republicans claim that they're sooooo christian, but they treat everyone except their inner circle like fucking shit. They claim they are just following the teachings of jesus, but jesus preached looking after each other and caring for others.

[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 3 points 5 hours ago

Botulinum Toxin overdose.

[–] Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 6 hours ago
[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 15 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

Hey! .... maybe the stroke might just mellow him out and he might not act so strange or say such terrible things

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 42 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Evidence shows brain damage tends to make people even LESS empathetic and thus MORE fascist.

[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 31 points 8 hours ago

Case in point: Fetterman

[–] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 hours ago

As rare as that possibility might be, that'd be really cool to see/hear!

[–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago

This is not an actual stroke right?

[–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

He had an Adderall stuck in his tooth.

[–] kometes@lemmy.world -4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Bell's palsy. I am fairly certain it is not a stroke. Sorry to disappoint.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 1 points 49 minutes ago

I had Bell's palsy for about 6 weeks back in 2008. Literally put a line down the middle of the face, and one side has full movement, and the other does not. Just the fact that Droopy Don can blink indicates he does not have Bell's palsy. I had to use tape to keep my eye shut.

Not to mention all the other facial movements he has on his entire face.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 hours ago

The diagnostic difference between Bell's palsy and facial paralysis due to stroke is that Bell's palsy gets better in a few weeks. The only way to know it's not caused by a stroke is when it goes away, or if scans and other diagnostic techniques to detect a stroke show that none has occurred (in which case it's more likely but not certain).

So where do you get your fair certainty from?

[–] Zier@fedia.io 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

When is that orange mask NOT droopy???

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 3 points 2 hours ago

It has not been like that before. If you watch the video footage you can clearly see his resting face being completely different to what it used to be.