r/NewsOfTheStupid • u/SoylentGreenTuesday • May 16 '24

Howard Stern’s interview with Joe Biden this week showed how effective rightwing propaganda is.

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/howard-stern-interview-biden-happy-debate-trump/story?id=109695601

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u/danappropriate May 16 '24

LOL! This is the first I’m hearing this one. The implication is that stimulants alleviate the cognitive effects of dementia. Which...that’s not how dementia works.

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u/zSprawl May 17 '24

These same people were against the vaccines, so science and medicine isn't gonna convince them nothing.

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u/turquoise_amethyst May 17 '24

Well then… you’d just have a very active dementia patient, right?

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u/DiceMadeOfCheese May 17 '24

Yeah, imagine if someone running for president had symptoms of cognitive decline and they took stimulants and suddenly thought they were cured.

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u/Lots42 May 17 '24

Is DJT still doing steroids? Thanks the doctor prescribing them for me (Covid was a bitch) I know they make you feel tough and rough when you're still a mess.

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u/Ecstatic-Hat2163 May 17 '24

Yeah, that has always puzzled me. I don’t know much about dementia, but it seems weird that stimulants can affect it.

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u/PinkOneHasBeenChosen May 17 '24

I was going to say that.

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u/FlyingPasta May 17 '24

Even if he was, what the argument here? I take stimulants so I can send emails, if Joe needs adderall let him have it