▲ 288 ▼ Pentagon-Funded Study Warns Dementia Among U.S. Officials Poses National Security Threat (theintercept.com) submitted 2 years ago by CollisionResistance@lemm.ee to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 years ago (2 children) Power. And need to feel useful. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Evehn@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) "Need to feel useful" feels like an altruistic decision. I believe most of these people are all but that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) What I meant is a retiree crisis. You have been working for 40/50 odd years, and all of a sudden you loose the one thing that gave structure to your life. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] money_loo@1337lemmy.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Right, like my father who only now has been forced to retire at 70 after a covid induced blood clot behind his eye took his vision. He only had the one good eye after an accident in his teens blinded the other, and he doesn’t complain about the near total blindness, he complains about the boredom from lack of stuff to do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ikapoz@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Maybe he should run for office? With a resume like that I bet he could at least score a seat in the house of representatives permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago Just look at all the life experience he has! The whole 70 years of i! permalink fedilink source parent [–] thejml@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago The need to feel useful isn’t really altruistic. Sure, it can be, but the vast majority of the time it’s a selfish urge to satisfy one’s own dopamine rush of accomplishment mixed with “I’m the only one who can do this” thoughts. Throw in a dash of mental illness and a sprinkling of “this is how we did it in the good ole days”, and it’s more harm than help. permalink fedilink source parent [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Maybe we can increase the laughing stock factor so there's less of a pull. Maybe then they'll have some better candidates? To be fair, after trump biden has a big act to follow and going for a nap hardly cuts the mustard... I don't think it'll work with the batshit crazy politics the us has, just fuels the division permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Evehn@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) "Need to feel useful" feels like an altruistic decision. I believe most of these people are all but that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) What I meant is a retiree crisis. You have been working for 40/50 odd years, and all of a sudden you loose the one thing that gave structure to your life. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] money_loo@1337lemmy.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Right, like my father who only now has been forced to retire at 70 after a covid induced blood clot behind his eye took his vision. He only had the one good eye after an accident in his teens blinded the other, and he doesn’t complain about the near total blindness, he complains about the boredom from lack of stuff to do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ikapoz@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Maybe he should run for office? With a resume like that I bet he could at least score a seat in the house of representatives permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago Just look at all the life experience he has! The whole 70 years of i! permalink fedilink source parent [–] thejml@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago The need to feel useful isn’t really altruistic. Sure, it can be, but the vast majority of the time it’s a selfish urge to satisfy one’s own dopamine rush of accomplishment mixed with “I’m the only one who can do this” thoughts. Throw in a dash of mental illness and a sprinkling of “this is how we did it in the good ole days”, and it’s more harm than help. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) What I meant is a retiree crisis. You have been working for 40/50 odd years, and all of a sudden you loose the one thing that gave structure to your life. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] money_loo@1337lemmy.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Right, like my father who only now has been forced to retire at 70 after a covid induced blood clot behind his eye took his vision. He only had the one good eye after an accident in his teens blinded the other, and he doesn’t complain about the near total blindness, he complains about the boredom from lack of stuff to do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ikapoz@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Maybe he should run for office? With a resume like that I bet he could at least score a seat in the house of representatives permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago Just look at all the life experience he has! The whole 70 years of i! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] money_loo@1337lemmy.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Right, like my father who only now has been forced to retire at 70 after a covid induced blood clot behind his eye took his vision. He only had the one good eye after an accident in his teens blinded the other, and he doesn’t complain about the near total blindness, he complains about the boredom from lack of stuff to do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ikapoz@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Maybe he should run for office? With a resume like that I bet he could at least score a seat in the house of representatives permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago Just look at all the life experience he has! The whole 70 years of i! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ikapoz@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Maybe he should run for office? With a resume like that I bet he could at least score a seat in the house of representatives permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago Just look at all the life experience he has! The whole 70 years of i! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago Just look at all the life experience he has! The whole 70 years of i! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thejml@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago The need to feel useful isn’t really altruistic. Sure, it can be, but the vast majority of the time it’s a selfish urge to satisfy one’s own dopamine rush of accomplishment mixed with “I’m the only one who can do this” thoughts. Throw in a dash of mental illness and a sprinkling of “this is how we did it in the good ole days”, and it’s more harm than help. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Maybe we can increase the laughing stock factor so there's less of a pull. Maybe then they'll have some better candidates? To be fair, after trump biden has a big act to follow and going for a nap hardly cuts the mustard... I don't think it'll work with the batshit crazy politics the us has, just fuels the division permalink fedilink source parent