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Submariner

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33. When you start talking about standing in the water with a battery

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2026, 10:59 PM

13 hrs ago

getting electrocuted and wondering if engaging the shark……over there…..would be worse, then ya, he sharing brain cells with Tommy Tuberville, and needs to be treated to some compassionate conservatism and then euthanized.

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80 years old is too old to be President? [View all] kentuck Yesterday OP

i'm almost there rampartd Yesterday #1

Yet some perform well into their 90s bucolic_frolic Yesterday #2

I'm sure the stress of the job may also take a toll... kentuck Yesterday #3

Agree, it takes order and mental discipline for longevity in positions of power or responsibility bucolic_frolic Yesterday #4

I've always said NJCher Yesterday #6

Yes, I've often envisioned him without money PatSeg Yesterday #13

Someone else has envisioned Trump without money DBoon 13 hrs ago #32

Oh yeah, that would work! PatSeg 2 hrs ago #35

Back in 2015 someone made a youtube of Trump if he were born without $$ IrishAfricanAmerican Yesterday #17

Ronald Reagan did not find it stressful at all. delisen Yesterday #10

JFK became a Senator at the age of 36 Kaleva Yesterday #12

It's one thing to be able to discuss complexities at age 80. NH Ethylene 15 hrs ago #27

There should be age limits for members of Congress as well. ProudMNDemocrat Yesterday #5

I have no problem with older representatives. delisen Yesterday #8

It is ageism. delisen Yesterday #7

That's very true. NH Ethylene 15 hrs ago #29

It is demanding for anyone--especially one not physically and mentally fit... hlthe2b Yesterday #9

Commercial airline pilots have to retire at 65 Grim Chieftain Yesterday #11

I'll turn 80 next year... GiqueCee Yesterday #14

*SNORT* Skittles 15 hrs ago #26

Bingo... GiqueCee 3 hrs ago #34

How many 80 year olds do you see daily delisen Yesterday #15

Agreed. It's simply biology not ageism. paleotn Yesterday #16

I agree with the premise of your post. Tom Rinaldo 23 hrs ago #21

I feel the same.... paleotn 15 hrs ago #24

It's never ideal. Energy levels decline at the very least. A few can pull it off though and wisdom helps Tom Rinaldo Yesterday #18

A 92 year old (Grassley) is fourth in line for the presidency question everything 23 hrs ago #19

If an existential emergency breaks out during nap time... Swede 23 hrs ago #20

I go exclusively by quality gulliver 23 hrs ago #22

Trump has always been mentally and morally unfit. Regarding ageism... Martin Eden 23 hrs ago #23

Yes, in many, if not most, cases. I will never vote for an 80+ yo in a POTUS primary. Celerity 15 hrs ago #25

Trump earlier thought that 80 was too old. Then he changed his mind when Biden dropped out. Norrrm 15 hrs ago #28

I don't know about this. Morbius 15 hrs ago #30

It is not ageist say that Inkey 14 hrs ago #31

When you start talking about standing in the water with a battery Submariner 13 hrs ago #33