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agingdem

(8,752 posts)
65. The digital generation can still draw a circle ..
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 03:19 PM
15 hrs ago

my daughter’s 49 year old friend was recently diagnosed with early-onset dementia.. she was unable to draw a circle..

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How do people sit there and listen to that? He is so deranged. SunSeeker Yesterday #1
if they just listened that would be one thing Skittles 10 hrs ago #74
Aardvark, Beaver, cat . . . .zebra! Aussie105 Yesterday #2
How 'bout A Badger Yesterday #6
Good test. I had trouble with U. Lonestarblue 22 hrs ago #16
Wait till you get to X! Polybius 20 hrs ago #28
Xenomorph? Dave Bowman 18 hrs ago #45
Xerus Mossfern 12 hrs ago #70
Unicorn work? KS Toronado 17 hrs ago #50
Platypus, Quokka, Wallaby, IronLionZion 21 hrs ago #20
Wouldn't 99% of us fail that one? Polybius 20 hrs ago #26
We know he'd recognize a beaver. COL Mustard 15 hrs ago #64
Has no reporter ever asked WHY? Americanme Yesterday #3
My late mother-in-law, with diagnosed Alzheimers, "passed" agingdem 22 hrs ago #15
Digital generation can't read or draw a clock. Or use letters when dialing a phone. Or. Will have to redo the tests. cbabe 17 hrs ago #52
We will never know Nasruddin 15 hrs ago #62
The digital generation can still draw a circle .. agingdem 15 hrs ago #65
Exactly Strelnikov_ 21 hrs ago #21
WTaF? UpInArms Yesterday #4
And he said they're "not easy". llmart 22 hrs ago #12
Dementia Donnie was smugly boasting he could discern a agingdem 18 hrs ago #41
Why would anyone be taking these tests repeatedly Demobrat Yesterday #5
The orange shite isn't smart enough or lucid enough to realize that. paleotn 21 hrs ago #19
Well, except for the "unable to feed himself" part of your wish list, YodaMom2 17 hrs ago #48
Why would anyone one take the first one johnnyfins 19 hrs ago #38
You get past 65 and they start checking on an annual basis, part of the wellness exam Maeve 17 hrs ago #49
Probably not in use Nasruddin 15 hrs ago #63
I don't think it is routinely done. karynnj 8 hrs ago #75
that's my question... agingdem 18 hrs ago #44
Exactly. buzzycrumbhunger 8 hrs ago #76
More gaslighting of America. AZ8theist Yesterday #7
I'm ready for my soon-to-be favorite record, 3Hotdogs 22 hrs ago #10
Are you ready for a brand new day? Stardust Mirror 17 hrs ago #53
Cheeto's dead and the time is right IzzaNuDay 16 hrs ago #55
Banana, chair, sunrise. I aced it too, back in November. twodogsbarking Yesterday #8
River, nation, finger for me. mwb970 20 hrs ago #27
Maybe you could be President. There may be an opening soon. twodogsbarking 20 hrs ago #29
Ask him the name of his present wife. Fail. twodogsbarking Yesterday #9
To be fair... llmart 22 hrs ago #14
I wouldn't want to be linked to any of those kids either. twodogsbarking 22 hrs ago #18
"Ivanka, Ivanka, Ivanka, and Ivanka" PatSeg 21 hrs ago #23
Oh yeah. llmart 17 hrs ago #47
I always stumble over Hippy-ponty mist. 3Hotdogs 22 hrs ago #11
NOW you did it! You gave trump the answer! (nt) Paladin 22 hrs ago #13
A third one? The Madcap 22 hrs ago #17
What's even worse nwduke 21 hrs ago #22
I like that the Independent used pedo Trump's exact words Farmer-Rick 20 hrs ago #24
"It's like trying to translate the words of a child just learning to speak." Talitha 18 hrs ago #39
And did his worshipers cheer in response to this idiotic nonsense? mwb970 20 hrs ago #25
Don't forget... buzzycrumbhunger 8 hrs ago #77
Go to your grocery store and walk up to random people and tell them you aced the cognitive test. twodogsbarking 20 hrs ago #30
Good one!!! Talitha 18 hrs ago #40
Bragging about taking cognitive tests, just shows he has dementia... Fil1957 20 hrs ago #31
No Sitting President In History Has Done a Better Coloring Job DrFunkenstein 19 hrs ago #32
I took a similar test just yesterday. chouchou 19 hrs ago #33
These tests are only given to people who are suspected of having mental issues. The more doubt, the more tests. eppur_se_muova 19 hrs ago #34
Hey Traitor .......I don't know who your doctors are (they are military right , taxpayer funded .....or do you remember) turbinetree 19 hrs ago #35
For anyone who has never actually seen the real Montreal Cognitive Assessment Bluetus 19 hrs ago #36
There is also a similar test: SLUMS Bluetus 19 hrs ago #37
This is the test my doctor gave me .................. turbinetree 18 hrs ago #46
I was given several tests when rehabing from a cardiac arrest. Historic NY 18 hrs ago #42
The question is was it a one humper or two humper camel? Historic NY 18 hrs ago #43
trump is not well and is lying about his medical condition LetMyPeopleVote 17 hrs ago #51
I agree with Lieu: this isn't the flex Trump thinks it is. Beartracks 16 hrs ago #54
We really don't know if those animals were the ones on the test. Beartracks 16 hrs ago #56
This isn't the flex he believes it is... EarthFirst 16 hrs ago #57
My 2 cents... homegirl 16 hrs ago #58
In the early stages of frontal lobe dementia, my mom passed same test crimycarny 16 hrs ago #59
Trump is a regular brainiac. democrank 15 hrs ago #60
How would we know if his animal identification was correct? Harker 15 hrs ago #61
The fact they are even giving him tests like these shows he's lost it. iemanja 14 hrs ago #66
He probably knows the difference between Diet Coke and a Big Mac Tetrachloride 14 hrs ago #67
Viper, Hyena, Badger Clouds Passing 13 hrs ago #68
Constant cognitive tests to a single person means just one thing to those of us with a brain... slightlv 13 hrs ago #69
I'm good with animals. Whenever I see a picture of Trump I always think horse's ass. flashman13 11 hrs ago #71
Eric, Donald, Ivanka? tavernier 11 hrs ago #72
Did Miss Barbara give you star little dopey? mdbl 10 hrs ago #73
At least the dinosaurs had an excuse for going extent NotHardly 1 hr ago #78
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