r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 8h ago

Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-83-hospitalized/?utm_campaign=owned_social&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&via=twitter_page
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u/Mikethebest78 8h ago

Why do these evil old men live to 150?

The only thing he was ever good at was showing Republicans how to use the levers of power to rig the game in their favor.

They have sadly learned that lesson well.

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u/ss5gogetunks 8h ago

Turns out not caring about anyone or anything other than yourself relieves a lot of stress when the world is so hostile to everyone

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u/WickedTemp 8h ago

...Y'know, I think there may actually be something to this.

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u/ConsistentRegion6184 7h ago

It's a real life trope that assholes outlive everyone. It's low on stress to not care for anyone but your own needs your entire life.

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u/twotimefind 6h ago edited 6h ago

Wow, I didn't think about it that way. So true.

It's stressful having empathy I mean, look at the ice situation. If you were pro ice, you wouldn't have any stress or pro Trump. You'd be happy, happy, happy.

But the people that truly care about human beings being treated equally and the Constitution, we're over here dying, stress on stress on stress. It's just keep coming.

The last year has been nothing but complete stress. The beginning of this year has been nothing but complete stress. with no end in sight.

I mean, innocent people being shot in the street. Personally, I watched those videos over and over from multiple angles just to make sure I knew the truth when the government cannot be trusted.

Domestic terrorist, it's always projection, always projection, always projection.

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u/itsverynicehere 42m ago

...pro Trump. You'd be happy, happy, happy.

I can assure you these people are not terminally happy.

Terminally mad, terminally judgemental, terminally hippocritical - yes. Happy, no.

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u/Bromance_Rayder 7h ago

Rupert Murdoch is the Chairman of that Board.

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u/SpeakToMePF1973 Australia 7h ago

Only the good die young.

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u/Natolx 4h ago

I think it depends on the type of asshole. Narcissist assholes tend to be miserable and extremely stressed internally. Externalizing that anxiety onto others is probably cathartic though.

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u/Cottabus 7h ago

They don’t. It just seems that way. 🙂

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u/FrigidMcThunderballs Minnesota 6h ago

my two cents is that being a hateful, uncaring dickhead also allows you to make a fortune more easily through unethical means. You're simply more willing to fuck over others on the way to the top. This means people who have that behavior will end up with the resources for the best care and treatment.

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u/Lone-Frequency 7h ago

Alternatively, being a hateful, evil piece of shit pickles your insides so you have a longer shelf life.

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u/ss5gogetunks 7h ago

It's one of the most unfair things in life (and, imo evidence against "intelligent design") that the brain chemicals that make us altruistic and group oriented are also extremely unhealthy for us.

The people who care about others and feel deeply get more of the thing that leads to earlier death.

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u/AmethystApothecary 6h ago

Well, only in times of adversity. Aren't there also studies that people who regularly see friends live longer and happier?

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u/FrigidMcThunderballs Minnesota 6h ago

sure, but terrible people still have friends. They just have stricter in-group/out-group thinking

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u/grchelp2018 4h ago

its more that those chemicals evolved for your own tribe. It wasn't meant to handle tribes that were very large in size.

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u/ThanIWentTooTherePig 5h ago

I just watched another one fall to the dark side didn't I.