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Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 23

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TragicMonkey said:
Did anyone else make up a little story to help remember the five words? Mine was that a girl named Daisy had a red face and wiped it down with a velvet cloth in a church.
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That would have been out of order.

No but I paired them
face
velvet church
daisy red
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
third to last
what's the relationship between these three word pairs
banana - orange
bicycle - train
watch - ruler
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You made a slight mistake in your citation. The banana-orange is not a question, it is an example given to the subject.

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Trump’s exact words

“I took it at Walter Reade, a medical center in front of doctors, and they were very surprised. They said ‘that’s an unbelievable thing. Rarely does anybody do what you just did.'”

The idea of bragging about the test is evidence how clueless he is. The icing on the cake is that he is so bad at bragging. Instead of saying doctors were amazed at my high score, he says “doctors said ‘Rarely does anybody do what you just did.’” For all we know the doctors’ response could have been after POTUS said the current year is potato, the current month is the-ramp-was-slippery and the current date is ◊◊◊◊◊◊-◊◊◊◊◊◊-Olé-Biscuitbarrel.
 
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I didn't make a mental list and had forgotten one of the words when I had to recall them after the test. Other than that, I aced the test.

If Trump was serious when he said the last five were hard, that's basically an admission he's in serious decline.

Then again, it might just as well be part bragging, part knee-jerk defense - "I aced the test even though it was really, really hard!", or "yeah, they were surprised I aced it, but that's only because the last five questions were really tough!". If it's the latter, he probably didn't count on the interviewer or his supporters double-checking to see if it's true that the last questions really were tough.

Of course, Trump disciples will use the "he was only joking to trigger libs lololol" defense.

Oh, and I was only joking when I first said they should make him do the test during the interview, but thinking about it... he is POTUS. It's kinda imperative that we know he can do the job, and not acing a test like this would be a yuge warning sign.
 
Ladewig said:
Instead of saying doctors were amazed at my high score, he says “doctors said ‘Rarely does anybody do what you just did.’” For all we know the doctors’ response could have been after POTUS said the current year is potato, the current month is the-ramp-was-slippery and the current date is ◊◊◊◊◊◊-◊◊◊◊◊◊-Olé-Biscuitbarrel.
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Someone on this forum once imagined Trump being asked to give a written statement of some kind (I think it was during the Russia collusion investigation) and him turning in a drawing of a stick figure with big breasts, drawn with crayons, labelled "Melaneea".

The doctors' response in this case might be, "yes, mr. President, that's a very nice drawing, but we asked you to draw a clock."
 
Safe-Keeper said:
I didn't make a mental list and had forgotten one of the words when I had to recall them after the test. Other than that, I aced the test.

If Trump was serious when he said the last five were hard, that's basically an admission he's in serious decline.
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Yes.

Objectively, the questions not actually being "hard" is really the point - as you say, if you do find them "hard", that's an indication of a problem; indeed the questions were specifically chosen for that reason. Trump makes up a story about how the doctors were "amazed" at his "high score", as if he'd taken the Mensa IQ test or something that was intended to be a challenge, but in reality to "ace" the Montreal Cognitive Assessment means that you have normal cognitive function.
 
I have no problem believing some doctors were amazed he passed the MOCA test.
 
Checkmite said:
Yes.

Objectively, the questions not actually being "hard" is really the point - as you say, if you do find them "hard", that's an indication of a problem; indeed the questions were specifically chosen for that reason. Trump makes up a story about how the doctors were "amazed" at his "high score", as if he'd taken the Mensa IQ test or something that was intended to be a challenge, but in reality to "ace" the Montreal Cognitive Assessment means that you have normal cognitive function.
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That’s what they found amazing.
 
Ladewig said:
You made a slight mistake in your citation. The banana-orange is not a question, it is an example given to the subject.
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I was floored by the idea you only needed to answer two of them. I guess I was trying to make the test harder. :p

Ladewig said:
ETA

Trump’s exact words

“I took it at Walter Reade, a medical center in front of doctors, and they were very surprised. They said ‘that’s an unbelievable thing. Rarely does anybody do what you just did.'”

The idea of bragging about the test is evidence how clueless he is. The icing on the cake is that he is so bad at bragging. Instead of saying doctors were amazed at my high score, he says “doctors said ‘Rarely does anybody do what you just did.’” For all we know the doctors’ response could have been after POTUS said the current year is potato, the current month is the-ramp-was-slippery and the current date is ◊◊◊◊◊◊-◊◊◊◊◊◊-Olé-Biscuitbarrel.
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:sdl:

He is one sick puppy!
 
Checkmite said:
Yes.

Objectively, the questions not actually being "hard" is really the point - as you say, if you do find them "hard", that's an indication of a problem; indeed the questions were specifically chosen for that reason. Trump makes up a story about how the doctors were "amazed" at his "high score", as if he'd taken the Mensa IQ test or something that was intended to be a challenge, but in reality to "ace" the Montreal Cognitive Assessment means that you have normal cognitive function.
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http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=13153364#post13153364
 
A couple years ago I had an extensive cognitive test. It took more than an hour. In some of the test I was in the 80th percentile and in some I was in the 50th. They tried to tell me I was fine. I know I'm not. I pointed out to them maybe the 50th percentile represented a decline.

Bottom line, a real cognitive decline test takes at least an hour.
 
Trump's not cognitively declined! It's perfectly normal for a man to take twenty minutes to tie his shoes. Before realizing they're velcro sneakers, and they're already fastened.
 
I swear to FSM, next time they make me take that test I'm going to carry in a pre-drawn clock already set to 10 past 11. Or draw a digital one. Or spend ten minutes doing an elaborate drawing of the pedulum wall clock I inherited from my grandmother.
They never make my wife take it. I'm not sure why, or whether that's a good or bad thing. She has some difficulties due to her Parkinsons. Maybe that's why they don't give it to her.
 
Trebuchet said:
I swear to FSM, next time they make me take that test I'm going to carry in a pre-drawn clock already set to 10 past 11. Or draw a digital one. Or spend ten minutes doing an elaborate drawing of the pedulum wall clock I inherited from my grandmother.
They never make my wife take it. I'm not sure why, or whether that's a good or bad thing. She has some difficulties due to her Parkinsons. Maybe that's why they don't give it to her.
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I just had the clock exam given to me, and after the instructions, I asked "In what language?"

:D

ETA: I was expecting extra credit for that one, but no luck.
 
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Ladewig said:
You made a slight mistake in your citation. The banana-orange is not a question, it is an example given to the subject.

ETA

Trump’s exact words

“I took it at Walter Reade, a medical center in front of doctors, and they were very surprised. They said ‘that’s an unbelievable thing. Rarely does anybody do what you just did.'”

The idea of bragging about the test is evidence how clueless he is. The icing on the cake is that he is so bad at bragging. Instead of saying doctors were amazed at my high score, he says “doctors said ‘Rarely does anybody do what you just did.’” For all we know the doctors’ response could have been after POTUS said the current year is potato, the current month is the-ramp-was-slippery and the current date is ◊◊◊◊◊◊-◊◊◊◊◊◊-Olé-Biscuitbarrel.
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Yeah, that's a weird thing for him to say given the purpose of the test.

It's designed to expose brain damage. A perfect score is a pass and normal, meaning, no brain damage.

So, I suspect they damned him with praise, expressing surprise that his behavior is not caused by actual brain damage, he just chooses to be this way.
 
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