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1. H. Faust (hfaust@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 31-Aug-2024 11:38:25 JST H. Faust
   One of the most haunting videos I've seen on the Internet has nothing to do with gore or blood, but people suffering dementia.
   
   The idea of losing yourself, having no awareness of your mental decay while making others suffer is horrible.
   • King Zog I of Albania (mrsaturday@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 31-Aug-2024 11:38:24 JST King Zog I of Albania

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     @hfaust I've had it happen to so many close to me and it never gets any better no matter how many times it happens. My great-grandfather, who's my role model and a really important part of my early childhood (he looked after me since my mother and grandparents were still working) didn't even remember who I was towards the end of his life. My great-grandmother was so broken when he died that she quickly fell into Alzheimer's and forgot even how to speak. My grandfather on my dad's side went from being a brilliant man and accomplished engineer to having Parkinson's so bad that the only thing he could do with his brain was lift a finger enough to poke at a Tiger toy Texas hold-em game to try to keep what was left of his brain active. My other grandfather went from a loving husband to having Alzheimer's and constantly hitting on other women around my grandmother since he didn't remember who she was, and she was stuck with the confusion of having to watch the man she was married to for 70 years suddenly become unfaithful and trying to process the realization that even though he may have looked and sounded the same, the man that she knew was already dead in a sense.
     
     I hope if I ever get to that point someone just pops me with a cattle pistol and ships me off to the morgue.
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   • H. Faust (hfaust@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 31-Aug-2024 13:50:18 JST H. Faust

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     • King Zog I of Albania
     @mrsaturday I'm sorry to hear that and I wish I could I understand but the least I can say is that hopefully they still remain in your memories as the person they were.
   • King Zog I of Albania (mrsaturday@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 31-Aug-2024 13:50:18 JST King Zog I of Albania

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     @hfaust I do. It's hard to separate how it was from how it ended but the good times far outweigh the bad for all of them. I'm not going to say they'll never take those away from me because having it happen to so many of my relatives means my time's coming someday, but I'll just enjoy them while I last, too.
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