• Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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    4 days ago

    Nope, not buying it. Just this year my mother admitted she shouldn’t be driving at night anymore. Plenty others know they don’t have the ability anymore, and too many are stubborn.

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      4 days ago

      Wow, nice personal anecdote. It must be true, then. Let’s just ignore all medical evidence because you think it’s not true.

      People age differently, and many people experience cognitive decline that impairs their decision-making, resulting in overestimation of their current, now-degraded abilities.