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Some people get really mean when they get senile, particularly if they suffered from anxiety disorders or abused alcohol.

It's why home care workers never wear necklaces because they could try to strangle you with one.

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Given that Elon is Gen X I don't think this something we need to worry about for him just yet. Some other problem, sure, but I doubt it's senility.

He's 51 and some unlucky people start to slip around that age. For a person on that path the meanness and even psychosis might be the first sign.

I think we'd need to prove this is a change for him.

Qualitatively it's not clear. There was that "pedo guy" a few years ago.

Quantitatively no doubt. There is a "pedo guy" incident every few days now and it is accelerating and it could be every few minutes before it gets too fast to measure and reaches some kind of singularity.

I thought he was just trying to imitate Trump but I think he's really trying to surpass Trump as "America's most unhinged."

So I guess next stop is President

Early dementia or Alzheimers?

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