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Duppers

(28,094 posts)
49. Early onset dementia perhaps?
Tue Mar 10, 2020, 05:22 AM
Mar 2020

He's not reading enough sources?


He'll eventually come around to acknowledging the truth in a few months. Just hope he'll extend that mea culpa he owes you.
But if he's like the 2 very obstinate PhD physicists I deal with in my immediate family, I kinda doubt you'll get an apology. I know how tough it can be plowing through their stubbornly held but wrong assumptions on subjects outside their fields of knowledge. My condolences.

lots of people are like that AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #1
Someone went out and bought all gldstwmn Mar 2020 #31
I'll be headed out to get toilet paper this weekend SnowCritter Mar 2020 #66
If Costco has TP. My Costco has been out for days. stopbush Mar 2020 #76
My husband was mocking me for my Zicam/Emergen-C routine Dorian Gray Mar 2020 #48
I got him to turn on the TV to CNN alittlelark Mar 2020 #2
He sounds exceptionally intelligent renate Mar 2020 #11
You can do your best to keep him safe OhNo-Really Mar 2020 #73
limbaugh has been calling it a hoax, overblown, another liberal scam. ask him certainot Mar 2020 #85
;-( elleng Mar 2020 #3
I am sorry. Does he have dementia? Doodley Mar 2020 #4
I believe he is in early stages alittlelark Mar 2020 #12
He's an old man, probably with dementia. What is there to gain by Doodley Mar 2020 #36
Cuz I don't want him dying from this virus. alittlelark Mar 2020 #40
Whether he believes it or not does not affect his chances jberryhill Mar 2020 #57
the best way to protect him handmade34 Mar 2020 #78
Very good advice, I am sorry about your father. Doodley Mar 2020 #84
Having lived 81 years, he feels that he knows what's best for him. Butterflylady Mar 2020 #79
What do you want him to do that he isn't? Is he independently living, going out and mixing Doodley Mar 2020 #83
I am hopeful this will be another event that turns out not to be as bad as Hoyt Mar 2020 #5
My husband is 83 CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #6
I've watched a few AIDS documentaries lately.. Kittycow Mar 2020 #33
Understand CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #46
As a chronic pain patient myself... Kittycow Mar 2020 #62
Very sorry you are going through this, and the moonscape Mar 2020 #69
I'm beginning to wonder if this rash is stress related CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #71
and reagan not believing that AIDS was dangerous samnsara Mar 2020 #59
Right! CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #67
I read an article about coronavirus on Medscape this morning renate Mar 2020 #7
I think they 'say' things to make themselves feel safe........... alittlelark Mar 2020 #15
Are you sure they are MD's Strelnikov_ Mar 2020 #23
Good point, but I'm almost entirely sure renate Mar 2020 #39
As though you have to be deranged marybourg Mar 2020 #43
A few days ago I got text blocked by one of my children. Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #8
Re: your daughter Dorian Gray Mar 2020 #50
Wise words. chia Mar 2020 #54
My situation is entirely different. Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #64
It's tough Dorian Gray Mar 2020 #75
Thank you. Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #77
Show your dad this from Johns Hopkins DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #9
I told my democrat 93 yr old mom marlakay Mar 2020 #10
Casinos are interesting labs/petrie dishes. 3Hotdogs Mar 2020 #18
I know I absolutely hate that she marlakay Mar 2020 #65
Likely the community where she is living will curtail trips outside, and will do No Vested Interest Mar 2020 #72
Good luck Dad. lpbk2713 Mar 2020 #13
My father said the same greenjar_01 Mar 2020 #14
a physician relative told me recently that Big Foot was an alien. She learned it from Maraya1969 Mar 2020 #16
Sounds like the old Art Bell crowd. defacto7 Mar 2020 #17
I know someone who's a long, long-time Coast to Coast listener. He's a successful engineer. chia Mar 2020 #55
I saw a Mariachi band in a tree once gldstwmn Mar 2020 #32
Does he still live in Albuquerque? I would let him continue not believing. He will be happier Quixote1818 Mar 2020 #19
We r in the house I grew up in. alittlelark Mar 2020 #25
Green chile can cure anything! (n/t) wackadoo wabbit Mar 2020 #28
I just made a big pot of it the other day! eleny Mar 2020 #35
Here's the deal... intelligent or not, NOBODY is an expert on EVERYTHING. Goodheart Mar 2020 #20
I know that - but he knows he is right about EVERYTHJING alittlelark Mar 2020 #29
Can I ever empathize there. Duppers Mar 2020 #51
That is his personality. He is dug in. No point in arguing with him. eilen Mar 2020 #68
10% of the human race has been quarantined, anyone intimating this is no big deal is in denial now uponit7771 Mar 2020 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author Doodley Mar 2020 #37
Tell him if he says it one more time he gets shipped to the Life Care Center in Kirkland WA. grantcart Mar 2020 #22
So true.. dawg day Mar 2020 #27
I sincerely hope he is correct and it is nothing. But the entire nation of Italy would disagree. GulfCoast66 Mar 2020 #24
Have you looked at Iran? Newest Reality Mar 2020 #80
Oh yeah. But I am using Italy as a benchmark GulfCoast66 Mar 2020 #81
I see. Newest Reality Mar 2020 #82
Tell him about all the scoffers dawg day Mar 2020 #26
My son in law is flying to Seattle gldstwmn Mar 2020 #30
Don't like reality? Create your own! John Fante Mar 2020 #34
Denial is a method of self preservation. procon Mar 2020 #38
you can tell him to believe what he wants KT2000 Mar 2020 #41
My wife doesn't take it seriously either. Kablooie Mar 2020 #42
Well, he's right in this in that for most it'll just be a cold. Hortensis Mar 2020 #44
Tell him to stick to his own field Warpy Mar 2020 #45
So sorry Meowmee Mar 2020 #47
Early onset dementia perhaps? Duppers Mar 2020 #49
This message was self-deleted by its author democratisphere Mar 2020 #52
It doesn't matter KentuckyWoman Mar 2020 #53
At the end of his life, my Dad was like that too. no_hypocrisy Mar 2020 #56
my uncle is the same way...ugh...these old farts. Just wear a mask around your dad.. samnsara Mar 2020 #58
I came home early from a birthday trip mnhtnbb Mar 2020 #60
It is said that faith moves mountains Chainfire Mar 2020 #61
PhDs .... Locrian Mar 2020 #63
Well it's real ismnotwasm Mar 2020 #70
Offering a virtual hug lambchopp59 Mar 2020 #74
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