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Biden's office announced his illness Sunday afternoon.

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[–] anachrohack@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Crazy, my dad was just diagnosed with the same cancer a few days ago. Not as aggressive, but on the higher end of the Gleason score. Hoping biden continues to live a long and healthy life

[–] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

I hope your dad lives a long healthy life. Biden's already lived a long one.

[–] Susurrus@lemm.ee 27 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

This comment section shows that even on decentralized, less mainstream platforms there's a lot of people behaving similarly to what would be called bots on Reddit. Come on, guys, we can do better than this.

We can acknowledge Joe Biden's crimes and failures without cheering his sickness and wishing him a painful death. Same with Donald Trump and all the other scummy politicians.

We can also disagree about various policies, issues or parties while treating each other with respect and an open mind, instead of degrading all discussion to 'communism vs capitalism' or 'democracy vs fascism' arguments.

I know it can be difficult to remain civil towards government officials who are essentially criminals, and anyone who supports or seems to support them in any capacity. However, I personally think we should try.

[–] StonerCowboy@lemm.ee 15 points 2 weeks ago

No Trump definitely deserves a painful one.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Technically the decentralized network is MORE susceptible to bots than a centralized network who can pool resources and maintain a sitewide blacklist.

What it is less susceptible is actions made by asshole owners.

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[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Maybe I'm cynical but I feel like this is suspicious timing to release this information a day after videos of his memory issues in 2023 surfaced. Feels like a cynical attempt by his PR team to change the narrative.

In all honesty, an 82 year old man having prostate cancer is not very surprising. It is a personal issue and I have sympathy but it's frankly not important to the world. A US president with memory issues concealed from voters and his own party in 2023 when it could have seriously changed decisions about the Democratic party nominations is surprising. That is an issue for everyone and very important to the world.

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[–] Spaniard@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Wishing him all the best. I have seen quite a few men die to that disease (no one dies of prostate cancer but it spreads really fast and to really bad places).

Good luck Biden.

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[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I wish Joe well. Terrible thing to have to deal with.

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[–] MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

This is why after 60, I’m not going to try to be president. I’m retiring. Guy spent the last few good years he had stressed out running the country when he should’ve been playing bingo and sitting on a beach.

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