• cannedtuna@lemmy.worldOP
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    4 days ago

    The meme? Yes.

    Is he actually dead? To be determined.

    This is just a reference to the Monty Python skit linked above. It’s a classic.

    Basically it’s joking about Republicans trying to sell the people that McConnell is still most certainly alive.

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        EEG and/or fMRI? We’ve been able to “read” brain activity for quite a bit now. It doesn’t mean we can read thoughts, but we can most definitely tell which parts of the brain are active and know distinct patterns/states

        Being brain dead is “being gone”. We can restart a stopped heart or bypass it altogether and keep the metabolic processes of the body going for a long time, but once the brain goes kaput, there’s no bringing it back.

        Edit: I realize now it was a joke. Whoosh

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        AFAIK the source for him being brain dead is Laura Loomer who is not doing much better brain activity-wise.

        That said, I remember seeing the article about the turtle being taken to the hospital last month and based on what we already knew then the odds are very much not in his favor.

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          Proper CPR which they already admitted to at his age at the very least means broken ribs, probably a punctured lung. Depending on how long he was down at any age there’s risk of brain damage at older ages high risk of brain death.

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        Brain dead. Maybe Moscow Mitch is trying to run for presidency!!! If a brain dead child raping shitgoblin like tRUMP can get elected then why not this tortoise?