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QueerDuck

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6. Mitch wasn't responsive... someone just placed the phone by his ear, or turned on the speaker...
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 08:39 AM
6 hrs ago

... and they spoke TO him... not WITH him. It's common (I've heard) for people to talk to the dying even though they are comatose or the brain-dead.

I recall that I used to have "conversations" with each of my parents during their last days in hospice. It was therapeutic for me... I chose to believe they could hear me, but it seems unlikely considering their comatose state and the amount of morphine they had been given to ease the pain of transitioning.

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On a very slightly related topic, there was reportedly a phone installed in Mary Baker Eddy's tomb... dedl67 7 hrs ago #1
Because they all have the same limited voice plan dalton99a 7 hrs ago #2
Let me see here... OldBaldy1701E 7 hrs ago #3
Maybe a conference call? SSJVegeta 6 hrs ago #4
Lol! mwmisses4289 6 hrs ago #5
Mitch wasn't responsive... someone just placed the phone by his ear, or turned on the speaker... QueerDuck 6 hrs ago #6
Oh i know that dynamic all too well SSJVegeta 6 hrs ago #7
If It Makes You Feel Better modrepub 6 hrs ago #11
Thanks. 🫂 QueerDuck 5 hrs ago #15
"Squeeze my hand if you can hear me" Seinan Sensei 5 hrs ago #29
This is what happened... mr715 1 hr ago #35
"Fermenting!" 🤣🤣 OMG... Stop! QueerDuck 1 hr ago #37
Mitch told 'em he was sharing a room with Tom Kean but Tom left, suddenly. He doesn't know where Tom went. 3Hotdogs 6 hrs ago #8
I was really hoping Tom Kean had gender reassignment surgery mr715 1 hr ago #36
Yes. Maybe one of them might have spoken somewhat at length (if any of this is true), but all of them? hlthe2b 6 hrs ago #9
Mitch was freezing up periodically when he was still able to walk around allegorical oracle 5 hrs ago #18
yes and also it seems everyone claims they "talked to" him which technically you could do to someone in a coma electron_blue 6 hrs ago #10
Nah, he's fine.... Ol Janx Spirit 6 hrs ago #12
The AI app get weird after 20 minutes SocialDemocrat61 6 hrs ago #13
"Let's be smart and make sure our stories match!" struggle4progress 5 hrs ago #14
They should have a Zoomer with Mitch and post the video for all of us FakeNoose 5 hrs ago #16
They have their talking points. And they're sticking to 'em. Aristus 5 hrs ago #17
They are all so proficient at lying PatSeg 5 hrs ago #19
They all got the same script. marmar 5 hrs ago #20
They ran out of ChatGPT tokens newdeal2 5 hrs ago #21
and Mitch still hasn't found a moment to check in with Governor Beshear Quiet Em 5 hrs ago #22
I agree MustLoveBeagles 5 hrs ago #24
Where's Andy Beshear? otchmoson 5 hrs ago #23
He's done what he can do. I'm not sure WTF people want from him. This has become a running theme here. BannonsLiver 4 hrs ago #33
Were the conversations with Mitch two sided or Dave Id 5 hrs ago #25
The devil is in the details xuplate 5 hrs ago #26
Did Thune and Barrasso actually say they talked to him Buckeyeblue 5 hrs ago #27
Same script, differnt day. Mr. Jinx 5 hrs ago #28
I'm sorry.. I can't resist.... Mustellus 5 hrs ago #30
that was the same day that.... Gato Moteado 5 hrs ago #31
Rare photo of Mitch in hospital!!! usonian 4 hrs ago #32
Didn't this info originate with the Sen. Jack Kimble parody site? ClaudetteCC 1 hr ago #34
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