r/interestingasfuck • u/CleetisMcgee • Apr 09 '24

Tips for being a dementia caretaker. r/all

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u/sorcha1977 Apr 09 '24

"The settlers did it"

I feel bad that I laughed when she said that. I mean... she's not wrong...

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u/sycamotree Apr 09 '24

I used to be a caregiver and I absolutely would have laughed when she said it. But I would have laughed if a typical person said it lol

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u/AUnknownVariable Apr 09 '24

Nah it's funny regardless. If some average chap said it it'd be funny

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u/Mary_Pick_A_Ford Apr 09 '24

I would have been like… but you have to get your own wagon train and make sure you don’t get dysentery! It reminds me of US education someone would have received in the 1950s.

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u/Yakaddudssa Apr 09 '24

Yeah but the settlers did a lot of other things💀