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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by krapp on Sunday July 21, 2024 @08:46PM (#41029848)
>Perhaps but people weren't getting dementia at 40 back then.

Exactly. There's no point in putting an upper age limit on a position when no one lives long enough for age to even be a factor.

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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by dllthomas on Sunday July 21, 2024 @10:45PM (#41030455)
Except many of the actual people with their names on that document lived to be older than Biden is now.
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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by the_sleaze_ on Sunday July 21, 2024 @11:12PM (#41030596)
The average life expectancy was much lower, but there were plenty of gray-beards around.

Socrates made it to 71.

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