i heard this story on the way to work this morning
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127211884

it got me thinking that if i could get this guy's text analysis program, i wonder what kind of patterns it would show amongst tdubbers. after all, for many people on here, there is a wealth of text written over many years

6/1/2010 1:59:35 PM

i forgot what this thread was about

6/1/2010 2:00:34 PM

where the fuck am I right now

how did I get here

6/1/2010 2:01:30 PM

you kids get off my lawn!

6/1/2010 2:03:37 PM

*shakes fist*

daaaamn you whippersnappers

6/1/2010 2:04:27 PM

Next Premie feature?
That's an interesting article, thanks.

6/1/2010 2:05:07 PM

yes qfred seriously do it

I'm worried as hell I'm gonna get it because 1) it runs on my dad's side of the family 2) I don't keep my brain active at all unless you count reactive timing video games

6/1/2010 2:06:07 PM

Quote :

"I'm worried as hell I'm gonna get it because 1) it runs on my dad's side of the family 2) I don't keep my brain active at all unless you count reactive timing video games"

those, and i already can't remember people's names for shit

6/1/2010 2:08:31 PM

I don't have trouble with names

but I bet all the symbols I post do not bode well for me

6/1/2010 2:09:56 PM

COOL STORY, BRO!

6/1/2010 2:39:28 PM

Alzheimer plaques can begin to appear as early as age 30.

I'm doomed. We all are, really.

6/1/2010 2:45:24 PM

Is your hand bigger than your face?

6/1/2010 2:46:39 PM

i heard the same story this morning.

6/1/2010 3:15:09 PM

amna it was on npr yesterday. I think you got 'em Alzheimers!

6/1/2010 3:19:18 PM

so? What should I do? condition myself to write more in my journal with thought-thick sentences?

6/1/2010 3:26:50 PM

it almost helped that dude on LOST! but i think he dint have alzheimers

6/1/2010 3:27:48 PM

i, too, heard that story on my way to work.

6/1/2010 3:40:30 PM

^^^ as a way to avoid alzheimer's? i don't think that's how it works. the story said agatha christie wrote with high density vocabulary for years and still ended up with alzheimer's. i don't think it's a prevention thing, just a way to "gauge your risk" for alzheimer's. how you change your life given that information is up to you

[Edited on June 1, 2010 at 4:21 PM. Reason : .]

6/1/2010 4:21:41 PM