Crossword-Solution: CALLOUS 7 letters, 101 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

I think God is a callous bitch not making me a lesbian. I'm deeply disappointed by my sexual interest in men.

I would like to believe in the myth that we grow wiser with age. In a sense my disbelief is wisdom. Those of a middle generation, if charitable or sentimental, subscribe to the wisdom myth, while the callous see us as dispensable objects, like broken furniture or dead flowers. For the young we scarcely exist unless we are unavoidable members of the same family, farting, slobbering, perpetually mislaying teeth and bifocals.

Even though people experiencing dementia become unable to recount what has just happened, they still go through the experience — even without recall. The psychological present lasts about three seconds. We experience the present even when we have dementia. The emotional pain caused by callous treatment or unkind talk occurs during that period. The moods and actions of people with dementia are expressions of what they have experienced, whether they can still use language and recall, or not.