{"id":1725,"date":"2014-10-24T15:13:43","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T14:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1725"},"modified":"2014-10-24T15:13:43","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T14:13:43","slug":"when-is-a-rational-argument-an-irrational-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/10\/24\/when-is-a-rational-argument-an-irrational-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"When is a rational argument an irrational thing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irrational behaviors of individuals include taking offense or becoming angry about a situation that has not yet occurred, expressing emotions exaggeratedly (such as crying hysterically), maintaining unrealistic expectations, engaging in irresponsible conduct such as problem intoxication, disorganization, or extravagance, and falling victim to\u00a0<\/span>confidence tricks,<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A rational argument becomes an irrational thing – when you are talking to an irrational person because no matter how many times you attempt to talk something through you’ll just talk your self in circles and you’re wasting your time.<\/p>\n

When someone has decided their view of the world is the ONLY view of the world, however bizarre and inaccurate, when they are prepared to make bold brash statements that has huge fall out – and are so unwilling to even attempt to meet you half way then to keep trying is irrational.<\/p>\n

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Irrational behaviors of individuals include taking offense or becoming angry about a situation that has not yet occurred, expressing emotions exaggeratedly (such as crying hysterically), maintaining unrealistic expectations, engaging in irresponsible conduct such as problem intoxication, disorganization, or extravagance, and falling victim to\u00a0confidence tricks, A rational argument becomes an irrational thing – when you are … Continue reading When is a rational argument an irrational thing?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[63],"tags":[527,557,528],"class_list":["post-1725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","tag-arguments","tag-family","tag-wtf"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6WGy-rP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1651,"url":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/07\/23\/tears-thank-yous-and-transport-woes\/","url_meta":{"origin":1725,"position":0},"title":"Tears, Thank Yous and Transport Woes.","date":"July 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Wow what a morning. 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