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rationalization vs. justification

walkngplaygrnd by walkngplaygrnd · Jan 27, 2004 · 208 views · · · Journal

Somebody was trying to tell me they're the same thing, but they're SO not . . .

Isn't rationizing when you make excuses for taking a course of action, meaning its not based on fact?

And justification involves facts somehow, right?

At least that's what I think. Well, whatever . . . I must be bored, 'cause this is the second journal I typed in a row

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rocksupastarFounder ·

yea they are wrong... tell them i said that.

yodasucka yodasuckaOG 2003 offtopic ·

then tell them I said hi!

magnum magnumOG 2001 ·

then tell them the above is short

yodasucka yodasuckaOG 2003 ·

...tear...

magnum magnumOG 2001 ·

you walked outside didnt you? i hate it when my ears tear due to the cold, although maybe i really am crying cause i hate my life

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 ·

Oh my!!! Does everyone's ears tear in half when they are cold?

yodasucka yodasuckaOG 2003 ·

yes and my fingers hurt SO bad!

magnum magnumOG 2001 ·

yeah unfortunately

yodasucka yodasuckaOG 2003 ·

no i was crying cuz u are mean to me! what did i ever do to you?!?

magnum magnumOG 2001 ·

no idea i was just stating facts or somethin

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toxicgirlOG 2003 ·

next time you should say, "i'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you."

magnum magnumOG 2001 ·

but im not short so it doesnt work

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rocksupastarFounder ·

psshs, that NEVER works!

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toxicgirlOG 2003 ·

how about this one, "I know you are, but what am I"

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rocksupastarFounder · toxicgirl

hmm, i dont know, never heard that one before, WHERE do you get your jokes!?>!?!?!

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toxicgirlOG 2003 · rocksupastar

it's pee wee herman. c'mon don't you remember elementary school comebacks???

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003 · toxicgirl

how can we forget with you reminding us all the time, lol? i loooveddd saying "UP YOURS" in grade school. among my favorite.

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rocksupastarFounder · toxicgirl

oooh... maybe thats why, see i skipped elemetary school, moved straight to harvard... sooo i was making interdimentional quasaratic jokes by that time... must have missed it.

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder ·

if i rationalize something... i'm weighing the pros and cons of two things

if i justify something... i'm explaining why it was right for me to choose one over the other

don't know if i'm right... but this sounds good

socalgal socalgalOG 2003 ·

you can rationalize the justification

beachbum beachbumOG 2002 ·

according to the dictionary they are synonymous. they are similar in meaning just used in different contexts.


“Many shoppers still rationalize luxury purchases as investments”


"he considered misrule a justification for revolution" "the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"-

ekulu ekuluOG 2002 ·

isnt to rationalize to try to convince something is one way when ur conscience knows its another way? and justification, trying to prove something is right

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rocksupastarFounder ·

nah, your wrong.... period

hunkpapap hunkpapapOG 2003 ·

ok here you go, emotion versus logic. We buy emotionally, we defend said purcase logically....

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