Psychologists, I would really like to understand why I, someone generally regarded as exceptionally patient, become so immediately and furiously angry with people being blithely incoherent. Why should it matter when I could just ignore them?
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Well, this is the “you” part. You have expectations. They aren’t met. James doesn’t have this problem, true. You need to accept that some ppl are less intelligent. And some unwilling.
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Well, I can work on that. I'd also be interested to know what is at the root of this being the thing to light my touchpaper tho. Why its so important to me that things make sense even if it doesn't matter - complete stranger with 12 followers.
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Yes. You seem a little “obsessed” with those. What if I told you That’s not the important part & probably guesswork? Not even needed to fix it. Would you accept that?
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No. I'd know it was what was important to me and why I was frustrated. I also already know I shouldn't be because it doesn't matter.
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That’s a problem I share with Helen and why I also get bogged down in pointless discussions.

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But you seem to leave twitter alone dor a while, every time you had such a discussion. Helen doesn’t. I sometimes try to pull you two in some fun twitter banter when this happens. But Helen ignores this and keeps at it, while saying she will stop. But she doesn’t.
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'Fun Twitter banter' is much akin to small talk. Small talk is OK in small doses but I tire of it quickly and cannot be doing it at all when serious issues are being discussed elsewhere.
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Maybe because persisting in (un)intended incoherence is a blatant insult to any sane form of conversation?
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But I don't get angry at blatant insults. I just get contemptuous and go away.
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Helen&twitterverse: It is one thing when you have this experience with regular everyday people. Your Tweet describes how I feel about many common claims in my home field of social psychology, especially on moralized and politicized topics. (as my recent thread, perhaps, shows).
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Oh yes. That anger is much more justifiable on that level. I also have righteous anger about what is happening to the humanities as my essays show.
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Actually I kind of wish you would
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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