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by komali2 1187 days ago
I bet you can think of some irrational things you've done in the last few years. I'd be curious what they might be.

Let's see, for me... Well any time I got games in a steam sale recently, my backlog is huge and I don't have time anyway. Any time I spend on Twitter, I know I don't enjoy how I feel after. Plenty of times I had irrational excuses for why I didn't have to go to the gym on a given day. Made a batch of really good ice cream despite trying to lose weight. Etc.

When I was younger I made some irrational decisions in stocks, now I don't anymore, I think if you get burned enough maybe that's what it takes? I too often wonder why people seem to need to "learn the hard way." For me, if a friend gets in a car accident, I listen to how it happened and make sure to never repeat their mistake, triple for motorcycling. But maybe its domain specific in that regard? Some people are good at being more rational in some areas rather than others?