[irrational]

Of course it’s a thing. It even has a Wikipedia article. You might not agree with it, but that’s not the same as it not being a thing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headline...

[LadyCailin]

As it says in the article you yourself linked, it is an adage, not a law. My point is, this is not a generalizable thing, so comments using this to defend their response is not useful.