I once wrote a short paper about the difference between a reason and a rationalisation which gives false legitimating cover for a decision. In government ‘we don’t have the money’ is rarely the reason for not doing something. But it’s generally a superb rationalisation.
June 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I once wrote a short paper about the difference between a reason and a rationalisation which gives false legitimating cover for a decision. In government ‘we don’t have the money’ is rarely the reason for not doing something. But it’s generally a superb rationalisation.
It's just a new level of stupid every day with the "Gender Criticals". What possible rationalisation does their single brain cell even think exists here
May 3, 2025 at 7:40 AM
It's just a new level of stupid every day with the "Gender Criticals". What possible rationalisation does their single brain cell even think exists here
I bet you could make an outlandishly stupid lie and if it was a possible one about Tesla he'd immediately come up with a quack science rationalisation for it
not sure i've ever seen an automotive CEO take an explosion involving one of his companies' vehicles and use it as a marketing opportunity
January 2, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I bet you could make an outlandishly stupid lie and if it was a possible one about Tesla he'd immediately come up with a quack science rationalisation for it
Esther Ghey's actions are the reason I just had a conversation with my siblings and fiancee, instructing them to ban my parents from any future funeral or memorial in my honour, along with anyone else using any kind of rationalisation to deadname me.
Brianna Ghey was not murdered for being Esther Ghey's daughter, and Esther locating the problem of her daughter being murdered by radicalised cis kids in her daughter being trans is a result of her class loyalty. She simply wants to prevent kids from being trans. She gets no more grace from me.
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Esther Ghey's actions are the reason I just had a conversation with my siblings and fiancee, instructing them to ban my parents from any future funeral or memorial in my honour, along with anyone else using any kind of rationalisation to deadname me.
no it isn't.
im dirt poor and i don't use ai.
stop pushing your rationalisation for being shit at art or whatever on to the rest of society.
don't use ai.
im dirt poor and i don't use ai.
stop pushing your rationalisation for being shit at art or whatever on to the rest of society.
don't use ai.
February 6, 2026 at 6:04 PM
no it isn't.
im dirt poor and i don't use ai.
stop pushing your rationalisation for being shit at art or whatever on to the rest of society.
don't use ai.
im dirt poor and i don't use ai.
stop pushing your rationalisation for being shit at art or whatever on to the rest of society.
don't use ai.
It’s not an excuse or a rationalisation. It’s a choice to basically say “I no longer care about the social contract because I can’t remember the last time it looked after me”
May 10, 2026 at 9:49 AM
It’s not an excuse or a rationalisation. It’s a choice to basically say “I no longer care about the social contract because I can’t remember the last time it looked after me”
5/ "1. The ideological component (a crisis of ‘long-term motivation’).
2. The absence of a pragmatic economic approach.
3. The lack of broad state support for rationalisation proposals.
2. The absence of a pragmatic economic approach.
3. The lack of broad state support for rationalisation proposals.
July 11, 2026 at 4:34 PM
5/ "1. The ideological component (a crisis of ‘long-term motivation’).
2. The absence of a pragmatic economic approach.
3. The lack of broad state support for rationalisation proposals.
2. The absence of a pragmatic economic approach.
3. The lack of broad state support for rationalisation proposals.
Every flimsy, asburd rationalisation that lefties and progressives have been using to keep using the abuse application becomes an argument against banning it, too. Congrats folks, hope you enjoy it
January 11, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Every flimsy, asburd rationalisation that lefties and progressives have been using to keep using the abuse application becomes an argument against banning it, too. Congrats folks, hope you enjoy it
Every single rationalisation for contributing to X, volunteering time and effort help prop up not just Elon Musk's ad revenues but his overarching white supremacist colonial project, is shallow and nonsensical
Yes [insert group] is still on there. That is bad, and you should fight that, not succumb
Yes [insert group] is still on there. That is bad, and you should fight that, not succumb
This is a "recommended" tweet pushed to a (very much not-Nazi) contact's iPhone lockscreen last week.
Who knows how many millions it was pushed to by Musk's platform, including in this case, in the UK?
It's now been deleted, but only after getting thousands of RTs.
Who knows how many millions it was pushed to by Musk's platform, including in this case, in the UK?
It's now been deleted, but only after getting thousands of RTs.
October 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Every single rationalisation for contributing to X, volunteering time and effort help prop up not just Elon Musk's ad revenues but his overarching white supremacist colonial project, is shallow and nonsensical
Yes [insert group] is still on there. That is bad, and you should fight that, not succumb
Yes [insert group] is still on there. That is bad, and you should fight that, not succumb
Symptomatic of a process that has made reductions and taken savings from the rationalisation and computerisation of operational systems, before the rationalisation and computerisation the systems was actually enacted.
Prisoners released in error, lost evidence, probation officers overloaded: these aren’t isolated mistakes. They’re symptoms of a justice system that can’t talk to itself. Here’s why it matters ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Justice in crisis: better communication is urgently needed
On 2 December, the justice secretary announced that twelve more prisoners had been released in error. Why does this keep happening?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Symptomatic of a process that has made reductions and taken savings from the rationalisation and computerisation of operational systems, before the rationalisation and computerisation the systems was actually enacted.
Guess what? This is true. Like, backed by fraud professionals true.
The fraud triangle is Pressure, Opportunity, Rationalisation.
It's kinda funny that the "Opportunity" and "Rationalisation" aspects are partly exacerbated by female staff being taken for granted by the male boss.
The fraud triangle is Pressure, Opportunity, Rationalisation.
It's kinda funny that the "Opportunity" and "Rationalisation" aspects are partly exacerbated by female staff being taken for granted by the male boss.
October 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Guess what? This is true. Like, backed by fraud professionals true.
The fraud triangle is Pressure, Opportunity, Rationalisation.
It's kinda funny that the "Opportunity" and "Rationalisation" aspects are partly exacerbated by female staff being taken for granted by the male boss.
The fraud triangle is Pressure, Opportunity, Rationalisation.
It's kinda funny that the "Opportunity" and "Rationalisation" aspects are partly exacerbated by female staff being taken for granted by the male boss.
The 🇺🇸 school bully stole slightly less of my 🇬🇧 lunch money
Yay
Best rationalisation I’ve heard for Brexit yet
Yay
Best rationalisation I’ve heard for Brexit yet
April 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The 🇺🇸 school bully stole slightly less of my 🇬🇧 lunch money
Yay
Best rationalisation I’ve heard for Brexit yet
Yay
Best rationalisation I’ve heard for Brexit yet
a most excellent rationalisation, your highness. guards! take that emotion to the dungeon!
August 20, 2026 at 10:24 AM
a most excellent rationalisation, your highness. guards! take that emotion to the dungeon!
Le libéralisme vous offre les mêmes résultats que le fascisme mais sans sa vulgarité, avec rationalisation, et tout en incrément. Ne soyez pas vulgaires.
🇫🇷 La ministre des Comptes publics Amélie de Montchalin a annoncé que "d'ici la fin de l'année", "un tiers des agences et des opérateurs" de l'État "qui ne sont pas des universités" allaient être "fusionnés ou supprimés" #AFP
➡️ u.afp.com/STxS
➡️ u.afp.com/STxS
April 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Le libéralisme vous offre les mêmes résultats que le fascisme mais sans sa vulgarité, avec rationalisation, et tout en incrément. Ne soyez pas vulgaires.
A glimpse of York pre-electrification and line layout rationalisation. 31168 Traverses the now lifted line between what is now platforms 9 & 10.
#Class31 #BritishRail #BRBlue #York
#Class31 #BritishRail #BRBlue #York
April 22, 2026 at 5:19 AM
A glimpse of York pre-electrification and line layout rationalisation. 31168 Traverses the now lifted line between what is now platforms 9 & 10.
#Class31 #BritishRail #BRBlue #York
#Class31 #BritishRail #BRBlue #York
Look at the framing here btw. She was stabbed for being trans, but they had to lead with the attacker’s rationalisation (“for lying”).
January 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Look at the framing here btw. She was stabbed for being trans, but they had to lead with the attacker’s rationalisation (“for lying”).
#DragiWebdo n°531 : syndrome cardio-rénal métabolique (reco US), aGLP1 (tirzépatide, retatrutide, grossesse), TDAH, myopie, rationalisation examens
www.medicalement-geek.com/2026/06/drag...
www.medicalement-geek.com/2026/06/drag...
Dragi Webdo n°531 : syndrome cardio-rénal métabolique (reco US), aGLP1 (tirzépatide, retatrutide, grossesse), TDAH, myopie, rationalisation examens
Dragi Webdo n°531 : syndrome cardio-rénal métabolique (reco US), aGLP1 (tirzépatide, retatrutide, grossesse), TDAH, myopie, rationalisation examens
www.medicalement-geek.com
June 16, 2026 at 4:31 AM
#DragiWebdo n°531 : syndrome cardio-rénal métabolique (reco US), aGLP1 (tirzépatide, retatrutide, grossesse), TDAH, myopie, rationalisation examens
www.medicalement-geek.com/2026/06/drag...
www.medicalement-geek.com/2026/06/drag...
It's the start of a process, hopefully. Rationalisation is necessary
May 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
It's the start of a process, hopefully. Rationalisation is necessary
I sometimes think of how the Swedish Social Democrats at a relatively early stage of their history went 'oh well it's fine to campaign for middle class votes because actually they're proletarians too' and think how much healthier of a rationalisation that is than what our social democrats do
"My big tent social democratic party has found itself with a massive base of support amongst the professional middle class, this is bad somehow"
May 11, 2026 at 12:05 PM
I sometimes think of how the Swedish Social Democrats at a relatively early stage of their history went 'oh well it's fine to campaign for middle class votes because actually they're proletarians too' and think how much healthier of a rationalisation that is than what our social democrats do
There's no rationalisation of this, even in their twisted worldview. There are no kids to "protect" at a circle on a Friday evening. This is a continuation of their attempts to push us out of public life - and to try stop us finding community altogether.
March 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
There's no rationalisation of this, even in their twisted worldview. There are no kids to "protect" at a circle on a Friday evening. This is a continuation of their attempts to push us out of public life - and to try stop us finding community altogether.
his vote count barely increased. this is a rationalisation for accepting fascism.
November 23, 2024 at 3:28 PM
his vote count barely increased. this is a rationalisation for accepting fascism.
Behind the far-right's embrace of "race science" and IQ fundamentalism is the same old social darwinism; the self-interested rationalisation of *continued* oppression, domination, colonialism, inequality and exploitation.
October 28, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Behind the far-right's embrace of "race science" and IQ fundamentalism is the same old social darwinism; the self-interested rationalisation of *continued* oppression, domination, colonialism, inequality and exploitation.