{"id":1009,"date":"2011-12-26T01:58:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T06:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2011-12-13T10:09:01","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T15:09:01","slug":"my-hated-yellow-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/2011\/12\/my-hated-yellow-shirt\/","title":{"rendered":"My Hated Yellow Shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n

Often, a seemingly illogical action has logic when something else is in play. One way to learn of what else is in play is to ask.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have a yellow shirt. Someone gave this to me a few years ago. I hate the yellow shirt because I think the color is awful. I wear the yellow shirt almost every weekend.<\/p>\n

Let’s look at these two items one after the other:<\/p>\n

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  1. I hate the yellow shirt.<\/li>\n
  2. I wear it almost every weekend.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How do I reconcile 1. and 2.? Simple, if I wear the shirt often, it will wear out, and I will throw it away. The hated yellow shirt will be gone.<\/p>\n

    This makes sense if you accept something else:<\/p>\n

    I don’t throw away clothes until they are worn out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    This last item, my frugality (a.k.a., being cheap), makes sense to me, but may be seen as silly to many.<\/p>\n

    This entire situation is an example of something that seems to have no explanation having a logical explanation if there is another item in play<\/em>. Hence,<\/p>\n

    if a person is cheap, they will wear a hated shirt often.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    There is a big danger in this. My wife might think that I love that color yellow and replace the hated shirt soon after it is worn out and discarded. It would be easy for her to misinterpret my actions. I hope to prevent this by telling her often why I wear the hated shirt. She always replies with, “just throw it away. It was a gift, you didn’t spend a penny on it, and you won’t be wasting money by trashing it.”<\/p>\n

    There is much right in her words. Maybe one day…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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