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MODE 2 THINKING

MODE 2 THINKING

Festinger's Theory of Cognitive Dissonance postulates that individuals,when presented with evidence contrary to their worldview or situations in which they must behave contrary to their worldview, experience "cognitive dissonance."

MODE 2 THINKING

There is a connection between mode 2 thinking and cognitive dissonance.
Emotionally based thinking is much more susceptible to facts and logic which contradict the justification for that thinking or emotional worldview.
Factually or logically inconsistent cognitions are
countered not with consistent factual/logical cognitions, but with emotional cognitions.

For the mode 2 thinker, the universe is not a
matter of logic and fact, it is a matter of emotion, and when presented with logic or facts that contradict a strongly held emotion, they respond not with a logical/factual refutation of that contradiction, but
with an emotional refutation.

The mode 2 thinker refutes emotionally,not logically.

This is why one cannot debate or discuss logic and facts
with mode 2 thinkers. Any reasoned discussion or debate is met with emotional discussion or debate. It is like trying to debate with a child...they simply don't hear you.

How can one counter emotional arguments?
Answer: It is not possible.
Mode 2 thinkers cannot be persuaded rationally...i.e. with facts and logic that contradict their worldview.

Only rational individuals can be persuaded with contradictory facts and logic.
MODE 2 Thinking.... ESDLs say...don't confuse me with the facts for I have already made up my mind and the facts will just confuse me!

Mode 2 thinking... Hilliary says "It's a vast right wing conspiracy".

MODE 2 thinking......Al Gore won in 2000, Humans cause Global Warming and not the SUN!

Mode 2 thinking.... George Bush is an idiot, but he tricked the smartest woman in the world to vote for the Iraq war, Hilliary

Mode 2 thinking....Oral sex is not sex, and ...."it depends on what the meaning of "is...IS"
by Dead Gophers December 5, 2007
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Sinking Ship

A phrase used when a business is doing poorly due to lack of sales or bad management
Jim : Our store is becoming a Sinking Ship you need to kick it up a notch or I may have to replace you!
Chad : Even though I pleasure your ass with my dick I still might lose my job?
Jim : Yes I would miss our tickle time but your time may be limited with our company!
Chad : I guess it may be time for me to abandon this Sinking Ship!
Jim : I just hope your replacement has a 14 inch cock as well!
Chad : Yeah good luck with that!
by SlopNChop May 18, 2017
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Thinking man's Friday

Drinks that are had on a Thursday night to avoid the Friday bar rush, reserved specifically for the 'thinking man'.

Believed to have originated in mid-2011 in Chorlton, Manchester.
- Thinking man's Friday?
- Yeah, but only a few, work in the morning.
- Of course, we're thinking tonight.
by Chorlton_team October 25, 2011
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Thinking sauce

This is produced when you blow a massive load on your girlfriends forehead
"Fuck Stacey Forgot to pick me up a case of beer on the way home ... I'm gonna have to dump a load of thinking sauce on her head tonight "
by Super jo jo and friends July 11, 2016
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rise 'n' shining

a term for when you drunkenly bring home from pub/club/party a hot date, but in the morning your date looks like an apparition from “The Shining
I’ve decided to take it easy on the beverages after last Sunday's rise 'n' shining.
by ΔиłĦ☼иצ ߀₡ʞ December 16, 2011
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Shining dragon

To lodge three "D" cell batteries in your anus, either as a defensive measure or because you can.
Whilst in jail, the new guy used the shining dragon to impress the other inmates at shower time. He learnt the maneuver from a cheesy black and white Hentai magazine.
by Eric Othelwaite July 28, 2016
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Shining Finger

A technique used by Shining Gundam, in which the Gundam's hand glows and becomes able to crush a gundam's head with ease.

Teased as being a sexual move, when it is really not at all.
Domon Kashuu:"This hand of mine glows with an awesome power! Its burning grip tells me to defeat you! Shining Finger!"

*Grabs gundam head and crushes it like paper*
by Zaku56 October 17, 2008
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