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		DavidBradbury on Feb 21, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Chromebook Pixel A product making a buyer happy is not a condition for whether a purchase is rational or not. If you have a family, then suddenly you decide to buy a ticket to Amsterdam and burn your kids college money on hookers and blow, being 'happy' doesn't suddenly make all of that rational.

tshaddox on Feb 21, 2013 | [–]

Yes, it does. It's selfish, and socially unacceptable, but it's rational.

Domenic_S on Feb 21, 2013 | [–]

Rationality (in this sense) is a matter of perspective, and useful only as a tool to help see the rationale behind decisions.

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