What is hamstering

Battle-Scars · 2016-02-17T22:06:44+00:00

Hamstering is when you lie to yourself to make yourself feel better. (… about something) Good general definition.

I would also add its a lie/story you tell others to make yourself feel better and Hamstering goes both ways Male & Female.

MattyAnon · 2016-02-17T23:55:40+00:00

It helps if you understand the history of the term.

It's a combination of Wheels-of-Thought / Wheels-Turning as an analogue for human conscious thought (probably started in the industrial age), plus the image of a hamster in a wheel scampering wildly and the wheel turning at light speed.

ie... a woman frantically thinking hard for a rational justification for her feelz-based actions.

If you've ever seen it happening and known what you're witnessing, you realise it's the perfect term.

moredishware · 2016-02-18T04:45:37+00:00

H.A.M.S.T.E.R.S are hyperygamous awalt mating strategists that are also entitled rationalizing solipsists.

Hamsters live inside all women's heads, hamstering 24/7 on their little hamster wheels.

The speed of their little corousels are directly proportional to the amount of rationalization/hamstering required to remove the entire head space from actual reality and to conjure up an alternative reality where that last bad feeling was always your fault and that last good feeling was due to ..idk maybe the thought of Chad grinding his hips into me from behind or maybe that last apartment that stupid fucking guy just gave me..

HS-Thompson · 2016-02-18T13:25:15+00:00

It means rationalization. Idiots here use the word hamstering for no apparent reason.

Mudpielol · 2016-02-18T14:52:59+00:00

There's an arguably funny joke around here. I believe it embodies the concept perfectly. Let me know if I'm wrong.

It goes something like this:

The rooster is chasing a chick to bang her. The chick is thinking
"If I sit still, he'll think I'm a whore. If I keep running and he won't catch me he'll think I'm stupid. What if I trip and fall?"

verify_account · 2016-02-18T16:09:18+00:00

It's just cognitive dissonance. There is no need to define it any other way.

the99percent1 · 2016-02-18T06:57:26+00:00

Hamstering is rationalizing the decisions you've made to protect your ego/reputation/self esteem.

It can happen to men or women. However, the propensity for women to hamster is higher.

Moldy_Gecko · 2016-02-18T08:13:44+00:00

I used to reference my brain (way before TRP) as a hamster spinning it's wheel. I'm pretty sure that's where the term came from (not from me, but people generally using that term). When I was tired, I'd say my hamster died. When I was going at 10x speed, I'd say there is 2 of them. When I'd be out of it or forget shit, it was the hamster. While we use it in a unique way here, I believe a hamster is just rationalizing or thinking.

Albacorewing · 2016-02-20T22:52:47+00:00

I recently learned the meaning of "Rationalization Hamster." I wish I had known it when I was a kid, as that would have saved me from a lot of trouble.

PragmaticRedTruth · 2016-02-17T22:15:14+00:00

No. This is not the only form of hamstering. Sure, this can be considered one form.

However, there are many forms. To make it more general, it is basically rationalizing situations, actions, etc., to yourself. A man with a clear head should NOT be doing this. You do not need to rationalize your own decisions, you made them. It is for the weak and inexperienced to hamster. It is for women to hamster. Only confused people who are not in control of their own thoughts hamster.

redolas · 2016-02-17T21:36:14+00:00

It's rationalization utilizing cognitive dissonance. It makes no logical sense and there's not a single term appropriate to encompass all that is described as "hamstering". I thought about this just the other day, mostly because the term seemed childish - similar to when a middle schooler realizes the word gay can be used as an insult. But... I realized that there's just not any better way of putting it so succinctly.

BluepillProfessor · 2016-02-19T16:20:14+00:00

Images of the Hamster

Title	What is hamstering
Author	redolas
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Date	February 17, 2016 9:15 PM UTC (10 years ago)
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