"I was motivated to exercise out of laziness". "I was motivated to be aggressive out of laziness". People will assume you're trying to make a joke, with good

"I was motivated to exercise out of laziness". "I was motivated to be aggressive out of laziness". People will assume you're trying to make a joke, with good reason. Anyone seriously trying to claim they chose to be aggressive rather than silent out of laziness is involved in what's known as a post-hoc rationalization. This stance only appears difficult to justify to you because in your head apparently words can have any meaning you want. To draw an analogy. If I come across a child with down syndrome who vehemently argues that 1+1=3, that doesn't make it so (inb4 redefining binary operators in math). And at some point I can either care enough to try and educate this child or I can let them be with the understanding that they're going to have a harder time in life. And so it is that I leave you.