Side effects of studying for LSAT :-)

pritisharma

I have found myself getting irritated and impatient when people make illogical arguments during general conversations. I am also painfully cognizant of the "illogical-ness" of their arguments. Social events are even more stressful ;-) Please add your observed "side-effects"

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@pritisharma

Political debates on TV are even more infuriating to watch than before.

EDIT/addition: A benefit has been rewatching some of my favorite shows like The Wire, The Sopranos, or Seinfeld and catching the subtleties/brilliance of the writing.

Jonathan Wang

Facebook becomes essentially unusable, especially when the Supreme Court is releasing their end-of-term rulings.

pritisharma

Oh Yes so true about FB !! I am off FB for some time now, too much aggravation on many .. many...counts. Love Seinfeld.

Julia L

I think this will be a continuing side effect when we become lawyers!

nordeend

Fights with my wife...:)

UsernameChange

I second guess myself a ton on tests for undergrad. If the teacher says most or many I immediately think he's an LSAT test maker trying to trick me. The specificness of the lsat has killed me with the generalness of most undergrad tests.

J.H. Song

As a sports fanatic, I personally hate that I can no longer defy logic in arguing for my favorite teams/players.
Also, the necessary/sufficient condition, something I never thought about pre-LSAT, is something I seem to subconsciously apply to every situation I face.

Petrichor

sufficiency/necessity has been brought up in different classes so that was helpful. also inferences regarding most -> most or some variation of that type.

UsernameChange

In one of my labs we did the wason selection task yesterday and I skewed the results as a result of my logic games training.lol

LSATKingsman

Watching commercials make claims that are so terrible and unsupported. "Recommended by doctors!" How many 1? 2? 20000499? to who was it recommended and why?

ENTJ

I found myself competing with other people about how much better the LSAT is in comparison to other graduate entrance exams...

...I see someone in front of me with an MCAT prep book. Pfft.

Pacifico

This is the best side effect: http://news.berkeley.edu/2012/08/22/intense-prep-for-law-school-admissions-test-alters-brain-structure/

as5324therapy

Annoying everyone around and developing a slick tounge lol

ellie1991

Symptoms may include, nausea, vomiting, upset stomach, irritability, incontinence, insomnia, strong desires for alcohol, blurred vision, thoughts of chocolate, hot flashes, cold sweats, angry loved ones, heated debates over menial topics with coworkers, more insomnia, stronger desires for alcohol, lack of trust for others, rage, and an overall increased hatred for mankind.
results may vary...

nordeend

@bishoplaw hahahahahahahaha

Pacifico

You know you can just buy alcohol and make all the other stuff go away right? Stop desiring and start doing!

nicole.hopkins

@Pacifico said:
Stop desiring and start doing!

ellie1991

Causation, Correlation? Meh, no need to follow logically on this one..

nye8870

"Paper or plastic," you ask? Can I have both? Or perhaps neither? Can I have my groceries put into a box? "Irv, clean up at register 4! Another one of these stressed out LSAT customer's head just blew up."