The internet is populated by wisdom. Some of them come in list form and offend the mind. Often offending good taste too. Here are five good reasons why you should never read an article titled "The x reasons...".
1. you have already read too many articles like this.
If you're reading this, it's obviously because a) you habitually click on these kinds of articles or b) because you're hoping to gain insights here that will enable you to get a grip on your addiction. You betrayed yourself, you victim. New lists don't help against old vices.
2. there are more or fewer reasons than x.
Who actually says that the 5 or 7 or 10 reasons listed are the relevant ones? They are usually just the author's personal reasons. Often they are not properly derived, justified and cannot be checked for completeness. The relevance of the list is, in my opinion, inversely proportional to the reach of the website. Sorry, Yahoo. Useful lists are longer and at least empirically validated (e.g. CMMI).
3. only your reasons count for you.
We all know that everyone sees the world through their own glasses, so why do you want to look through someone else's glasses with the grid "... x best reasons ..."? It's like you want to see a better panorama by looking through bull's-eye lenses. Success rather unlikely. Clean your glasses and learn to think for yourself!
4. those who write leaderboards can only think in short paragraphs.
A list of reasons is not suitable for reflecting a fundamental discussion of a topic. Neither dialectically in the sense of thesis - antithesis - synthesis nor in the sense of a classical arc of suspense of introduction - main part - conclusion. The best lists of reasons suggest that things have only been thought of and prepared individually, but not yet composed as a menu. And anyone who remembers student parties where jelly, tzatziki and potato chips are on the buffet at some point will know what I mean by a menu.
5. reasons are not the problem at all.
When deciding for or against something, most people do not lack real or false reasons for doing so. Rather, they lack the energy or the idea of how to derive an action from it. So if you want to decide something, you should rather say "Tomorrow I'll finish my Procrastination" read. But I won't write about that until the day after tomorrow at the earliest.
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