YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoDon't let the terrible be the enemy of the good.message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareDon't let the terrible be the enemy of the good.YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareunmagical@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up22·2 days agoIf exactly one of the bad options will come to pass anyway though, and you get to influence which one, why wouldn’t you opt for less bad?
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoIt also usually means you have a better chance of good in the future.
minus-squareYICHM@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down3·2 days agoThe sources of this post are usually the situations where the options are artificially limited, which are infuriating. Maybe I should stop add ‘the’ into my sentence…
minus-squareYICHM@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·2 days agoYour thought-compressing skill is much better than mine.
Less bad is still bad.
If exactly one of the bad options will come to pass anyway though, and you get to influence which one, why wouldn’t you opt for less bad?
It also usually means you have a better chance of good in the future.
The sources of this post are usually the situations where the options are artificially limited, which are infuriating.
Maybe I should stop add ‘the’ into my sentence…
Your thought-compressing skill is much better than mine.