A bad option doesn’t become a good option when a terrible option is present.

  • unmagical@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    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?

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      It also usually means you have a better chance of good in the future.

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      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…