> Your partner would prefer to save $100 I fully agree that in a romantic relationship there is far more at stake than any single choice. But I've found the p

> Your partner would prefer to save $100 I fully agree that in a romantic relationship there is far more at stake than any single choice. But I've found the professional world to work far differently. For starters people only stick around jobs an average of 18 months (whereas marriages get about 7 yrs). And there is far more at stake to having your choice selected in an argument at work -- promotions and subsequent pay increases are worth 10s-100s of thousand. Submissive people are frequently looked over for promotion and may miss >5 years of promoted working years. perfection was never in the discussion, but good (ie high quality) is. When I see someone arguing for a bad solution (ie both high risk & total cost of ownership expensive) it's there's actually a lot on the line. This risk factor scales with the size/brand of the business. Look at the pie in the face one company wears[1] for a security breach, whereas another gets to demonstrate their security forward posture[2]. The former likely has lost millions to a ~million dollar choice[3]. Whereas the latter has increased their brand value to the same choice. But the person who argues without end for what they think is right is often ostracized and disparaged. This is something very broken in American culture. [1]: https://www.twilio.com/blog/august-2022-social-engineering-attack https://www.twilio.com/blog/august-2022-social-engineering-a... [2]: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloudflare-employees-also-hit-by-hackers-behind-twilio-breach/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloudflare-em... [3]: 8k workers by $125 -- yubikey + cost of training ~$1M .