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i call it "choice-gas" and yes it does run low and is expressly frustrating when it's constantly taxed needlessly. a good example is microsoft outlook. meeting
by a-dub 3y ago
i call it "choice-gas" and yes it does run low and is expressly frustrating when it's constantly taxed needlessly.
a good example is microsoft outlook. meeting invites would pop a mandatory three way choice of "send the response now, send the response later or edit the response before sending" every time the accept button was pressed.
a truly infuriating case of eft.
- ehnto 3y agoI like that. I think the term being used in literature is Decision Fatigue, if anyone wants to google it.
- Zarathustra30 3y agoSlightley different. Decision Fatigue is what happens when you run low on Choice-Gas.
- mhb 3y ago> i call it "choice-gas" OK, but it's already called decision fatigue. And it doesn't seem as if the essay is identifying a novel pathology either.
- tome 3y agoI’m confused. Do you mean that the choice between those three buttons is difficult? I always just chose “send response now” and didn’t concern myself any more about it. Is there some reason that doesn’t work for people who are short on choice-gas?
- maxbond 3y agoI take the impression that it's not so much that it itself takes up much "choice gas," in absolute terms, but that's it's emblematic of a larger set of things that are wearing on them, and takes up more than it ought to.
- a-dub 3y agoit is completely unnecessary and emblematic of a culture that does not respect the idea of finite prefrontal cortex energy and willy-nilly will choose to disrespectfully waste it on a frequent basis. it's like when you have to deal with a smarmy individual. any given instance of smarminess is fine on its face, but the cumulative sum can be unbearable.