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  • 2 choices
  • sc-xc
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    I see this all the time.

    ‘We have two choices…do (this thing) or (this thing)’

    That’s one **** choice, with two options.

    Anyway. Beer or vodka?

    Onzadog
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    Glad it’s not just me.

    ads678
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    Beer please.

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    ton
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    beer always.

    senorj
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    Or two hopes, Bob & none.

    mattbee
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    When I saw the thread title I was going to come on in and be a smartarse by correcting you as I am another who hates this. Luckily I don’t have to!

    lucien
    Full Member

    Its up there with “can I get”……..don’t get me started

    DezB
    Free Member

    Ah, but what’s worse is when they say: You’ve only got one choice – THIS. That ISN’T A CHOICE!

    hols2
    Free Member

    Usually, nothing is also an option. So you have to rank the choices of: Option A vs nothing; Option B vs nothing; Option A vs Option B. That’s three choices.

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Usually, nothing is also an option.

    See also, many restaurants.

    “Vegetarian option available on request.”

    Great, so my other option is “go hungry”?

    tdog
    Free Member

    Neither! TEQUILA BIATCH!

    Greybeard
    Free Member

    Also, “another alternative is…”. You can only have one alternative.

    Sometimes I’m genuinely uncertain, when someone says “that’s not an option” – do they mean it’s compulsory or it’s impossible?

    sc-xc
    Full Member

    Usually, nothing is also an option. So you have to rank the choices of: Option A vs nothing; Option B vs nothing; Option A vs Option B. That’s three choices.

    That is still one choice, with three options…

    Onzadog
    Free Member

    Usually, nothing is also an option. So you have to rank the choices of: Option A vs nothing; Option B vs nothing; Option A vs Option B. That’s three choices.

    Or people who think the above is a dilemma.

    sandwicheater
    Full Member

    Beers, obs. Well, what was your choice?

    hols2
    Free Member

    That is still one choice, with three options…

    There are three pairwise choices to make. You need to choose between Option A and nothing. And you need to choose between Option B and nothing. And you need to choose between Option A and Option B. It gets tricky when, for example, you choose Option A over nothing, Option B over Option A, but then realize that nothing is a better choice than Option B. This is why I often end up choosing nothing when I look at the desert menu. The choices are basically: chocolate cake, something mediocre but not likely to cause a fatal heart attack, and nothing. When I’m sober and rational, I end up with nothing. When I’ve had a few drinks, chocolate cake.

    shermer75
    Free Member

    There are three pairwise choices to make. You need to choose between Option A and nothing. And you need to choose between Option B and nothing. And you need to choose between Option A and Option B. It gets tricky when, for example, you choose Option A over nothing, Option B over Option A, but then realize that nothing is a better choice than Option B. This is why I often end up choosing nothing when I look at the desert menu. The choices are basically: chocolate cake, something mediocre but not likely to cause a fatal heart attack, and nothing. When I’m sober and rational, I end up with nothing. When I’ve had a few drinks, chocolate cake.

    Commendable taste sir, that clearly is a choice choice of choice

    sc-xc
    Full Member

    ^so if I spread a deck of cards out face up and say…pick a card…is that one choice or loads of choices?

    CraigW
    Free Member

    There is a vegetarian option…

    maccruiskeen
    Full Member

    You need to choose between Option A and nothing. And you need to choose between Option B and nothing. And you need to choose between Option A and Option B.

    I’ll go for nothing thanks – but I’m not sure whether I want the first nothing or the second one. Maybe I should just go without.

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