I was trying to make a point that, when we are faced with choices having only unpleasant options — taking one of those unpleasant options is still a choice.
We have limited agency in this world, and saying “I had no choice, I had to do it” instead of “of the various choices I had, I picked this one as least-bad” is a kind of self-delusion that makes our lives feel even more constrained than they really are.
Keeping this awareness in mind, that I do have other choices, helps me hold my emotions together in times like now when I find myself choosing to swallow a shit sandwich as my best-available option.
At my local National Rec Site they only had the rapist ones left so I had to get one of them.
You didn’t have to get one. You could also just not.
And not share the beauty of the natural world with the next generation so that they get a love of the world young?
Unfortunately I’ve gotta.
You can just pay for entrance without a card. They are not mandatory.
Depends greatly on the site, and that’s also quite a bit more expensive over time than the $80 pass.
The pass also gives you access to federal lands (Like BLM land and wilderness areas) not just parks.
You do you, man.
Everything is a choice. Sometimes the options are shit. But we’re still making choices all our lives and the shit options are still options.
that’s quite rude
I was not trying to be rude here.
I was trying to make a point that, when we are faced with choices having only unpleasant options — taking one of those unpleasant options is still a choice.
We have limited agency in this world, and saying “I had no choice, I had to do it” instead of “of the various choices I had, I picked this one as least-bad” is a kind of self-delusion that makes our lives feel even more constrained than they really are.
Keeping this awareness in mind, that I do have other choices, helps me hold my emotions together in times like now when I find myself choosing to swallow a shit sandwich as my best-available option.