"**A dependable tactic for two people choosing a restaurant or movie: one person picks five options, the other narrows the field to three, then the first person selects one**. This ‘has saved me and my girlfriend from starving to death on more than one occasion’, writes one grateful commenter at Ask Metafilter (ask.metafilter.com). (Hint: couples should agree in advance to use this rule, so that ‘whether or not to use 5–3–1’ doesn’t become a dilemma itself.)" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[making-decisions]], [[attention]], [[infinite-scroll]] **Source** -- [[20241114100017 - B - Help!]]