ChoiceS OpenTrackback Weekend
…it is now possible to buy no fewer than 38 types of milk. Some of it is flavoured with strawberry, banana or Belgian chocolate; some has active bacterial flora; some has extra omega-3; and some, quite possibly, is a bit like the white, plain, unmuckedabout-with, milk-flavoured stuff we all used to drink happily in the days before we turned into paranoid health freaks.
The tyranny of choice: Do we really need 38 types of milk?And that’s before you get to the aisle with 154 flavours of jam, or the one with 107 varieties of pasta.
..Consider, too, the spectacular variety of TV programmes we can flick through now that most of us have cable.
..remember when telephones were a state monopoly and it used to take three months to get a new one installed? - but it is also a wholly natural one. As scientific studies have shown, humankind cannot bear too much variety.
..First, it puts an enormous burden on people to gather information so that they can make a good decision,’ he says. ‘Who has the time to find the best digital camera, the best phone plan, the best retirement plan and the best school for their kids? Nobody.’
In a busy, accelerating world, we haven’t time for all this pointless decision-making. Give us three types of brilliant olive oil, not 300 mediocre ones.
Dang. All the choices give me a headache.
And I thought it was just me. 
Do ya want the orange juice organic or regular, with or without calcium, pulp, no pulp, a little pulp. Help!
Do ya want the herbal variety toothpaste with the added fluoride, or perhaps the cavity-busting fancy shamcy alternative with baking soda or howzabout those flavor crystals eh.
Don’t even get me started on jeans.
Ya gotcher slim fit, relaxed fit, baggy or even extra baggy.
The there’s stone-washed, acid-washed or the latest and greatest: distressed.
Someone tell me how jeans can be um..‘distressed.’ 
And of course would ya prefer the button-fly or zipper-fly… faded or regular?
Truth is that having too many choices also can lead people to make quick,simple, snap judgments just to avoid the hassle of wading through all those confusing options.
Let’s be honest.
Too many selections can produce paralysis, not freedom.
Sweet friends.
Sometimes, less really is more.
What say y’all?
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July 5th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
You said it, Angel! There are just too many options for us. Just trying to find the right kind of OJ for my wife stresses me out (no pulp, vitamin D & calcium, fresh squeezed, etc.)
July 5th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Hi Angel!
Hope you had a great forth.
I’ve always been a Levi 501 fan.
July 5th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
On the one hand it’s great to be able to get what you need.. and yet, as you say too many choices can be mind-numbing. Less is best, in most everything in life.
July 5th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
You are Sooooo cute…(-:
Really, I think this is a cool site, so feminine…I almost fancy you!
BTW, thanks for your comment on my blog, very much appreciated.
I would trawl thro your links, but I fear I may get lost in Chocolate Land (do you actually visit ‘em all?).
Woman Honor Thyself?
Abso-f***ing-lutely!
Rock-on, girl…(-:
July 5th, 2007 at 11:37 pm
Yes and when it comes to too many options let’s remember the July 4th holiday - or is that the July 4th month? Out here in the country I’ve had the pleasure of listening to fireworks daily/nightly since Memorial Day! Seems like everyone has chosen a different day to celebrate.
July 6th, 2007 at 7:37 am
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July 6th, 2007 at 8:12 am
I team= Internet( Idiot) team…
Cyber stalking from your home computer is not very smart….
July 6th, 2007 at 8:23 am
PETA…..Stopping Global Warming …one Big Mac at a time…
Organizers of the Live Earth concerts should not sell burgers or hot dogs at the high profile gigs, an animal rights group claimed today.
Peta campaigner Yvonne Taylor said that it would be “hypocritical” if the damage caused by the industr…
July 6th, 2007 at 8:29 am
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July 6th, 2007 at 8:48 am
Nigerian gunmen kidnap 3 year old British girl…
Three year-old Margaret Hill, the daughter of Mr. Trevor Hill, owner of the nightclub, Good Fellas, located at the Government Reservation Area, of Port-Harcourt, was kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Previously on Tuesday 3 year-old Mike Stewarts, son of a …
July 6th, 2007 at 8:50 am
I agree. Myself, I like the motto, “Less is more.”
Happy Friday!
July 6th, 2007 at 9:19 am
The Root Cause of Terrorism…
As I said before, the AP cranes it’s neck to explain how the latest UK terrorists are a diverse group, as if they hadn’t one thing in common that drove them to jihad. Irshad Manji cuts through the political correctness…
July 6th, 2007 at 9:44 am
I’ve learned in sales that sometimes you have to help the customer make a decision among all of the choices and options. “Based on your business model, etc…I would recommend you go with the ……” It works almost every time.
July 6th, 2007 at 10:34 am
It’s all so overwhelming. If only “they” would create a government agency to tell us which is the correct choice…
July 6th, 2007 at 11:18 am
Al Qaeda using zombies to fight…
Kamal Jalil Bakr Uthman was killed by U.S. forces in 2006 and again in 2007.
Washington DC (The Examiner) - The U.S. command in Baghdad this week ballyhooed the killing of a key al Qaeda leader but later admitted that the military had declared h…
July 6th, 2007 at 11:35 am
toothpaste
why do i have to spend ten minutes in the store trying to find a tube of the damn stuff i bought last time?
July 6th, 2007 at 11:36 am
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July 6th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
Not for me. I’m a plain guy. I ignore all those selections and just settle down with a decent cup of Almond & vanilla flavoured Quadruple espresso, Irish Creme syrup with a touch of caramel, semi-sweet chocolate & steamed milk topped with foamed half & half with nutmeg sprinkled on top.
July 6th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
wow. 38 types of milk and still none I would want to drink…lol.
July 6th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Have a beer for freedom and spit the eye of the Goat Herd Savages!
It’s Friday! Cheers!
July 6th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
I like choices. Lots of them. Don’t want to be like the USSR was years ago, basically NO choices.
July 6th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Islam to West: It\’s not you it\’s me…
I have long posted the view that it is Islam, Stupid that is the problem and nothing to do with Iraq or our policies vis-a-vis Israel or the oppression of Muslims or anything else. It is Islam qua Islam that is the cause of terrorism in the world….
July 6th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
This is too funny! I just posted on my shopping problems after less than a week in country after 20 years in Venezuela. Sensory overload!!!
July 6th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
Americas Jihad Sympathizers…
The motivations of Americas jihad sympathizers, who are hell-bent on dragging us all into their cultural suicide schemes, needs a much deeper examination….
July 6th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Hi Angel. I’m a bit late getting here but late is better than never…. I hope!
Jungle Mom wrote a great post about shopping after arriving back in the states from Venezuela. I know she was thrilled though, to have more choices than turkey necks (rech!), ham hocks or soup bones.
Face creams. There are too many different kinds of face creams! It’s enough to drive you insane. Shampoo, rinse. laundry detergent, everything! I hate to shop!
July 6th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
Another Attack on Freedom of Speech. BOO!…
The organization that oversees high school sports in Washington is considering rules for fans that could ban booing and offensive chants….
July 6th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
By the way, Angel, please send me an e-mail. I tried to e-mail you and it came back to me as undeliverable.
July 6th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
I give my toddler two choices only. This or that. Any thing more and it is temper tantrum time. Me, I like choices…even if I can never choose.
July 6th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
“It’s all so overwhelming. If only “they” would create a government agency to tell us which is the correct choice… “
Agreed, DI. And that means there’s just one thing to do:
HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT!!!
ROFL
July 6th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
So true…too many choices and you always make the worst one!!
the one about fashion is very,very true…they cost about $200 each and when you buy them along comes another fashion!!
July 6th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
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July 6th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
New Seven Wonders of the World to be Unveiled …
In my humble pigeon opinion anything built with technology greater than compasses, levers, blocks, tackle, and backs shouldn’t make the cut. …
July 6th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Blame Mr. Rogers…
I sometimes enjoy listening to Savage Nation, a conservative talk show, featuring Dr. Michael Savage. I like listening to him because he doesn’t pull punches. On his show today, he talked about a Wa……
July 6th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
I gotta say,
I would much rather have too much choice
than too little,
or a mandated number of toothpaste or tourque wrench choices.
The ‘invisible hand’ of the free market is the most efficient way to distribute resources across needs. The chaotic appearance of freedom is a beautiful thing, boil it down to the buyer and seller conducting a mutually beneficial trade each time an item is purchased.
It can be daunting to find thebest choice,
As Devo sang;
There are many good choices on the menu, at the market, pick one.
It doesn’t have to be the best, good is good enough in most of the products you mentioned.
July 7th, 2007 at 12:01 am
Weekend Open Trackback - July 6-8, 2007…
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July 7th, 2007 at 2:36 am
Another Hamas Coup…
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July 7th, 2007 at 2:38 am
Britain Will Release al-Qaeda Sheik As Payment For BBC Reporter…
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July 7th, 2007 at 2:39 am
Ultimatum to Mosuls Christians: Leave Within 3 Days or Die…
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July 7th, 2007 at 6:29 am
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July 7th, 2007 at 7:12 am
The Knucklehead of the Day award…
Today’s winner is Eastern Michigan University….
July 7th, 2007 at 9:42 am
Where’s the dramamine? Part Seventeen…
It seems Mayor Naugle is out of touch with his city’s police. Then what do you expect from a former Knucklehead award winner….
July 7th, 2007 at 9:51 am
“Octosquid” discovered, polls ahead of Clinton, Obama…
An unidentified sea creature, termed an “octosquid,” was found last week off Keahole Point on the Big Island. CLICK FOR LARGE
HONOLULU (Honolulu Star-Bulletin) - What appears to be a half-squid, half-octopus specimen found off Keahol…
July 7th, 2007 at 10:28 am
Another Big Brother Money Grab…
It is not a secret that governments use their law enforcement agencies to produce revenue. The use of red light cameras and the new practice of tacking civil penalties onto traffic tickets are designed to do one thing and one thing only and that is ge…
July 7th, 2007 at 11:00 am
I love making choices and have a wide selection to chose from. I love the pictures in this post and they depict the sentiment this post conveys completely. On that note enjoy your weekend and be blessed - and that is not a choice it is a mandate!
July 7th, 2007 at 11:02 am
Looks like I oppsed on my name…lol. Sorry.
July 7th, 2007 at 11:21 am
I’m late to this thread. Wanted to wish you a great weekend!
July 7th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
Boatloads of choices don’t bother me. I’ll buy what I like, and if one of those 38 types of milk doesn’t sell well, ‘they’ will just stop making it!
July 7th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Many in our generation probably don’t even know that milk comes from cows. Of course, that’s to be expected given the fact that most people polled on the street by Sean Hannity didn’t even know why we celebrate the 4th of July. :p
July 7th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
A.Q.U.S.A…
Letters making threats against New York investment firm Goldman Sachs were signed “A.Q.U.S.A.” While Goldman Sachs did not receive the letter, copies were went to as many as 20 newspapers. The letters said, “Goldman Sachs. Hundreds will die. We are…
July 7th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Long Overdue Snideness Festival…
Bruce and I have been on fairly cool terms for the past few days, but we’ve agreed that if I let him spend today working, he’ll let me have the computer again tomorrow. In the meantime, he agreed I can……
July 7th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Outsourcing intelligence checks…
and other problems in Britain ……
July 7th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
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July 7th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
Great, fantastic post Angel! So very true. And I think it is insane that we can have so many channels but still find nothing good on!
July 8th, 2007 at 12:20 am
Liberalism causes stupidity and blindness…
Do you think you can squint and make yourself stupid enough to think no one would have gotten hurt if those propane canisters had exploded with nails wrapped around them? Seems to be a lot of damage for a dud, eh?
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July 8th, 2007 at 1:04 am
New Evidence May Reopen Inquiry Into the Death of…
Jim Morrison died 36 years ago in the bathtub of his apartment in Paris. Or did he?
The Daily Mail is reporting that there is a possibility the case will be reopened after a nightclub owner claims the lead signer for The Doors was killed by a hero…..
July 8th, 2007 at 1:49 am
Live Earth Hypocrisy…
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Our top story today is the Live Earth Hypocrisy. Contrary to the claims of being a way to “save the Earth,” the Live Earth concerts in one day will generate a larger carbon footprint than 7000 E…
July 8th, 2007 at 7:49 am
The Knucklehead of the Day award…
Today’s winner is the Spanish language television network Telemundo….
July 8th, 2007 at 8:59 am
Al-Qaeda cooks Iraqi children, literally…
Al-Qaeda making friends and enemies in Iraq by killing, roasting, and serving children to their parents. I should be shocked, but these are barbarians who will stoop to anything … anything. Does anyone think they would do any less to…
July 8th, 2007 at 11:09 am
Obama’s Campaign Headquarters Burglarized…
DAVENPORT, Iowa (WBBM-TV/AP) - The Davenport, Iowa, campaign headquarters for presidential candidate Barack Obama was burglarized Friday evening.
Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor says two laptop computers and some campaign literature were taken. A campaign…
July 8th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
I’m going to have to disagree Angel, I like the choices. And too many choices is far better thsn limited choices.
July 8th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
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July 8th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Small mind world…
I’d suggest some remedial classes in geography and journalism for Mr. Rising. He could certainly use them….
July 8th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Peace Mother Sheehan Threatens to Oust Nancy Pelos…
Cindy’s back!…
July 9th, 2007 at 9:29 am
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July 9th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Scientists call for wider search for alien life…
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July 9th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Turkey Massing 140,000 Troops…
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July 13th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
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