to be fair to LW, decision fatigue can be really difficult for some people. It's why I intentionally avoid certain kinds of shops (big ones, mostly), and why internet shopping is so hard for me (since I can theoretically pick exactly the set of characteristics I want). LW's complaint that
even with the problems of supply, they somehow still manage to pack the refrigerators with new choices
is an intentional dark pattern of food manufacturers, developed by psychologists, to keep endless swapping in new variants of ice cream, cereal, cookies, etc., so your reward systems for novelty kick in. Some people aren't susceptible to it, and that's awesome, but it's an intentional brain hack on the part of the stores. Coupons and sales are the same psychological manipulation, at least in grocery stores.
LW is wrong to make it a culturally based value judgement, but right that it's a problem for them. The columnist's advice to pre-decide what to buy is a good counter to the manipulation effects.
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to be fair to LW, decision fatigue can be really difficult for some people. It's why I intentionally avoid certain kinds of shops (big ones, mostly), and why internet shopping is so hard for me (since I can theoretically pick exactly the set of characteristics I want). LW's complaint that
is an intentional dark pattern of food manufacturers, developed by psychologists, to keep endless swapping in new variants of ice cream, cereal, cookies, etc., so your reward systems for novelty kick in. Some people aren't susceptible to it, and that's awesome, but it's an intentional brain hack on the part of the stores. Coupons and sales are the same psychological manipulation, at least in grocery stores.
LW is wrong to make it a culturally based value judgement, but right that it's a problem for them. The columnist's advice to pre-decide what to buy is a good counter to the manipulation effects.