“A plethora of options! But you still have to choose.”

“Does that make them true options, then?”

“Of course it does!”

“But you’re given a set number of things from which you are to make your selection. Aren’t true options boundless and without constraint?”

“Perhaps. But then, don’t people have boundless options even when there is a constraint? I could give a person the options of “yes” and “no” and they can choose to go on a cruise instead. It doesn’t mean it will happen, it doesn’t mean they chose, but they still were able to exercise their freedom.”

“Shouldn’t we save this for a later discussion?”

“How do you mean?”

“I mean I think you should GET TO THE POINT OF THE BLOG!”

Here is a series of hypothetical questions for you all. I’ve provided sets of answers (choices, rather, since none of them answer anything, assuming there was something to answer in the first place, other than the direct question…agh, shut UP!) for you all to choose from. Have fun. And indulge me in your answers, if you like. Curiosity. Some, at least for me, are easier to answer than others. But that probably means I haven’t looked at them from all angles yet.

Option A: You are shown your future at a certain point in time (say, at age 40), and you have no way of changing it no matter what choices you make.
Option B: You are shown the same point in your future and you are given no hints as you how you got there.

Option A: You will never be able to trust anyone again.
Option B: You will never be able to be trusted again.

Option A: Be completely left in the dark when it comes to others’ opinions about you (they can’t tell you, etc.)
Option B: Know everything (both good and bad) everyone’s ever said about you behind your back.

Option A: Never have the capacity to love.
Option B: Never be able to be loved.

Bah. I had about three more, but I can’t remember them. I shall post them when they come back into my head. But with sufficient thought, I think these shall suffice for a while.

Wee.