1 Alvissa: Okay. If we go around the mountains, do we go north or south?
2 Mordekai: North!
2 Dwalin: Sooth! {translation: South!}
3 Mordekai: North!!
3 Dwalin: Sooth!! {translation: South!!}
4 Alvissa: <sigh> See, this is why we should go over.
4 Lambert: You mean under.

Having too many options is terrible.

When you are restricted in your choices and have only one option for how to proceed, you simply proceed. When you need to make a choice, you can end up dithering and get nowhere.

There's an interesting classical philosophical paradox about this sort of thing, named Buridan's Ass.

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2023-01-01 Rerun commentary: If stuck choosing between two equally viable options, you could always take a third option. The problem is if there's a fourth option and you end up stuck between choosing from one of the two bizarre things that nobody else would ever consider.

That's when you take a fifth option!