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OK. A thing happened on Friday that I'm trying to work out how to properly explain. I was at Can Can Wonderland with a group. I was hungry and apparently no one else was, so I got a pizza (which was bigger than expected). I was interrupted because they were taking a group photo, and I said "that is awkward timing". Was told i could probably hold my food during the photo, but I decided not to, despite this being a completely reasonable plan.
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I know that I had very quickly calculated the resource expenditure of getting up to be in the photo and decided it was not worth it. A lot of non-verbal thought was packed into a few moments, and it's surprisingly difficult to "unpack" that into words.
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- Photos are already a demanding task, and I would've been additionally "encumbered" by carrying a pizza during the process.
Of course, explaining any of that in the moment would've itself been a demanding task, so I just awkwardly said no, and that was accepted. Had people been less reasonable and willing to accommodate, it could've escalated into a conflict in which I come off as stubborn/inflexible.
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So, what were the resource costs? I think it was: