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Rant: I asked a room full of strangers to pick my new couch color and got 47 opinions in 20 minutes
Posted a pic of my beige living room in a "help me pick" thread on a whim, thinking maybe 3 or 4 folks would chime in. Instead I got 47 replies, half yelling "sage green or nothing" and one guy insisting I paint the whole room navy to match a couch I don't even own yet. The wild part is I went with the top suggestion (a warm rust orange) and my sister walked in, stared at it for 10 seconds, and just said "huh." Now I'm sitting here wondering if internet strangers have better taste than my own family, so what's the weirdest thing you've let a random forum decide for you?
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brianm278d ago
Kind of proves the whole "wisdom of the crowd" thing is only half true, right? People online will give you 47 loud opinions in 20 minutes, but nobody has to live with the couch, and your sister does, so her ten second "huh" carries way more weight than it should. I've noticed the same thing with restaurant picks and baby names, where forums are great for ideas and terrible for the final call. The rust orange was probably fine, but next time maybe ask the person who has to sit on it.
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