There are a lot more pluses than minuses.

The pluses aren’t interesting enough for me tell stories about on HN, so you’re getting a skewed image.

Ha, I would typically assume the former. Usually people lead with the strongest/most desirable option. The remainder are all technically available.

This is absolutely my experience as well. I used to encounter this regularly in a professional context and ended up just replying with a confirmation that "option A" was what he'd agreed to. I was never mistaken.