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I have a trick I do: flip a coin to decide. You tend to make a decision before the coin lands, rather than have blind fate make the choice for you.

The opportunity to "decide in the air" is one of the things that's missing from "feeling lucky" recommendations, too much happens in that one step.

Can you elaborate on choice paralysis? What is really at play here - that you are worried you will have wasted time with a bad movie?

glad you like it! paradox of choice all the way, the time constraint helps people expend more energy over a short period of time