The Sliding Scale of Giving a Fuck

One day, we were going a few rounds over a small detail (I can’t even remember what it was, honestly) when Andy suddenly brought the conversation to a halt:

Hold on a second. I’m like a two-out-of-ten on this. How strongly do you feel?

I’m probably a six-out-of-ten, I replied after a couple moments of consideration.

Cool, then let’s do it your way.

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Someone said to me once: if everything is an emergency, then nothing is.The Sliding Scale of Giving a Fuck