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Add haver here, I almost always know I don't have the information and understand that I am probably being impatient or "incorrect" however with many things I. Life the consequences for being slightly incorrect don't outway the effort of thinking things through for longer.
This happens a lot in group settings. "What game should we play? And everyone spends 10-15 minute waffling about this or that. Just decide one I have other shit to do and have a job. This is the only limited time I have. Or picking a movie to watch, or what restaurant to eat at, or what day we wanna meet up for an rpg or whatever.
Rather than getting all the information and making a decision my friends will often times just take long enough to decide not do anything at all or social gatherings get procrastinated for weeks.
I'd rather do something for certain than wait around for people to find a perfect solution to things that do not have perfect solutions.
How often do you spend a substantial amount of time deliberating something to only get it wrong anyway?
Now if we're talking something like the steps to repair a car or do important tasks then yes I can totally get waiting and figuring everything out.
But that's just my opinion and how my brain works.
All that said it ally value the autistic girlfriend I have because she fills in those gaps for situations. That really require further thought that I simple am not equipped for lol