In fact, we should do this ASAP, before we end up in such a situation. So let’s do it right now, together, on three: one… two… three!
I would have liked a warning before this phrase, because as I was reading it, one part of my brain automatically started thinking about trying to precommit to the Great Commitment, while another was (literally) screaming very loudly that it would be extremely stupid to do so without thinking it through. I was just left confused for a bit.
Of course, this kind of precommitment, if it is possible at all, would not arise simply from reading the phrase and trying to parse it. But the experience of going through that without being warned beforehand was still a bit disturbing.
I would have liked a warning before this phrase, because as I was reading it, one part of my brain automatically started thinking about trying to precommit to the Great Commitment, while another was (literally) screaming very loudly that it would be extremely stupid to do so without thinking it through. I was just left confused for a bit.
Of course, this kind of precommitment, if it is possible at all, would not arise simply from reading the phrase and trying to parse it. But the experience of going through that without being warned beforehand was still a bit disturbing.