In a recent election, I was allegedly presented with two choices. I didn't like either one of them, so I voted for a third party. That person had no chance of winning, and some would say I threw my vote away, but I couldn't bear to choose either of the big names.
One of the scary things about choices and consequences is we make oodles of choices every day without stopping to consider all the possible consequences. Years later, we look back and say "Oops!" or perhaps "That was a great choice!" But if we took the time to consider all possible outcomes every day, we'd never make any decisions at all, and just be frozen. That's no good, either.