Comment by garciasn

TIL of Bikeshedding, or Parkinson’s Law of Triviality.

Defined as the tendency for teams to devote disproportionate time and energy to trivial, easy-to-understand issues while neglecting complex, high-stakes decisions. Originating from the example of arguing over a bike shed's color instead of a nuclear plant's design, it represents a wasteful focus on minor details.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality

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I deal with this day in and day out. Thank you for informing me of the word that describes the laughable nightmares I deal with on the regular.