A flaw in something that is close to perfect is almost always harder to handle than something more flawed that isn’t as close to perfection.
For example, a Chipotle at an airport is still better than most options, but it is worse than a normal Chipotle. You go in expecting Chipotle and leave disappointed because you get flawed airport Chipotle.
An example from the 2016 election is how many libertarians criticized Rand Paul for any position that was not purely libertarian. He was without a doubt the most libertarian candidate, but many preferred Trump. Charisma and persuasiveness have a lot to do with that, but so do expectations. No one was comparing Trump to an ideal. Everyone was comparing Rand to his dad, Ron Paul.
We are almost always comparing reality to some hidden expectation. If something is close enough to perfect that we can picture it, the flaws become much more intolerable.
If you go to a random Mexican restaurant at an airport and it turns out to be equal quality to airport Chipotle, you would feel great. But once it is called Chipotle it opens up to disappointment.
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