When an offhand comment said during
conversation has danger of derailing the
whole thing into talking about an entirely different topic.
Usually
controversial, lures you in like bait then diverts your attention. It gets worse in group discussions.
Desmond: “So Eastside college is better because you get to choose
what you wanna do of your own free will”
Isaac: “But what is ‘free will’ really? Does anyone really have it?”
Michael: “I dunno if you think about how we make
decisions, they could already be
determined by subconscious out of our control”
Desmond: “True, just because you feel like you’re choosing-”
Adé: “-NO! STOP! Don’t fall for the Tangent Trap! We were talking about good colleges.”
Desmond: “Oh yeah! I forgot”