An incomplete defence of Poor Choices.

Poor Choices began with a thread on our BoysChat(tm). Sean had mentioned that he'd watched Madame Web and that it sucked. Given that it hadn't been long since he'd confessed to watching and liking Rebel Moon - Part 1: A Child of Fire he was, of course, ridiculed for his terrible taste. I said I was going to start a site at SeansPoorDecisions.com.

The universe also likes a joke. Not long after that bout of hilarity I was forced to admit my own latest poor life choice. It was cheaper to settle on a single domain name rather than register a new one for everyone who does something stupid.

Our contributors are not experts. That is, in fact, the entire qualification. They are people who once said yes when no would have done, or who chose the harp over a savings account, or who hit Reply All on a Tuesday. They have agreed to write about it. They have not, for the most part, agreed to learn from it.

Editorial principles, such as they are

• No advice columns. If we knew, we wouldn't be here.
• No takedowns. You may only volunteer your own regrets, not others'.
• No redemption arcs. Sometimes the kayak is just in the living room.
• No AI confessions. If a machine made the choice, the machine can write about it.

The masthead

Poor Choices is edited by a rotating committee of people who answered an email they should not have answered. The masthead changes whenever someone reads their own contribution back and asks to be removed from it. We honour these requests, eventually.