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The reality is that if people know there is an event coming up that they have some say in, they will tend to think about where to go or what to in the interim. It will probably result in a different decision than a truly spontaneous decision with no prior contemplation.

That's not a bad thing. It will probably tend to improve the outcome on average.

It's just not what the word spontaneously means in English. And you asked.

Living language evolves. It's not a big deal. But that's simply not the current meaning of that English word for the Anglosphere.



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