there are a lot of life choices u can make that seem short term somewhat positive with few issues, very much "why not might as well", but in fact include absolutely catastrophic tail risks in ways that are tough to see as directly causal.

these are lifetraps. be wary.

there are many examples, some i can't say. a pointer to this is something like: staying close friends with someone after finding out they're a compulsive liar

another would be "dating someone it clearly won't work out with bc it's fun at the time"