Current Events > tip of my tongue: phrase for when people overcomplicate the simple stuff...

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pinky0926
08/09/23 6:56:37 AM
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...but ignore or oversimplify the important stuff?

It's something like "macroing the minutiae" or "maxing the minimum".

A good example is in fitness/weight lifting. People spend a lot of time worrying about supplements, egg whites and precise wrist supination, and not enough time worrying about whether they're eating enough or actually training hard.

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Foppe
08/09/23 6:57:47 AM
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Manhood

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cuttin_in_farm
08/09/23 7:05:52 AM
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Missing the forest for the trees?

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ViewtifulJoe
08/09/23 7:06:49 AM
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It's not mountain out of a molehill is it?

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MrResetti
08/09/23 7:08:07 AM
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Smoking half the hog with twice the coals
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Ricemills
08/09/23 7:09:18 AM
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Occam give up and and grow the beard

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pinky0926
08/09/23 7:11:59 AM
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cuttin_in_farm posted...
Missing the forest for the trees?

I mean that works but not the phrase I was looking for. It's something closer to what I suggested.

ViewtifulJoe posted...
It's not mountain out of a molehill is it?

Not quite

MrResetti posted...
Smoking half the hog with twice the coals

Literally never heard this but I adore it

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Unsuprised_Pika
08/09/23 7:18:13 AM
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cuttin_in_farm posted...
Missing the forest for the trees?


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Hornezz
08/09/23 7:19:28 AM
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Penny wise and pound foolish? Though not sure how often that's used outside of money-related things.

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