Subjective optimization complements sour grapes, the inclination to see that which you can't have as that which you didn't want in the first place. Subjective optimization makes whatever you get stuck with seem better than that which you can no longer obtain. Metaphorically, it is the process that makes lemons into lemonade.
( David McRaney )
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