# X but Y — Meme Lab

Use X but Y when someone faces a revealing choice between competing options.

- What it expresses: Choice exposes priorities: the central figure’s choice exposes priorities posture in X but Y represents a moment where someone faces a revealing choice between competing options.
- Example: For example, the team rejects the safe rollback and chooses the risky launch; the visual analogy is the central figure’s choice exposes priorities posture in X but Y, signaling that someone faces a revealing choice between competing options.
- When not to use it: Avoid when there is no meaningful choice or preference; the central figure’s choice exposes priorities posture in X but Y would incorrectly signal that someone faces a revealing choice between competing options.
- Tags: choice, preference
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