Criticize all you want. I can give reasons.

The "lemons and limes" is somewhat better than "take my spear" because it gives you atleast a little gold. But because its on day 4, you should already have a Hook or Hoard.

you're talking how good are in terms of endless , then if you have darkness perk lemons and limes is really good( one of the better perks for endless)

why is the lemons and limes good? You need max shield or max damage to go into endless. I dont see why gold is needed for those stuff.

early gold is what you need to start the snowball

The "take my spear" choice is not that good because its bad stats, there are better spears like Silver Lance or Noble Spear. Since it comes at day 4. You should already have better stuff than that.