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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by spicytuna62@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

This is a real thing I do. It feels weird if the weight of the carton isn't evenly balanced when I take it from the fridge.

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[-] MikeOxlong@lemm.ee 74 points 2 weeks ago
[-] bamboo 23 points 2 weeks ago

According to this I am chaotic neutral, not sure what that means? I aim to balance the weight evenly, when pulling out of the fridge, the carton stays level.

[-] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

I use Lawful Good for the same reason. Both keep the center of weight in the middle, but your method is more evenly distributed.

[-] fakir@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

I'm chaotic good. Balanced haphazardly and without order.

[-] Rokin@lemm.ee 12 points 2 weeks ago

There is always a relevant xkcd.

[-] Pilon23@feddit.dk 6 points 2 weeks ago

My wife insists on true neutral and I can't think of a worse way of doing it. I try to counterbalance with lawful good whenever I have eggs, bit I'm always playing catch up...

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I disagree with most of those. Lawful neutral is evil for example, as it imbalances the carton away from the hinge.

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Knowing Randall, I wouldn't be surprised if he actually got his own DnD group, or conducted some sort of poll, where he actually asked people already in certain alignment categories to describe their own egg carton balancing patterns... or lack thereof.

That would come closer to the actual alignments self representing...

But also I have no idea, this is just my head canon now rofl.

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Chaotic good here.

Yep, I'm an Autist.

... Also had a mom with pretty severe OCD, so I always remember that 'good enough is good enough', in scenarios like this.

EDIT:

... Also also, I find the lawful evil solution to be utterly diabolical and actually makes me angry just being exposed to it conceptually... which I guess does make sense, opposite sections of the chart.

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[-] amedd69@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Per this example I'm lawful good

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[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 47 points 2 weeks ago

it's just sensible. if you take from one end, you run the risk of unexpectedly grabbing the 'light end' and accidentally dropping the partial carton on the floor next time you take it out of the fridge.

[-] don@lemm.ee 18 points 2 weeks ago

Bam. Right here. It’s all about that weight distribution, simple as. First time I grabbed a carton by the light end, my stomach dropped. Not having that, no way.

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

So always put the heavy (short, not long) end facing the door, so you always grab the heavy end, and never have this problem.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago

exactly, set yourself up for success

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[-] SCmSTR 29 points 2 weeks ago

You try to take the egg carton out of the fridge and it's unbalanced ONE TIME...

[-] 4am@lemm.ee 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The problem now is living with someone who doesn’t do this and then you expect it to be balanced because you take the time and effort to be precise as a show of appreciation for the others around you so they don’t befall the same fate that YOU now must suffer as you discover the eggs are now unbalanced and they spill all over the floor, because they didn’t happen to hyper focus these exact thoughts and how could they be so inconsiderate after you put in so much effort to focus on this to prevent this exact situation

Bro life is too exhausting wtf

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[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Eggs all over the floor! Especially if the carton is also not quite hooked shut, or slightly creased.

[-] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago

I do this and I am not austic.

I might have picked it up from this guy.

[-] laranis@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, this is a common sense thing. If you don't balance the mass the next time you pull it out of the fridge there's a good chance the imbalance causes the carton to twist or to bang it on something on the way out.

[-] hungryphrog 3 points 1 week ago

If your carton can physically do that, then either your carton is paper and not carton, or your eggs have stones inside them.

[-] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I’m not autistic or OCD, and I do this too. It’s just common sense and mildly entertaining.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

I do also balance the carton. Not always absolute symmetry but don't want someone to drop them.

[-] Quexotic@infosec.pub 11 points 1 week ago

Huh... I do this too. I like the box to be balanced when I take it outta the fridge.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I do this because the weight distribution is even so i don’t drop the carton when grabbing it out of the fridge again

[-] CafecitoHippo@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Or you just put the heavy end facing the door of the refrigerator so you always are picking up the heavy end and not the empty end. It should be that way anyways if you're putting the eggs in the fridge because you'd also want to be holding the stable end of the carton and not the empty side.

[-] Kommeavsted@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

But what if all the ends are stable and there is no empty side?

[-] CafecitoHippo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Then you don't have teenagers that are taking eggs from the carton to make scrambled eggs at 10pm. They happen to put the eggs back in correctly because they need the sturdy side to handle them. I don't need to teach them fractal patterns to take eggs out.

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[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

now kick your egg balancing autism into high gear to start balancing electrons on atoms to discover new elements.

or balance the number of molecules to create a new type of crystal that cures cancer.

or...you get the picture.

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[-] bejean@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I do this too for weight distribution, but I don't make sure it's symmetrical. I'm worried someone in my family will be surprised by the uneven weight of the carton when they pull it off the shelf and drop it.

[-] sep@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

This is the way!

[-] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

YOU'RE A GENIUS ! I take eggs out starting by one end and it always feels super weird to have an unbalanced carton, I'll have to try your method.

[-] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I'm positive there is a correlation between ocd and autism. This seems like it's hinting at a more ocd thing. Still it's not entirely irrational itself.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 6 points 2 weeks ago

I think with this carton you can get a weight-balanced arrangement for any number of eggs except one and seventeen. So whatever you do at the start and end of the carton, it better involve at least two eggs

[-] Quexotic@infosec.pub 5 points 1 week ago

There's another way to egg?

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

not autistic but I picked up a very unbalanced egg carton once and realized we shouldn't have unbalanced egg cartons. it's just sensible.

[-] Shamber@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Balance is everything, I don't want the carton to flip on me cause the eggs are placed randomly

[-] ViperActual@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ngl I'm too lazy to do this and just take eggs out from right to left. I always put the carton back in the fridge the same way so the weight is always on the end I grab.

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[-] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Whoa look at Mr moneybags here, flexing with an 18 eggs container

[-] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Per egg it is cheaper than buying the dozen.

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[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

When it must be inbalanced due to the number of eggs, as long as the extra weight is towards the hinge then it retains the safety benefits of being balanced.

Since I get eggs while holding the carton I tend to take from the 'outside' row first, starting at the ends, and work my way into the center by the hinge. This puts the weight in the hand I'm using to hold the carton and works well even for 18 and 24 count cartons. If I set the carton down before yoinking eggs, I would go for more balance.

[-] seeigel@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

How are you going to rearrange the eggs when you take out the next egg?

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

you take out another egg

[-] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

And if you are left with a prime number of eggs?

[-] rooster_butt@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

2 is a prime. I think you meant odd.

[-] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago

Of course, how could I forget about the oddest prime!

[-] ShortFuse@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Always removed in two, there are. No more. No less.

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T'was the tism m'lord

[-] ModestCrab@lemmy.wtf 2 points 2 weeks ago

Huh, maybe I should give it a try…..

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