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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28910463

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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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Why would you ever want your eggs to be asymmetrical if you could help it? Eggs are fragile and symmetry promotes greater carton balance

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

If there is one thing that seemed useless in school that actually is useful in every day life, it's learning how to engineer a thing so you can drop an egg without breaking the egg.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

"Balanced, as all things should be."

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

TIL: I have autism.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

To be fair, even weight distribution will lessen the chances for someone grabbing the empty end and having the heavy end droop the carton causing eggs to fall on the floor (this is a lessons learned) 🥚

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I keep all the eggs at the end that's facing out, where I grab it. Less leverage on the carton.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

More eggs in hand.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

What if you only wanted one egg?

Me: sorry, that's just not possible.

[–] pedantichedgehog 5 points 3 weeks ago

The only correct way to remove eggs, duh

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

oh shit… i do the same thing 😭😭

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck. I sorta do this. Not our of some need for symmetry, but so it's center of gravity is as close to the center of the carton as possible. Dropping eggs sucks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Maybe I'm not autistic enough... But what do you do when there's an odd number of eggs left?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago

There are not an odd number of eggs.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Zig zag them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I do similar but take out the outer corner ones first because they're the most likely to get knocked in the fridge :P

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I've never done this before, but as soon as I saw it I realized I've been doing things so wrong. If I can ever afford eggs again, I'll do this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I do this! If I'm the one cooking, I'm cooking eggs in pairs so there's never an odd number too.