For me, it may be that the toilet paper roll needs to have the open end away from the wall. I don’t want to reach under the roll to take a piece! That’s ludicrous!

That or my recent addiction to correcting people when they use “less” when they should use “fewer”

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    So if there were scrambled eggs and caviar on the table. You say pass the eggs and someone without hesitation hands over the caviar are they wrong?

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      Out of the two, does one look at caviar and truly think “eggs” first? Before eggs ?

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        They are a tie for me, because I think of them as salty fish eggs.

        A sushi place had an egg roll (sushi, not egg rolls) and I thought it was the little fish eggs thing but was actually scrambled egg in a rectangle. My disappointment was immense.

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      Hm, I think I’d pass you the scrambled eggs first, but I may hesitate and or ask for clarification. This example is a little different because there is some element of ambiguity involved. The intent in the experiment is to create a situation with zero ambiguity other than the “wrong” answer. I think you’ve created a different situation, more akin to there being a tuna sub on the table along with the hot dog and asking for “the sandwich” which isn’t nearly as good a test for this purpose.

      For your test, there’d have to be nothing egg-like besides the caviar. At least for it to be using the same methodology the test I created uses.

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        I think it is a great example of expectations.

        The hotdog and sandwich thing is silly because tacos are commonly thought of as a Mexican/Hispanic food and hot dogs are a US thing. Like how a chicken wrap and a chicken soft taco are different things even though both can have the same tortilla and chicken, with different vegetables and spices/flavorings. Chicken wraps are often cold, but can be served warm without becoming a taco!

        It is a convoluted, arbitrary mess that only works because most people just go with the flow and don’t really think about things beyond the surface level.