Relevant XKCD

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.

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

I do this and I am not austic.

I might have picked it up from this guy.

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

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

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

I do that all the time. The eggs MUST BE balanced.

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.

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.

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

This is the way!

There's another way to egg?

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

T'was the tism m'lord

I usually create checkered patterns to keep a consistent weight balance and keep box strength strength against external force evenly spread.

I guess a three-egg omelette is out of the question then

Symmeggrical

Huh, maybe I should give it a try…..

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

I remember my sister dropping the last of the eggs casue one side was heavy. She was so upset.

Why do this.