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Girls and Nerds, or, Alternatively, Girl Nerds

by Susana Polo | 9:30 am, August 16th

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This is what I never do with Skittles, like, every single time I eat them.

1. Sort all by color.

2. Throw groups of five, one of each color, back in the bag.

3. Consume uneven leftovers.

4. Consume remainder of the bag five at a time, one of each color at a time.

But obviously I’m missing out and graphs should become involved.

(Angela Melik’s Wasted Talent via Reddit.)

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  • http://www.facebook.com/charlotte.dekoning Charlotte DeKoning

    I do the same thing!!!  Er… I mean… I /never/ do that…  ;-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1436010143 Kate Orlando

    When eating M&Ms, I like to set up a 1-on-1 bracket to test their strength by smashing them against each other until one cracks.  I eat the losers and continue the testing until one final supreme M&M is found and is declared the ultimate champion.  I always mean to save them for some sort of all stars battle, but they somehow always disappear.  Weird.
     
    Super Nerd Note: It’s always bothered me that I can’t find a more statistically viable way of finding a champion, but until that day I will continue doing my bracket style competition :)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_R2FMHKH5PXMKNIJ5PDG37N4SVQ Erin

    I sort them by color, arrange them into a graph, and then eat them largest group to second smallest group until all groups have the same number as the smallest group.  Then I eat them one by one until one of each flavor remains, at which point (if it’s skittles) I group them according to flavor compliment (Green and Yellow; Red and Purple; Orange by itself) or (if it’s M&Ms) I pair them according to closest color compliment (Red-Green; Blue-Orange; Brown-Yellow), and then eat the pairs, or in the case of skittles, I sandwich the eating of the lone orange one between the pairs. 

    Sometimes though, I just like to make pictures with them instead. :D

  • http://profiles.google.com/saintmercy57 Murray Johnson

    I once used paper chromatography to determine the types of pigments used in the candy shells of Skittles and M&Ms. The results were interesting. They both used the same red. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/maude.garner Red Garner

    I eat them least favorite flavor first, followed by second least until I have only my favorites left (usually purple and orange) and then I alternate between the two. M&M’s go by color, so red is saved til the very end. I have never met anyone else who does this.

  • http://twitter.com/curiositykt curiositykt

    I do exactly this as well.