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[jinian]

Am I really the only one who eats her M&Ms by color until each color group has the same number of members, and then makes little patterns and attractive color combinations in the chosen mouthfuls?

Yeah, I thought so.

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[rosefox]

I do this if I have more than a few in my hand at once, but often I'm just shaking them out of the package and eating them as they come out. Ditto Reese's Pieces.

With Skittles, I'm much pickier. I first sort out the purple- and orange-flavored ones and discard them, and then take the rest in same-color groups of 3 or 4. But that's a flavor thing more than a color thing. I also do Skittle genetic testing, which doesn't work nearly as well with other small candies: Take two between thumb and first finger, and squeeze. The first one that crumbles is inferior and must be consumed. The one that survives is matched against the next Skittle. Continue until there is only one SuperDuperSkittle left, which you then eat to symbolize your higher position in the food chain.

I suddenly wonder what people in Skittle-free cultures do that's similar to this sort of ridiculous timewasting. *)