OCD People Egg Carton Test

Submission 10,603

About

OCD People Egg Carton Test refers to a viral debate based on a photograph of a carton containing four eggs in different positions, asking people who have been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder to choose which position they prefer.

Origin

The earliest known image of the challenge was published on November 19th, 2015 by Imgur ^[1] user Tasaria. The image features four images of eggs in various positions below the text that reads "OCD People: You Have 4 Eggs Remaining. Which Is Correct?" The post received more than 1,200 points (shown below). It is likely that this is not the original post as the watermark reads "www.thefarthestreaches.com." However, the image no longers exists on the website.

Several media outlets covered the test, including Foodbeast.com,^[4] Food52.com,^[5] NBC's Today,^[6] Business Insider,^[7] Hello Giggles^[8] and more.

Spread

The following year, Facebook ^[2] user Susie Janzen posted a variation of the image. The post received more than 1,500 comments, 345 reactions and 285 shares in three years (shown below, left).

On February 3rd, 2018, Twitter ^[3] user @BrianFaughnan tweeted, "Hey OCD folks. Do you empty the egg carton right to left, or left to right?" The tweet received more than 370 comments (shown below, right).