Which of these new kinds of food would you want named after you?

[scottmichaud@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@maj @evan I mean... it would be fitting to name a cheesy ham after me.

[silvermoon82@wandering.shop]

@evan
I myself am an exotic fruit.

[benbrown@masto.hackers.town]

@evan an espresso drink

[brahvim@mastodon.gamedev.place]

Thinking-thinking-thinkiiing! I felt:
- Fruit would send the name as far as possible!
- Dessert name would be... let's be honest, just *sweet*...
- Sandwich? Huh. Well, that's *one* way to get your name! Also a more realistic scenario!
- ...No, not the cereal. Never the cereal! Who wants to be known for billions' *corporate-dependent* mornings?!

[dneary@mastodon.ie]

@maj @evan I answered based on likelihood - a fruit is unlikely, but a deli sandwich... That's within reach!

[manchicken@defcon.social]

@evan Breakfast deli sandwich, to be clear. None of this lunch time nonsense

[maj@cosocial.ca]

@dneary @evan you gotta reach for the stars man!

[chigaze@mstdn.ca]

@maj @evan It’s the only savoury thing in the list.

[maj@cosocial.ca]

@Chigaze @evan ok, maybe you have a point.
But I could be one of those weirdly dry and bitter tropical fruits with a thick rind and too many slimy seeds. Like you try it and wonder if your host family is fucking with you.

[maj@cosocial.ca]

@Montaagge @evan bread always feels like love.

[james@social.wynning.tech]

@evan
A castle siege themed cereal with cereal shapes like little battle figures so you can stage a battle and then eat it afterwards.

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@james I would buy that cereal

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@dneary

What kind of fruit do you imagine davenearia would be?

@maj

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@benbrown so, there *has* to be some kind of shoe or tap dance step or bowler hat called a "Ben Brown" already?

[a_cubed@mastodon.social]

@Ashedryden @evan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_(Japanese_TV_series)

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@benbrown well, I stand corrected. The field is wide open! Although this Ben Brown (blogger) fellow sounds interesting...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Brown

[mungencakes@kolektiva.social]

@evan Mungen Flakes

[mayintoronto@beige.party]

@evan fruit! I'd probably be allergic to it for maximum irony.

[sysop408@sfba.social]

@maj I was too and I wonder if it has something to do with the psychology of having to make a choice where you have no clear preference.

I didn't feel motivated to choose any of them so I was about to choose the first one by default, but went "No, don't just pick the first one because you're lazy. Everyone else will do that."

So I picked the next one.

@evan

[maj@cosocial.ca]

@sysop408 @evan As an information architect I constantly warn clients about the "Aardvark effect" where users will just default to the first item e.g. in a list of tags for content publishing.

Counter this with the wine list effect, where everyone picks the second-to-most cheap wine to the point that restaurants list the one they want to offload there.