Saw a Substack note about a Turkish cat who will not eat the first sardine if you promise to bring more.
The famous sardine test.
Naturally, I started to question whether I would have failed the marshmallow test as a kid.
I’m pretty gluttonous. It’s been a topic of conflict. But I would not have failed the test. Because rules. I would have known what the expected correct answer was, and would have suppressed my hunger. But these days...
I think I would consciously fail the test. Chose to eat the marshmallow now.
After all, the three marshmallows are not a given. People are forgetful. And they don’t care that you tried not to eat this one because of what they said they would do if you don’t. I will take the sure thing.
Sometimes that’s the actual right answer.