On the note of this webcomic, what is the proper way to cut a sandwich (in this case, clearly not including heroes)?

– Ben, via email.

Triangles, and it’s not even close. Anytime you’re working with a sandwich made on two square pieces of bread, it should be cut diagonally.

A sandwich cut into two rectangles presents only 90-degree angles from which to take the first bite. That’s suboptimal. The 45-degree angles created by a diagonal slice allow you to stuff way more sandwich into your mouth for the first bite, which is well-known to be the most important bite of the sandwich.

This is all assuming you start all your sliced sandwiches at a corner, which you probably do unless you’re seven years old. And it further assumes you eat those sandwiches from the inside out, finishing with the crust, because you’re not some sort of freak.

To help with this study, I drew this handy and very scientific diagram: