None. They’re all stamped from thin sheet metal. Tines and handles are too thin and will bend.

Definitely 2. All other answers are just plain wrong.

2. 1 is also nice, every other choice is heresy.

I think 5

Neurodivergents*

Head of 2, body of 5.

2, 5 if there are no clean 2s

It's a trick question, they're all bad.

(I have autism)

I want to say 2 because longest fork depth, but 4 has that round mouth feel with still good fork depth without being too aggressive about the curvature like 5. The thicker outer prongs grip slippery/heavy food better too.

I'm going 4.

Also because 2 has that annoying fin. The worst forks do that, and also curve down. Hurts my hands, but I'm a giant with bear paws so YMMV.

2 its just right

5, obviously

Apostrophe catastrophe.

Oh, there are forks: #2.

Also team 2

2. Pasta!

2 but 3 would do as a second tier choice if 2 was dirty.

Also whoever said the tines of 2 and the handle of 5 is correct.

2, if I wanted it to be round, I'd have grabbed a spoon.

Came here thinking I'd be the odd man out by saying #2, I'm pleasantly surprised.

My partner has ADHD and autism and they swear by 5. That's IKEA's cheap fork and in our house I'm forced to use all the other forks (which are better so whatever). In their words: "all the other ones are too pointy". I don't fucking know.

Wooden chopsticks. Metal is too loud to eat with, plus I'm clumsy enough to end up biting the fork and hurting my teeth.

I do like playing with forks though! Some heavier and more angular shapes, like 2, tend to have a really nice balance to them and are satisfying to twirl in my fingers while I'm working on something.

Those all look horrible, mine's better, it kinda looks like it has the head of #2 and body of #5

Why would this not apply to neurotypicals? seems to me that most people would have at least a slight preference

1 or 5

I'd pick 5 but none of these look all that comfy

1

2 or 5

My fork is the correct fork. None of these are my fork.

In the event of a fork loss, any of these forks could become my fork after a period of time, probably about a month or so until it felt right.

4

2. Slim fork, wide handle.

of the ones losted? 2. However, have you considered wood fork?

2 if I’m cutting with a knife, 3 for cake, 5 for pie, 1 for a shitty salad bar salad just for the nostalgia, and 4 for that hard to reach spot between the shoulder blades.

The real answer is... chopsticks!

I don't like any of them

Depends on the weight for me.

All those with cupped handles look light and need the cupping for structural support, but 5 is thick in the right way. The head is wrong, though.

All heads are wrong for me. Either to long vor thick. And 1 is to rectangly.

Clearly its the tines of 2 and the handle of 5. Anything else is madness.

My reasoning is quite simple. The tines on the No.2 fork are longer than the others. Long things are often associated with quality, status and refinement (Long fingers, long lashes, long legs etc.). The extra length suggest dexterity and precision.

Conversely the comparatively stubby tines of the No.1 fork would likely suit a toddler or an adult who isn't allowed near pointy things without supervision. Similarly the tines of the No.5 fork suggest that this utensil was born wanting to be a spoon but then was made into a fork at the last minute. This hypothesis is further supported by the rounded end of it's handle which would suit a spoon rather well.

Numbers 3 and 4 forks are usually, in my experience found in establishments where you help yourself to cutlery from big pots with grubby labels marked "SPOONS", "KNIVES" and "FORKS".

Now to the handles. Although the tines of the No.2 fork are pleasing, it then lets itself down with a handle that widens to the point of absurdity. Perhaps the thought was that it would help the extremely aged keep a firm grip while spooning tapioca past loose dentures.

So a cleaned up fork made from an amalgam of the refined tines of No. 2 fork and the pleasantly rounded handle of No. 5 are the only option for any adult with reasonable dexterity.

Hot take: 1

Definitely not 5 because it looks like it's trying to be a spoon, but you can't eat soup with a fork (well, technically you can but it'd take a long time).

1 - the tines on it are plenty long and it's narrower than most of the others

It probably says a lot about me to be able to articulate this, but it's 100% 3 because of the way the head has a low flare leading to a high taper. The others are all way too flat or round, save for 1, but it's out because the spaces between the tines terminate too high.

And no, I don't have a reason for this, it's entirely based on how I feel about forks.

All of them have a flat handle. My personal preference is for a cylindrical handle. Heavier and easier to hold. Flat cutlery that looks like it was stamped out of sheet metal won’t do at all.

Handle of 5 + the fork of 3