ALBUQUERQUE—Inspired by a recent dining experience, local visionary Doug Larkin has announced his groundbreaking theory that “the food hits different when it ain’t yours.” Larkin stumbled upon this revelation after sampling a colleague’s fries during a lunch break. “The saltiness was unparalleled,” he claimed, insisting that no food on his own plate could match the flavor profile.

Energized by his discovery, Larkin has initiated an informal study group to further investigate this phenomenon. “We’ve been swapping lunch items weekly,” Larkin revealed, “Results show our participants unanimously agree: borrowed bites enhance taste perception.” Scientists have been baffled but are eagerly awaiting the peer-reviews of Larkin’s anecdotal findings.

In an extreme twist, Larkin proposes that global satisfaction gaps could close entirely if adopted on a larger scale. “Imagine world peace through shared suppers!” he enthusiastically declared, extending an olive branch—and an appetizer—to his neighboring table, “Food-sharing could solve the world’s problems, one fork at a time.”