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Question #28ยท8 September 2026ยทrevealed

Dinner with friends. You ordered the cheapest dish. How should the bill be split?

75 people in 5 countries answered on 8 September 2026. 60% said Pay for what you ordered.

Split it equally37.3%
Pay for what you ordered60%
Whoever invited pays2.7%
75
votes on this question
10,342
votes since launch
5
countries
8.2s
median gut time
59%
predicted the majority

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By country

Split it equallyPay for what you orderedWhoever invited pays
Everywhere else 53
3860

By age

Split it equallyPay for what you orderedWhoever invited pays
25 to 34 25
4452
Everywhere else 25
3264

By profession

Split it equallyPay for what you orderedWhoever invited pays
Everywhere else 25
5244
Most contrarian country: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USA. Only 54.2% sided with the global majority.

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In a wisehumans poll of 75 voters across 5 countries (8 September 2026), 60% chose "Pay for what you ordered". Source: wisehumans.org/q/dinner-with-friends-you-ordered-the-cheapest-dish-how

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Method

Self-selected online poll, no accounts: one vote per browser per day, capped per network address to limit repeat voting. Country derived at the network edge; age and profession self-reported from fixed lists. Buckets under 25 votes fold into "Everywhere else"; buckets under 5 are never published. Not weighted, not representative of any population.