Interesting subject that I hadn't thought much about, but the cutesy writing in the beginning almost stopped me from finishing. Fortunately I did finish, as the

Interesting subject that I hadn't thought much about, but the cutesy writing in the beginning almost stopped me from finishing. Fortunately I did finish, as the meat of the article is farther down. In summary, it turns out that we subconsciously order adjectives, most likely by intrinsic quality. That order is "general opinion or quality ('exquisite,' 'terrible'), specific opinion or quality ('friendly,' 'dusty'), size, shape, age, color, origin, and material."