I think this is the reason why many smart-ish people would fail the question because they'd assume there is a gotcha. The breakfast question simply asks a person to think of an hypothetical, but many smart-asses think trick questions are proper questions because they want to feel like they smarter when people can't answer because they're not in the joke.
I do have a three digit IQ, and if someone randomly asks me how would I feel if I didn't eat breakfast, I'd think they're trying to prank me or it's some meme I'm not aware of. Unfortunately, we're full of people who have convinced themselves that pranks are not only the epitome of fun, they're also the epitome of intelligence.
At the end, this can become an overthinking too. Remember that guy who claimed that 2 and 2 could be 5? His argument wasn't mathematical but semantic, and he thought this was a good argument. People act in so much bad faith now that other people, even smart ones, feel the need to be defensive all the time because people are looking for their gotcha.