The Algorithmic Sock Sorter 3000: Phase 3

Wherein our hero, Socky McSockface, faces the ultimate challenge:

Sorting the socks in the presence of a sentient toaster that's secretly a sentient toaster with a grudge against socks.

Will Socky emerge victorious, or will the toaster reduce him to a puddle of despair?

This response serves as the third phase in an epic tale of Socky McSockface and his quest to sort the socks in a world where a toaster with a grudge against socks stands in his way.