/ck/ - Food & Cooking

You can skewer and demolish your sushi with a fork then, OP. Chopsticks are still in style for a reason

>>18318039
I cannot listen to a man who thinks a sentence and a paragraph are the same thing. You obviously can't organize whatever inane ramblings come spilling out of your head into a single, cohesive statement, so why should I believe that you've actually considered what you say? I cannot, and thus must believe that you simply react to external stimuli and relay how it makes you feel on the inside to the outside world. In other words, you can't use chopsticks, and it makes you angry.

>He doesn't know how to use chopsticks.

>>18318039
>he doesn't know how to use chopsticks

>>18318048
>>18318080
I know how to use them and he's still right. Internationally, the fork and spoon is the standard. Chopsticks are largely a meme and are more about cultural heritage than practicality. They're objectively more difficult to use and less convenient for most forms of eating. They are better for some niche tasks but largely are not.

I use it for cooking, nice to turn small chunks of meat

>>18318089
>I know how to use them
Mhmm sure.

>>18318043
Forks can scoop as well as skewer.

>>18318089
>I know how to use them
Ok yeah sure, westerner trash

Chopsticks are more precise.
>tpbp
>/thread

>>18318039
If you know how to use to chopsticks it’s superior for picking small foods up. Als for useful for cooking.

>>18318097
Looks like I had a stroke typing that

>>18318091
I can. I learned how to use them since I heard a bunch of weebs saying how it's superior, and it isn't. You can't even say why it's better because it's not.

>>18318095
Smelly weeb

>>18318095
faggot weeb

>>18318136
>>18318108
>doesn't know how to use chopsticks
>has to use big tridents to eat food because all of the western education and goyslop has rendered his brain incapable of grasping chopsticks

>>18318039
You sounds like typical gnome users
Chopsticks are like kde or barebone

You can't catch a fly with a fork, fools.

>>18318043
>Chopsticks are still in style for a reason
Because Asians are autistically reverent of old things and will hold onto them forever.
They still use 1800s marble locking tech for their sodas instead of resealable screw tops.

>>18318190
it's called SOVL, dumb zoomer scum

>>18318039
I eat asian food with chopsticks because it’s fun and comfy I guess. I really do think it’s superior for stir fry, but I also use them pho just because when in rome

>>18318192
I was born in '86. Codd-neck bottles are just an awful design.

>>18318190
Old is not necessarily obsolete

>>18318145
weeb

>>18318190
>autistically reverent of old things and will hold onto them forever.
We still don't use the metric system in the US, you moron.

>>18318266
yes

>>18318261
Old isn't automatically good either. Chopsticks are largely obsolete. The one time I can think of that they're actually useful and not a complete meme is if the integrity of the food is super important. Then it's easier to handle with chopsticks. But it's extremely rare that this is ever the case.

>needing utensils to eat food
you have hands, use them

I tried to use it for a while because it seemed cool
its just worse than a simple fork in almost every way, I guess its still cool when you use it for japanese things but pretending its better is just...

>>18318190
well in ramune case its purely about the "aesthetics"

They're better for noodles, because you can just grab a mouthful instead of going poke poke twirl twirl. Also because they're basically an extension of your thumb and first fingers, it emulates the relaxed feel of grabbing snacks with your hand. Dim sum with a knife and fork would be lame in the same way eating a burger with a knife and fork would be.

>>18318299
i eat burgers and pizza with a knife and fork

>>18318190
>They still use 1800s marble locking tech for their sodas
no, one or two companies do as a gimmick. it's not like they don't have modern bottles in Asia

>>18318278
I think your main problem with sticks is you cant stuff your face in 3 seconds with them like you can do with a fork

>>18318315
This is the primary reason americans are enraged and confused by chopsticks. It has built in portion control.

>>18318190
The point of the marble was to make kids drink slower.

>>18318299
>They're better for noodles, because you can just grab a mouthful instead of going poke poke twirl twirl
You don't need to twirl it. You can get just as many noodles, if not more, with a fork. If you're going to slurp up the noodles with chopsticks anyways then just do the same with the fork rather than twirl for a neat clump.

>Also because they're basically an extension of your thumb and first fingers, it emulates the relaxed feel of grabbing snacks with your hand.
This is autism.

>>18318325
It was to save on the cost of metal.

>>18318315
>>18318318
Yeah great point you guys, people who use chopsticks regularly are definitely skinny and it does so much to control your proportions.

You brainlet fucking retards. Not to mention your argument is basically that chopsticks are less efficient tools for eating as if that should be a point in their favor.

>>18318346
that's the most retarded strawman I've ever seen

>>18318332
fool how dare you disgrace this good board with your intentional shitpost responses.

You, my good sir, are a troll and a redditor.

>>18318350
That wasn't a strawman. By definition.

>>18318350
You must be new here

>>18318315
>>18318318
Whoa make way, two very thin chopsticks users with VERY small portions coming through! Look at that built in portion control, fellas!

>>18318039
They are more fun for noodles

>>18318371
t. american

>>18318350
In what way was that a strawman?

kek the americans REALLY got mad from that

>>18318305
You have a neurological disorder

>>18318377
The extra noodles are obviously shopped onto the chopstick. Real unshopped people don't do it.

I was taught to eat fried chicken with a knife and fork.

>retarded weebs say stupid shit
>get made fun of
>oh WOW you guys must be american or something!
top kek

>>18318393
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTQPOeG3SMs
Sadly not :(

>>18318283
I see India has stepped onto the pitch to play

>>18318326
>You don't need to twirl it.
Most noodles just slide off forks if you don't.
>This is autism.
picrel

>>18318043
sushi is a finger food.

>>18318039
noodles, hotpot, yakiniku off the top of my head.

>>18318039
Yes because chopsticks were made to be DISPOSABLE and CHEAP TO MAKE

I love chopsticks because i dont have to do dishes i can just throw them out after.

>>18318699
wat
you keep them and clean them like any other utensil. it's not uncommon to have a little carry bag for them so you can use them for takeout.

The level of smug I'm feeling right now because your posts were all deleted.

I have lacquer ware and a pair of elephant ivory chopsticks myself, I enjoy them, especially the ivory ones.

>>18318039
Why do we still wear shoes with laces when velcro shoes or even slip-on shoes are much easier to wear?

>>18319228
Velcro isn't reliable enough and slip on shoes only work for walking. Do even a slight job or even a fast walk and you are slipping out of them.

>>18318039
damn, bruh...i'm white and i know how to use chopsticks. you got some serious issues.

I actually believe chopsticks are ubiquitous enough that I don't really bat an eye when non-Asian people use them effortlessly. To me, non-Asian people not being able to use chopsticks is a cliched TV trope from the 80s and 90s.

>>18318039
>He doesn't know how to use chopsticks

I have some big long ones (like my penis but mine is thick too) I use for cooking but don't think I've ever used them for eating besides for novelty. I lack the autism so the idea of spearing something with my fork to then dip in something doesn't bother me nor does using my fingers to eat sushi.

>>18318039
If you use a fork or your hands to eat sushi, you should be beaten and thrown in a swamp

>>18319816
bet you slurp when you eat noodles like a big fag too lmfao

>>18319816
You should bw beaten to dead for being intolerant.
>>18319819
Dont tell me you cut noodles to small segments, put them in a spoon and eat like a faggot.
The italian way with fork is effecient enough, but only really unsuitable for soup noodles dishes.
It is all about industrious and compact, why have multiple tools when you can have an omnipotent tool.
Rice? Muh sticks
Noodles? Muh sticks
Soup? Just drink it straight from the bowl
Everything else can be solve with the sticks.

>>18319816
Sushi was developed to be a finger food.

I literally can't eat a salad without chopsticks these days

>>18318039
There is only ONE (1) thing chop stinks are good for.

I read that it stems from avoiding weapons being present at the table

>>18319999

Chinks figured out thousands of years ago that you can pinch food.
Wypipo think they're smart for learning that you can stab food less than 500 years ago

>>18320019
I actually read somewhere that the Chinese actually did use forks (or something similar) before chopsticks were invented. Apparently, the reason they switched over to chopsticks was because they felt that stabbing things with a fork felt too "barbaric."

Rather ironic that they drew the line at forks, but later went on to become barbaric in other facets.

>>18320019
Forks aren't only for stabbing. Ever wondered why the tines are curved, or did you think that was an aesthetic affectation? Forks can do everything. They're beautifully designed.

>>18318039
Salad. Nearly impossible to pierce some pieces with a fork. Chopsticks are waaaay easier.

>>18320117
i don't need chopsticks to eat salad

>>18320130
Are you a fucking baboon?

>>18319999

>>18320131
Eating is as much a tactile experience as it is a tasting experience, there's no need to distance yourself from your meal

Is there an actual term for the "If you dislike this thing then you must be bad at it" fallacy
is it just a spinoff of sour grapes
for the record I do know how to use chopsticks and I have a few pairs in my utensil drawer right now

>>18320167
>is served a literal dogshit on a place
<sir, this is a piece of shit
>how do you know? you aren't a chef

>>18319999
based cheeto chopper

>>18318039
Broken up vermicelli I be. Too slippery for knife and fork, but possible with chopsticks.
But yeah the only thing they've got going for them is simplicity and size, neither of which matter

>>18319999
Daiso used to sell these tongs that were made specifically for snack foods such as chips.

>made of lightweight plastic
>broad ends so you have more surface area to grab with, minimizing the chances of crushing your chips
>single solid piece design so you don't have two separate sticks
>clip built into the side so you can close your chip bag

>>18320213
There's a little concave section of solid material in most forks that is suitable for scooping tiny little pieces of anything.

>>18318039
I want a cute skilled underage Asian girl to give me a chopstickjob so bad

>>18318039
How fat are your ham hock digits

>>18319871
>>18320117
>Salad
This. Eating salad with forks is stupid and infinitely easier and neater with chopsticks.

>>18318039
Also, food is already cut into small bite size pieces. Chopsticks also force people to eat at a proper pace. It's actually more healthy than shoveling food in your mouth as fast as possible.

>>18320226
i get it because you have a micropenis

>>18320239
>Chopsticks also force people to eat at a proper pace. It's actually more healthy than shoveling food in your mouth as fast as possible.

>>18319999
for goyslop?

>meat
>soups
>one pots
real food is inedible with chipsticks.

>>18318039
How are you going to make a fork in nature?

>>18318039
Off the topf of my head, pho is much better with chopsticks than a fork. It's quicker to take the meat out and dip it in the sauces. I think noodle soups with long noodles in general are just better with chopsticks than using a fork.

This is verbatim a thread on reddit.

>>18320356
I gave that some thought myself, and I've concluded that it's not really that big of a deal.

Whether you're Team Fork or Team Chopsticks, you are more than likely going to need a knife to make your utensils.

If you know for a fact you're gonna be in the wilderness short-term, you can go ahead and make your chopsticks. Alternatively, you can eat your food with your hands, or eat it off your knife. It's a little barbaric, but you're out in the wilderness.

If you're gonna be stranded long-term, then time is one thing you'll have a lot of. You can make as many forks as you have to until you've perfected it.

>>18320363
>an online community occasionally overlaps with another online community
Do you want a medal or something?

>>18320351
>Soup
Soup is also inedible with a fork, and both cultures use spoons numbnuts.
>Meat
Only if your meat is a giant slab of muscle, there's nothing stopping you from cutting it up before plating and using stick to eat it
>

>>18320374
he wasn't being facetious, it is literally, verbatim, a thread on reddit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/x5jxzc/chopsticks_are_inferior_to_a_fork_and_knife_in/

I am too retarded to hold my chopsticks the right way and I cope with a shaky two finger hold.

>>18320434
If you're at a restaurant or household that uses chopsticks, chances are the meat will already be in bite-sized pieces. The diner almost never has to cut the meat himself.

They are called chopsticks because they are sticks that you use to pick up chopped pieces of food.

>>18320460
Yes, I can easily believe that a faggot would make two identical threads on two separate platforms.

>>18320351
>meat
pick up with hands
>soups
pour from bowl into mouth
>one pots
pick up with hands/pour from bowl into mouth

>>18318635
Nigiri is finger food but rolls aren't. And fork would demolish rolls

>>18320369
>eat your food with your hands
Enjoy your dysentery.

>>18320565
>eat food with handmade utensils
Enjoy your dysentery regardless.

>>18320434
>spoon, knife and fork
barbaric
>spoon, knife and chopsticks
cultured
>need no knife if precut
You also don't need chopsticks if the waiter puts it into you mouth directly. Maybe he makes plane noises while doing so. Also you don't need teeth if he prechews it.

>>18320544
based neanderthal throwing baists.

>>18320576
Wash your fucking hands bro

>>18320635
>eat food with washed hands
Problem status: solved

>>18320292
>anime is real

>>18318190
I’ve been to like 10 different East Asian countries and I’ve never seen this.

>>18318096
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>>18318354
I stopped seeing reddit everywhere when I got off that site anon you should try it too

>>18321627
The animation is based on the real life practice of putting the edge of a bowl to your mouth and shoveling food in with chopsticks.

>>18318039
>I cannot think
Chopsticks are for sharing food.

Have you even looked at an actual Asian restaurant in Asia? They put bowls of food in the middle of the table and you can just take stuff. As well, it's common to share your own meal with the people you're eating with.
Otherwise you need separate serving utensils.

>>18318039
amazing with noodle soups

>>18318190
the marble rocks, fuck you. the sensation of

>PLUNKKLANK
>*Fshhhhhhhhhh*

is 10/10

>>18321749
Unsanitary as fuck

>>18321749
Sharing is too complicated an idea.

>>18321630
It's more common in Japan, and even then, they're more common in rural areas and old-fashioned candy stores. Hell, I haven't even been to Japan in a while, and I was able to find these at my local Asian supermarket.

>>18321708
and in real life that would be considered barbaric and absolutely no one does that, that's why it's funny in the cartoon

>>18322446
Oh. So all those Asians I see eating in Chinatown are cartoon characters.

>>18322446
>in real life that would be considered barbaric and absolutely no one does that
I've literally seen Japanese people in Japan doing that, and the Japanese are often considered the least barbaric people of (post-war) Asia.

Also, the original point being addressed was that someone alleged chopsticks were designed to "force people to eat at a proper pace." It was very clearly demonstrated that it is physically possible to "shovel food in your mouth as fast as possible" using chopsticks. One goalpost at a time, folks.

>>18322079
staged as hell.

>>18322535
You're probably right, seeing as most TikTok content is staged. However, it's not too far removed from reality. I actually do have friends who order like this in Asian restaurants.

>>18320560
do you know you can scoop things up with a fork? its like magic

>>18320167
it's just simple name-calling. the refutation "you must be bad at it" is a personal attack

>>18321630
>>18322370
I live in London-Actual and Sainsbury's sells that shit.

>>18320460
i thought this place was bad but reddit really is insufferable garbage

>>18318039
lmfao imagine eating flaming hot cheetoes with a fucking spoon or fork lmfaoooooooo

>>18322820
use your fingers dumbass

>>18322842
noooo you can't do that!

>>18318039
> using ustensils
All you need are your hands, nails and teeth

>>18323005
Aw shit, I've been eating wrong this whole time. I've been picking up my food with my knees, and chewing with my elbows.

>>18318039
>t. a faggot that can't operate two wodden sticks

>>18322455
>>18322503
>I've literally seen Japanese people in Japan doing that
as a fellow baka gaijin I'm calling bullshit, I don't even see 4 year olds to that. Maybe to get the last mushroom on the bottom of soup or something but absolutely no one devours an entire meal like that unless they were literally starving to death.

>it is physically possible to "shovel food
no shit, you could also murder someone with them.
Assuming you are using eating utensils as eating utensils, which for the purposes of a discussion regarding eating utensils is a fair assumption, there is a much higher natural tendency to eat at a slower pace.

>>18323171
Okay, let's play by your rules. The bowl stays on the table, it never gets picked up. The chopsticks aren't used as makeshift shovels.

You can still "devour an entire meal" with chopsticks in very few bites, even at a "slower pace." I still don't see how chopsticks are designed to delay consumption, when it's clearly demonstrable that it isn't the case.

The only thing I have to say about chopsticks is use them if you want, as long as the food was made to be eaten with chopsticks.

I actually know a person who ate lasagna with chopsticks. What the FUCK

>countries that invented and use chopsticks are also ones where their primary grain is rice
what the FUCK were they thinking?

>>18323269
does he eat mashed potatoes with chopsticks as well?

A fork and knife is needed to dive into this

>>18318315
You’ve never seen a chinaman eat.

She no chopsticks

>>18318039
Bro its a meal utensil not a fucking operating system, dafuq you talking about user experience. Just admit that you cant use chopsticks cause of your fat fingers

>>18321749
>>18322063
you're supposed to use the other ends of the chopstix when grabbing food from the communal plates.
try that with your fork

>>18323431
>Just admit that you cant use chopsticks cause of your fat fingers
I am very fat, and even I can use chopsticks. So really, OP has even less excuse now.

Use chopsticks with spider?

>>18323242
Chopsticks are smaller, generally hold smaller precut bites.
Yes, you could cut your own steak into tiny pieces.
Yes, you could use your chopstick to pick up a large piece of food
I just think most people naturally would, and do eat smaller than with forks

>>18323171
This is a ridiculous argument, but if you won't believe other anons telling you it's a common thing you can go look on youtube for any dime a dozen travelblog idiot and see people eating like that in the background.

I always keep a pair of sticks at my desk in case I buy some snacks.
>>18320460
There are several shitposters who will link their thread on reddit to help get bumps as well, these people are truly ill.

>>18318039
Gatekeeping is indeed pretty lame but you only think chopsticks are worse because you aren't good enough at using them

>>18318039
Git gud lol

>>18318190
Because the marble is fun dumbass. they still have regular screw tops

>>18320222
Man that sounds baller

I lived in asia for few years, so I adopted chopsticks and made them my own. It's good to take useful things from other cultures. Chopsticks are often convinient for cooking and eating certain dishes, so just like with spoon, knife and fork I use whichever tool is the best for the job.

>>18324834
Name one dish that is easier to eat with chopsticks than with a knife and fork

>>18324868
Soup.

>>18324868
bún chả, different asian noodles, hotpot

>>18324906
Every time I see somebody put these squiggles on his letters I imagine he's saying it in the cheesiest chinese accent possible and doing the slitty eye thing with his fingers.

>>18318269
>We still don't use the metric system in the US
That's patently false, the metric system is used for many things in the US. There are metric measurements on every food package, every single person learns the metric system in school for science classes, metric measurements are used in medical records, billboards that show time and temperature always display both F and C, we use both metric and standard screw sizes depending on the task, etc. We just don't use the metric system as the primary measurement system in our daily lives because standard measurements are better for most common applications and easier to conceptualize in a human mind while metric measurements are easier for calculators and computers but more difficult for humans to conceptualize. If you need proof of that, just look to how the metric system boasts a huge variety of minute conversion steps yet the ONLY ones people EVER use are Base, Milli-, Centi-, and Kilo-, which gives them a similar number of steps as standard measurements.

>>18320560
>rolls aren't
Why not? They hold together just fine, in fact they're even BETTER for fingers since they have a dry wrapper (seaweed or soy paper) on the outside.

>>18324927
You use
>Every
And
>Always
In cases where it's obviously not true, like every time and temperature sign having F and C. They don't. I've seen some that don't.
What other premises are you making up?

>>18324936
>every time and temperature sign having F and C. They don't. I've seen some that don't.
All the ones around me do, I've never seen one that didn't, and I live in the midwest in an area that sees no international travel or tourism.

>>18324918
Those are called diacretic marks and are present in many languages, european ones included. It's a name of a vietnamese dish. They use latin script so this is orginal spelling. It does sound cheesy when you stress pronouciaion too much while speaking in english though.

>>18318159
damm you really got that wrong
kde is the least barebone

>>18322079
whats going on here

>>18325116
People are enjoying a succulent chinese meal.

>>18325116
spines are taking a nap

>>18318043
>he doesn't eat sushi with his fingers

>>18324927
>because standard measurements are better for most common applications and easier to conceptualize in a human mind
Wrong, fuck off with your sicko measurements for distances, Tarantino

>>18318039
>I cannot think of a meal that one could eat with Chopsticks that could not be just as effectively consumed by a fork and or knife.
>No disrespect to cultures that continue to use the Chopstick but from a user's perspective the fork and knife are clearly superior.

I'm not Asian but my understanding has been they are sort of intentionally not as useful as a fork and knife. The reasoning being that it's rude to serve someone something that they then have to cut up themselves. So there should be no need for a knife and then the difference between a fork and chopsticks is minimal. I will typically use a fork because it's what I'm used to, but some things like sushi seem much more suited to picking up than stabbing.

>>18325549
>The reasoning being that it's rude to serve someone something that they then have to cut up themselves.

literally inbred sensibility

>>18325720
How so?

>>18318039
I bet you asked for a fork at a chinese place and they laughed at you

>>18318039
Based

>>18318039
gotta look cool for the babes
when you're eating that shrimp stir fry effortlessly with chopsticks while everyone else uses a fork to eat their lunch that does the trick

>>18324927
>We just don't use the metric system as the primary measurement system in our daily lives because standard measurements are better for most common applications and easier to conceptualize in a human mind while metric measurements are easier for calculators and computers but more difficult for humans to conceptualize
has it ever occured in your 2 digit amerimutt brain that's because it's just the system you grew up with? ask someone who grew up with metric (the vast majority of the world for some weird reason) to "conceptualize" a mile, or a gallon, or other bullshit units like an acre or ounce or fahrenheit and you'll get blank stares.
>yet the ONLY ones people EVER use are Base, Milli-, Centi-, and Kilo-
the ignorant mutt doesn't seem to realise this really depends on the unit because he's talking about shit he doesn't know anything about.
also, "standard measurements", standard according to whom?

>>18325806
Yes anon. Americans really, truly are that stupid.

>>18325167
>eating sushi with fingers like they do in India

>>18325806
>the ignorant mutt doesn't seem to realise this really depends on the unit
Name a single unit you use deci- or deca- for in day-to-day life. Scientific or medical contexts don't count.
>also, "standard measurements", standard according to whom?
I used to call them imperial measurements until anons kept chewing me out for the American measurement system being different from British imperial measurements. There's never any pleasing Eurocucks.

>>18325863
decimeter
deciliter
decibel
10N~=1kgf
some use decagram on a daily basis, but that depends on the country
>Scientific or medical contexts don't count.
because you're obviously stupid, but we already know that
I'll do others too, with context.
>hectoliter: brewing, larger water volumes in general. roughly the size of a bathtub
>hectare: 100m^2, used everywhere
>hectopascal: weather. equal to roughly 0,001 atmosphere
>MPa, GPa: stresses in materials
>megapixel: photo's
>MW, GW: power
>µm: machining
>nm: wavelen- oh no that's scientific doesn't count!!!

>the American measurement system being different from British imperial measurements
who ever thought that was a good idea in the first place

>>18325941
>because you're obviously stupid
No, it's because we also use metric in scientific and medical contexts but neither are comparable to daily use.

>>18318039
Chopsticks are a versatile tool that can be used to drink water.

>>18323171
>as a fellow baka gaijin I'm calling bullshit, I don't even see 4 year olds to that.
Not that anon, but can you be more specific?
Of course people don’t shovel it in at light-speed like in anime but you absolutely do hold rice bowls and other smaller bowls up to your mouth.
It’s easy to tell when it’s appropriate because the bowls you do this with are sized/shaped to comfortably hold with one hand. Rice, small soup bowl, etc.

>>18318166
Maybe you can't

>>18319195
Fancy man

>>18320072
my forks are flat fite me

>>18320292
This was my first thought lol

>>18318039
>Any tool that can be used to achieve the same goal with an easier learning curve is the superior tool.
The learning curve for something like this is completely negligible. The only people for whom this is an issue are people who learn as adults and feel insecure about it.

>>18326574
Forks have literally no learning curve whatsoever for anyone with fine motor skills.

>>18326587
Using one properly without looking like a savage has a learning curve, especially when you add a knife. Either way, it's totally negligible because you learn as a child and never forget so it's beside the point.

>>18326603
The use of the fork requires no instructions, it's very obvious how to use it. If you're picky about "looking right" then you only need: "Hold it with your fingers like a pencil instead of your fist, like this *demonstrates visually*." Literally any person at any age older than a toddler can grasp that in a second, just mirror the grip of the other person and away you go. Compare that to trying to teach someone to hold and manipulate chopsticks properly, which requires actual practice and concentration to learn. I learned how to use chopsticks as an adult and I'm proficient enough with them not to mind using them, but let's not kid ourselves on the actual ease of use.

>>18326617
So forks are for unintelligent savages who think learning things is a burden. Thanks for confirming what we already knew.

>>18326779
Yeah, that's the takeaway. Not that tools are best when they're elegant and intuitive, just that learning is for fags.

God bless the Italians honestly. Give a fork a shark edge and you don't even need a knife sometimes.

>>18320292
And look where it got goku he lost half his rice and even then he can move at superhuman speeds you can't

I just like eating with wood. Would love some recs and good reusable wooden spoons.

>>18318039
these are the best threads, fuck chopsticks. that shit is like needlessly pedantic. usually I like to kick the hornet's nest and make the comparison between eastern and western alphabets. God Bless America.

>>18320031
Its more of a case of practicality
You already cook with them, and they work just as well at the table, so you might as well just continue using the chopsticks instead of washing more utensils
Its that simple.

Chopsticks only don't work with western cuisines because far east food is often cut or sliced into strips or chunks before cooking, since the predominant method of home cooking is stir frying due to its speed. If not, then things are often broken up with the serving spoon at the dining table anyway, like how steamed fish is always portioned at the table. Noodles are also way easier to eat with chopsticks, since you're pinching them instead of hooking them.

I don't see why /ck/ is always so anal about orientals using chobstigs, its not like they're not used in conjunction with spoons in picrel anyway. Sure, they're not as efficient when you try pair them with western dishes, but that goes for any food category. You wouldn't be eating spaghetti with a spoon, just like how you wouldn't eat a steak with chopsticks. You wouldn't drink soup with forks or chopsticks, just like how you wouldn't use a knife when you eat a salad.

>>18325123
kek

>>18323242
>are designed to delay consumption
They're not, anyone who says otherwise is bullshitting or stupid enough to fall for the meme
You can pick up half of an entire bowl's serving of noodles and shove them in your mouth if your fingers are strong enough, I've seen people do it
t. seamonkey

test

>>18325941
>decimeter
>deciliter
>decagram
no one talks like this

>not having ivory chopsticks
Poorfaggots

>>18318039
Thee point IS to be less efficient. To eat slower, chew and digest between the bites. Strictly speaking any tools are less "effective" than just pouring food directly from the plate into your mouth.

>>18328782
Admitted chopsticks are inferior to fork/knife.

>>18326903
How authentically American.

>>18328763
7670000000 people talk like this 330000000 don't. Democracy is coming to the USA.

>>18328763
Decilitre is the most commonly used everyday measure of volume.

>>18328763
Decimeter and litres are the same thing.

>>18318039
Even countries with a tradition of using chopsticks have partially adopted western cutlery.

>>18318190
Actually, it was phased out for a long time but was brought back by popular demand because it was nostalgic.

>>18329226
I don't know anyone who uses deciliters. Most use milliliters or liters.

Post your favorite pair of chopsticks you dumb niggers.

>>18329247
I use my thumb and forefinger as chopsticks.

>>18329247
I just use plain bamboo ones

Superior chopstick design

>chopsticks
>they're dull and can't chop anything

>>18329247
the same polished wooden ones I've been using for years

These are my ivory chopsticks

>>18329377
Based and checked. Faku yu weiru, faku yu darufin.

>>18329229
what the fuck are you talking about?

A cubic decimeter is one liter though.
1dm3 = 1l = 10dl

>>18329269
same, bought a pack on ikea when I moved out and they've held up for years.

>>18328763
like i said, depends on the country. if you don't like it you can always convert it to gram, it's not difficult.

Chopstick cultures are noisy eating cultures. Nuff said. Fuck chopsticks.

>>18329298
They are STICKS that you use for picking up pre-CHOPped items. "Chopsticks" rolls off the tongue a lot smoother than "choppedsticks."

When your lips are chapped, you grab a Chapstick, not a Chappedstick.

>>18330231
>chapstick
>it doesn't chap your lips

Chopsticks are shit. They're not hard to use despite weebs wanting them to be some kind of sekrit klub bullshit, they're just an obsolete utensil that people cling to for honoring culture. They're objectively inferior eating utensils.

The very few things they're useful for over a fork are so marginal and culture specific that nobody is ever going to find it useful unless they don't speak English. In other words, anyone posting in this thread espousing the superiority of chopsticks is a complete fucking retard and hipster.

>>18328557
Thank you for clearing that up, Chang!
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>>18331216
Bold of you to assume that a pair of sticks is exclusively unique to mainland commie niggers, but I will accept your concession

>>18329699
I didn't know black people used chopsticks