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13541411 No.13541411 [Reply] [Original]

why do people use regular chopsticks when this exists? makes using them so much easier

>> No.13541416

>>13541411
Why not just use a fork and knife

>> No.13541424

>>13541411
Because using normal chopsticks is not hard

>> No.13541429

>>13541411
I just use a rubberband.

>> No.13541452

Chopsticks are a shit technology and forks are superior in every way.

>> No.13541477

>>13541452
Disagree. The other day I crushed an unknown substance in a shot glass using the ass end of a wooden chopstick. Can’t do that with a fork.

>> No.13541491
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>>13541411
why do people ride regular bicycles when this exists? makes riding them so much easier

>> No.13541500

>>13541452
chopsticks are far more versatile and elegant.

>> No.13541510

>>13541452
Try eating a leafy green salad with a fork lol.

>> No.13541525

>>13541452
try eating potato chips with a fork
try frying things with a fork
try picking up individual peas with a fork instead of pushing it around the plate
try eating wide slippery rice noodles with a fork
try eating sushi with a fork

>> No.13541540

>>13541411
My mail order Phillipino bride laughed at me and said I wasn't a man when she saw me using a pair of these.

>> No.13541543

>>13541525
Try doing any of these things with fucking chop sticks.

>Chopsticks break potato chips due to the pressure you use to squeeze them
>Try flipping meat with chopsticks without being able to puncture it
>Peas are like rice, chopstick users literally have to push it into their mouth
>Try gripping those noodles with chopsticks
>Sushi, the one thing chopsticks are "SUPPOSED" to be used for, is actually eaten with fingers

>> No.13541552

>>13541411
>why do people ride bicycles without training wheels
dunno anon that's weird.

>> No.13541566

>>13541491
Fuck just realized this faggot beat me to my bicycle analogy fuck you anon

>> No.13541568

>>13541543
>Chopsticks break potato chips due to the pressure you use to squeeze them
no they dont wtf, dont be a clumsy fat oaf

>Try flipping meat with chopsticks without being able to puncture it
...just pick it up like any other food, what are you, stupid?

>>Peas are like rice, chopstick users literally have to push it into their mouth
reading comprehension FAIL. I said chopstsicks are so precise you can pick up individual peas with them

>Try gripping those noodles with chopsticks
they are MADE to be eaten with chopsticks, dumbass. You can grip the chopsticks harder to increase their grip which grabs onto the noodles.

>Sushi, the one thing chopsticks are "SUPPOSED" to be used for, is actually eaten with fingers
and nobody cares, even in japan. Sushi was invented as a casual food and the use of chopsticks is great for not dirtying your hands and looking like a poo

>> No.13541592

>>13541543
>Chopsticks break potato chips due to the pressure you use to squeeze them

My hand grip strength is off the charts due to my job and I can pick up a single grain of rice or anything delicate with chop sticks.

Forks have their place and are used for most foods, actually most foods are conditioned around the fork, prime example is cakes or pies. Chop sticks are are far more versatile and elegant.

>> No.13541595

>>13541411
Precision.

>> No.13541596

They both have different appeals but chopsticks are much more versatile
Forks are good with their hard edge and cutting up lasagna before taking a bite
They also scoop up very smooth potatoes

>> No.13541652

>>13541592
no one cares that you spend all day wanking off cows cletus

>> No.13541668

*stabs at a single spinach for 5 minutes while trying to eat a salad*
heh, damn asioids can't even come close to our western superiority

>> No.13541683
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>>13541525
>use your hands like a normal person
>I use a fork to cook all the time
>no reason to do this can shovel and eat peas more effectively than with chopsticks
>twirl them around fork like spghetti again more efficient than chopsticks
>very easy and doable but raw fish on rice isn't good anyway compared to European cuisine

>> No.13541714

>>13541683
>shovel
spoons are used to shovel food into your face, not forks. It's hardly effective or efficient to use the wrong tool
>twirl around fork
>efficient
having to routinely spin pasta around your fork doesn't seem very efficient.

>> No.13541721

>>13541668
what
just use your knife to move it onto the fork
are asians really too stupid to use both hands at once?

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>>13541721
>eating a salad with a knife

>> No.13541758

Every one is comparing chop sticks to forks but they forget why you use them.
In Asia you share all the food like 4-12 dishes and it's pre cut and you just grab it.
In the west you get a plate of all your food and cut it up yourself and normally don't share.
Also chopsticks are fun when you waiting for food and your kid sitting with your family you just let the adults talk and all the kids are picking up peanuts with chopsticks trying to get 2 at once.
When your 8 years old that shits hard.

>> No.13541762

>>13541668
I ate spinach salad for months with a fork just fine and there wasn't a speck of spinach left and it took me more like 5 minutes to finish it all off, why did you have to construct this narrative to feel better about what utensil you use to eat food? I heard about console wars but utensil wars? Some people are shameless.

>> No.13541776

>>13541568
>slurping noodles with chopsticks from a bowl positioned centimeters from the mouth
How barbaric.

>> No.13541795

>>13541758
>In Asia you share all the food like 4-12 dishes and it's pre cut and you just grab it.
It being pre-cut is the main point here, cause everything else is situational. Cause yeah traditionally it is like a family sitting around table picking and choosing what they want off the table - but if it's just a solo student or salaryman or something like grabbing some ramen at a restaurant they're not sharing that with anyone.

>> No.13541807

>>13541762
yeah I bet you were shovelling the spinach in your face using the fork as a spoon like that other guy lmao

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>>13541491
>>13541552
>>13541566

>> No.13541873

I can't hold chopsticks to save my life. I've watched videos, I've had extensive periods of people I know show me in the restaurant, I've practiced at home. It's just making my fingers cramp from the effort. If the threat was to eat two pieces of sushi without dropping any with a gun to my head I'd rather attempt a chopstick offensive than do as asked.

>> No.13541883

>>13541873
>just making my fingers cramp
you must be doing smtg wrong

>> No.13541890

>>13541873
you are using far too much strength and overthinking it

its like learning swimming and floating, the more you overthink and panic the harder it is

>> No.13541897

>>13541883
Absolutely, I can't get keep the angle of both sticks in line with each other or a strong enough grip to hold the food. They just start drifting and if I put effort into not doing that it's a bit of a strain but also not really helping.
>>13541890
Well, it all started out just going ham but didn't fare much better. People commented on it so started trying to get it right.

>> No.13541906

>>13541897
post pic of you holding something with chopsticks

>> No.13541913

>>13541897
>They just start drifting
you're using the "correct" position with the 2 sticks separated right?
funny thing is, im chinese and cant do the "correct way" either. If i try that they starting drifting too.

My parents were too busy and didnt teach me properly when I was a kid so now my way of holding it is some half-assed one with the 2 sticks being together and crossing like a X when I use it. But it works 100% fine for me and i guess thats all that matters

dont sweat it just find something you are comfortable with

>> No.13542106

>>13541913
>"correct" position
>funny thing is, im chinese and cant do the "correct way" either
not the guy you were replying to but I just googled images of what proper chopstick placement should be and I was all worried but I guess I've been holding mine properly minus the fact that basically is moved down one finger for me. I guess it's a habit I picked up after my index finger got involved in a kitchen accident so it's mostly my index finger that does all the moving while the bottom chopstick lays on my ring finger

>> No.13542171

>>13541543
Kek have you ever even used chopsticks before? They're grippy at the ends for picking up delicate food with, you don't need to use an iron grip to pick anything up.

>> No.13542195

>>13541913
Ching chong ding dong. Am I saying that correctly?

>> No.13542471

>>13541424
lol, exactly

>> No.13542497

>>13541525
>just use your hands faggot
>just use a spider faggot
>just eat more than one pea at a time faggot
>just use your mouth faggot
>just use the fork to scoop it faggot

>> No.13542501

>>13541411
Those are for children. It's like riding a bike with training wheels.

>> No.13542510

>>13541566
Same.

>> No.13542922

>>13541411
I actually like to eat with chop sticks. and I'm better at it, as everyone I know, but several people told me, I'm doing it wrong.

"dude, you're holding them all wrong, just use a fork, if you are too dumb to use them", said one guy, who proceeded to get exactly 3 bites of food in 2 minutes with his chop sticks, but atleast he was using them the 'correct way'
fuck y'all I could eat an entire bowl of peas with my method without problem...

I'm holding them... the first stick between thumb and index finger, the second stick between base of thumb, and exactly the first joint of the middle finger.
works perfect.
anyone else?
thoughts?

>> No.13542934

>>13541411
because I used them since 5 years, unlike you last week.
>keep seething undextrous one

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>>13541411
>You need the training wheels of chop sticks?
How old are you?

>> No.13543169

>>13541540
He is right, you know.

>> No.13543287

Now THIS is a thread

>> No.13543297

>>13541568
Yeah kill him you fucking weeb you got him on the ropes

>> No.13543302

>>13542195
Dude nice

>> No.13543328

>>13541873
It took me 20 years to learn how to snap my fingers. Turns out I was doing it wrong (because nobody explained it right) AND I just didn't have the strength in my hand to do it! it may be a similar situation for you with chopsticks

>> No.13544283

>>13541411
because you look a bit like a geriatric/cjhild using it
>>13541416
because I eat food that is better eaten with chopsticks
>>13541452
except for precision

>> No.13544304

>>13542195
t. seething fat gwailo who cant chopsticks properly

>> No.13544330

>>13541491
>>13541552
>>13541566
You guys ever ride a bike with training wheels as an adult? It's annoying af. Although I suspect ops Pic is probably the same story I don't know

>> No.13544396

>>13544330
Thats why you get a tricycle

>> No.13544796

>>13544283
jesus christ youre stupid.

>> No.13544821

>>13544796
do elaborate

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13544905

>>13541411

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>>13541411
why say lot word when few word do trick

>> No.13544919

>>13544283
>because I eat food that is better eaten with chopsticks
there is not a single food on the planet that can be eaten better with two sticks over a fork/spoon/knife

>> No.13545581

>>13544919
Sushi
Ramen/noodle soups in general
Literally every dish that is primarily composed of noodles
Hot pot
Dumplings
Any food that has small pieces of delicate meat

>> No.13545606

>>13544919
I dont know about you but I dont want holes in my food as I stab them with a fork. Lemme just stab this sushi and hope the rice doesnt fall apart... oh fuck it did.

>Just slide the fork under it LOL
Then it takes longer and is less efficient no?

That's just one example

>> No.13546126

>>13541525
>try eating potato chips with a fork
I eat them with my fingers like a normal person and wash my hands afterwards
>try frying things with a fork
anyone with basic motor coordination can do it
>try picking up individual peas with a fork instead of pushing it around the plate
why the fuck are you trying to pick individual peas? autism?
>try eating wide slippery rice noodles with a fork
just roll it in the fork
>try eating sushi with a fork
just place the fork underneath the sushi and shove it in your mouth, or even better use your fingers to pick it up

>> No.13546181

>>13541477
What do you mean “unknown”? Do you just snort whatever you find on the ground?