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[–] 56 points 7 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Seriously, folks! Just take the time to learn! Order takeout and practice eating with them at home by yourself. Then you don’t have to be embarrassed about it in front of others.

    Once you learn to eat with chopsticks it actually becomes fun! You get better and better at it!

    In other news, I have a Chinese friend who does not know how to use a fork and knife to cut meat! So yeah it goes both ways!

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  • [–] 28 points 7 months ago

    Skill issue. Git gud you fuckin' casual.

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  • [–] 21 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    The West: sorry I'd rather use a food shovel 🥄

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  • [–] 20 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I knew this rationally but it just hit me how easy it would have been for early eastern civilizations to craft chopsticks rather than forks.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago

    I've read some posts on here saying that in asian countries it's fairly common to jab the food with the chopsticks if you're in a rush.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    You can ask for a fork in most restaurants anyway

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago*

    Confucius says: only lowly dirt people cut and stab meat. Use chopsticks if you don't want to be considered dirty.

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  • [–] -2 points 7 months ago

    They have the right to use the R word if they like, but it sure makes me not interested to engage. Pity, because I had a few pithy things to say before I got to that.

    Doesn't make me angry, just sad.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago

    Hey you don't get to be calling Asian people names when millions of people can use chopsticks but you can't, that's bullshit.

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