• chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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      12 days 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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    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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      Dude you can’t ask for a fork its so embarrassing!

      *stains shirt with hoisin sauce*

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    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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    12 days ago

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

  • Marty (he/him)@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Eating with chopsticks isnt even fucking hard I learnt eating with them in like 5 minutes anon just has a skill issue

  • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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    12 days 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.