Do you know how to eat with Chopsticks?

[Justice]

Not really. I could, but I wouldn't trust myself in any situation that required social finesse.

 

[construct]

No. But I really want to learn! It's just hard. XD I don't know why, but I cannot ever seem to properly hold them even after an explanation. Or I'll suck at it....

Learning to hold chopsticks is like a child learning to hold a pencil. Someone has to show you how to hold them on a few occasions close enough together that you don't quickly forget. It's awkward at first. Then it hurts because you hold them too tight. Then you loosen up with them. The best way is to use them often with someone else who uses them easily until you loosen up. Then you'll have it forever.

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

this economics thread?

 

[TheOscar]

Learning to hold chopsticks is like a child learning to hold a pencil. Someone has to show you how to hold them on a few occasions close enough together that you don't quickly forget. It's awkward at first. Then it hurts because you hold them too tight. Then you loosen up with them. The best way is to use them often with someone else who uses them easily until you loosen up. Then you'll have it forever.

Funny thing is, I never hold my pencil in the "right" way. I just always hated it and then got these special grippers back in elementary school, but I would still hold it differently.

Take that conformist society! Haha.

 

[LilBit]

Li'l Bit is Jewish. Of course he knows how to use chopsticks.

 

[maxpowr9]

I had to buy extra long chopsticks because I have huge hands but I do know how to use them.

 

[pills]

When I was working as a valet years ago, my fingers got slammed in a car trunk/boot. My right index finger doesn't have a lot of strength. I know how to use them but I physically can't.

 

[skips]

I enjoy using chopsticks to eat. I actually tried eating Cheerios with them once and that is, by far, the most fun I've EVER had eating breakfast!

Chopsticks. FTW!!

 

[Telstra]

No and I refuse to learn. Our civilization has advanced far enough to start using better invented tools for eating food--spoons and forks.

Did you know that chop sticks are easier to use with than a fork when it comes to noodles?


Different tools for difference purposes and chop stick is a tool.

 

[TickTockMan]

When I was working as a valet years ago, my fingers got slammed in a car trunk/boot. My right index finger doesn't have a lot of strength. I know how to use them but I physically can't.

I am the same. After I got hurt I can use them for about 30 seconds before it starts to hurt. If I make myself keep doing it I tend to be in tears by the 45 second mark.

 

[construct]

I find my "skill" seems to come and go. I can be doing well during a meal for a while, then suddenly, I can't seem to use the things at all. Then I can, then I can't.

It's weird.

The snap apart sticks are not perfectly straight. If you turn one of them when they aren't working, you'll probably find that they instantly work again.

 

[AlmondMilk]

I thought I did. And then I saw other people using them differently. I gave up right there. The way I was holding them seemed easy :/

I'll just eat with my spoon and fork.

 

[BINOWGAYLATER]

Yes, I do -- since I was 5 years old.

and BTW - the spoon and knife- predate the fork -- beginning around the 10th century -- the fork did not come alone until around 4-500 years later.

Im pretty sure chopsticks were in use WAY before even the knife/spoon in Europe !!

I learned to use chopsticks around the same time I began using a fork -- so they're completely interchangeable for me.

 

[MoltenRock III]

I can pick up a quarter lying flat on the table with chopsticks.

I can masturbated Elvin with my pair of chopsticks. True story!

 

[borg69unimatrix]

The only way I could use chop sticks to eat is to use them to roast Marshmallows over a camp fire.

Haven't we passed the point of needing to stab food with a stick???

 

[MoltenRock III]

If by chopsticks you mean your buttocks, then yes. All true.

I can play Pick-Up-Sticks with my butt cheeks as you know.

 

[palemale]

Yes. It's the best utensil for eating sushi.

 

[alfaPA]

Li'l Bit is Jewish. Of course he knows how to use chopsticks.

So that's why I can use chop sticks ... Though I find the rough snap apart bamboo (non-princess) type are easier to use than the fancy shmancy smooth lacquered ones.



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[MoufOfKhaos]

No and I refuse to learn. Our civilization has advanced far enough to start using better invented tools for eating food--spoons and forks.

That just makes you boring and short-sighted - and surprisingly unadventurous.

This stated, I have only used chopsticks ONCE in my life. I plan to learn so I don't end up dropping sushi in my lap.

 

[bankside]

I am at ease with them though unwavering elegance might take a bit more practice.