08-27-2008, 05:57 PM
Rock Monster Wrote:stickyfingers Wrote:See, but thats what makes you a douche. Chop sticks are clearly inferior to modern silverware such as forks. The only reason for using them is to show off how cool and cultured you are, but really you are just being a d-bag.
Or, if you're doing it at a chineese food place, you could be a) not close minded and trying something new, or b) respecting another culture
oh i've tried them plenty. enough to know they offer no advantage over forks, knives and spoons. and i really dont think the use of chop sticks has anything to do with the respect for another culture. i think seinfeld summed it up nicely:
"I think the thing I admire most about the Chinese is that they're hanging in there with the chopsticks. Because, if you think about it, you know, they've seen the fork... by now. I'm sure they've seen the spoon, they're going, "Yeah, yeah, they're OK... We're going to stay with the sticks." I mean, I don't know how they've missed it: thousands of years ago, Chinese farmer gets up, has his breakfast with the chopsticks, goes out and works all day in the field with a shovel... Hello?... Shovel! Not going out there ploughing 40 acres with a couple of pool cues."