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Are chopsticks literaly the worst invention of all time?

I was out at a Chinese resturaunt last night and some friends used them but I don't bother. Even if you have 'mastered' the 'skill', its still a less efficient method of achieving the task of getting food to mouth. Chopsticks vrs fork and their is only one winner. Call me uncultured bit I am right on this. 馃槣
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My friend tried to teach me how to use them but i failed. Although i was fasting at the time and still chose to go into the restaurant with them.. it was torture.

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No they really aren't bad and it forces a person to slow down when eating. I like them.
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I prefer them when eating sushi. Otherwise, they are less efficient.
hunkalove61-69, M
I know how to use them, but I don't. Too energy inefficient.
CierzoM
I have used them more frequently lately, and although I am very far from mastering them, I consider them very useful, beating the fork when it is about grabbing food of small size (shrimp, meatballs, dumplings...). Fork is better when a knife is also needed, to get meat for instance.
FreeSpirit151-55, F
I only use them for soup
CaptainCanadia41-45, M
Although I'd say forks are all-round better, chopsticks have advantages:

- Eating slurpy noodles. A bowl of ramen or pho is just better with chopsticks. It's hard to get a good slurp going with a fork.

- Hot pot, where you're dunking food in boiling broth.

- Fishing pickles or other briny things out of jars without damaging their structural integrity.
NorthwestM
This comes to mind:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXNu9g7r4FE

Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, I learned how to use chopstick, when I was a kid. I still use them when the cuisine calls for it. Certainly easier for Sushi or noodles.
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Whenever I eat Asian food I use chopsticks. It enhances the experience for me.
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Burnley12341-45, M
Me or them? 馃槣
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mrmoose70-79, M

 
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