All of this stuff is completely hilarious. It's incredibly rare for me to use a knife in a meal (although I did when I went out earlier this evening). I'm vega

All of this stuff is completely hilarious. It's incredibly rare for me to use a knife in a meal (although I did when I went out earlier this evening). I'm vegan, and I mostly eat non-American food. About half my meals use just a spoon and chopsticks. Many of my other meals are things like Indian food (just a fork, or just your hands). I hold my fork in my right hand, because I'm right handed. I use the contour of my fork to pick up my food. If I'm using a fork, I'm often eating something saucy (like an Indian curry). Attempting to eat this tines down would be a messy disaster. I really don't get these ridiculous etiquette rules. As Scott Adams point out, eating like this is inefficient, and generally annoying. I eat to enjoy myself, not to impress others with my memory of ridiculous minutia.