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> Just proceed to eat some splinters, then? What is the good etiquette way to handle low quality el-cheapo chopsticks? Well first of all the chopsticks are joi
by 0x3f 7mo ago
> Just proceed to eat some splinters, then? What is the good etiquette way to handle low quality el-cheapo chopsticks?
Well first of all the chopsticks are joined at the non-eating end, typically. So the splinters would be bothering your fingers more than anything.
It's rude because it insults the host, in a way. Anywhere that would care about you doing it should not be giving you the cheap chopsticks in the first place. If you're in a place that gives you them, they probably don't care about you doing it.
- sudo_cowsay 7mo agoThere are steel chopsticks (though not really common <-- only in Korea).
- scheme271 7mo agoThe metal chopsticks are pretty much only get used in Korea. The shape and material of the chopsticks varies by country so you can make a good guess as to where someone is from based on which chopsticks they use.