On 2015-09-10 20:39:50 +0000, Bruce said:

> On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 08:25:09 -0700, gtr > wrote:
>
>> On 2015-09-10 06:17:19 +0000, Cheri said:
>>
>>> > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 11:49:24 PM UTC-5, gtr wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Well if you did learn to use them you might find a use for them. Same
>>>>> as with any other tool. I think they are the most elegant and simplest
>>>>> approach to eating--assuming the food has been scaled for use with
>>>>> chopsticks.s
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Well, I'm still trying to master chopsticks, one day I will
>>>> get the hang of them. (Wish me luck.)
>>>
>>> I've never mastered them either, though my youngest sis is an expert at
>>> it. I finally gave up, so good luck.
>>
>> At first it keeps you from over eating. I saw somebody using
>> chopsticks in a Chinese restaurant when I was about 22. I vowed never
>> to eat Chinese food without chopsticks and began the hand-cramping
>> process then. About 10 years later I realized I had eaten enough
>> Chinese food to master it. About then I discovered Japanese food and
>> fortunately I was ready.
>>
>> I say "elegant" above but what I really mean I guess, is that it
>> somehow seems more refined to eat food with these tiny tongs rather
>> than either *stabbing* everthing or scooping some, and having it fall
>> everywhere as you try to get it to your mouth.
>
> You're comparing a normal person with chopsticks to an uncoordinated
> ogre with knife and fork.

I don't know from "normal". I was comparing perceptions about processes.