On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 12:31:57 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> wrote:

>On Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 5:45:03 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> >
>> > A pair of sticks are no more or less primitive than a fork.
>>
>> Oh yes they are, timewise.
>> >
>> > Before the relatively recent invention of the fork, your ancestors
>> > used their fingers or stabbed their food with a knife.
>>
>> Do you see anything wrong with that? If so, then why did they
>> (and YOU) switch to eating with twigs? the old sticks have been
>> replaced by more useful utensils now. Many primitive earthlings
>> still sit on the floor and eat with their hands. Many still eat
>> raw food like before fire and cooking was invented. All of those
>> oldest people are dead now and they all died at a very young age.
>> I see no reason to mimick their ancient ways.
>>
>> Respect our history but not try to recreate. Joan was correct,
>> imo. Using chopsticks by modern people that didn't grow up using
>> them, is just a showoff dumb thing to so unless you use them all
>> the time for every meal.
>>
>> You work with computers. Do you use an abacus for work? That's
>> the old ancient way too. Still use a slide rule? Doubtful.
>>
>> Note: I love ya, Cindy. Please don't get mad at my opposite
>> opinions.
>
>Some white folks will see it as an erosion of white culture and resent it. Some Asians will see it as cultural appropriation and resent it. As it goes, it's the seemingly small, unimportant things that people make a big deal of, ain't it?
>
>As it goes, eating a bowl of ramen or saimin with a fork just don't seem right to me. Eating spaghetti with chopsticks would not be right either. Any culturally savvy person would know this.
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQBIj1aw_UA

I hereby give you white permission to eat spaghetti with chopsticks.