luka
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"The universe moves inexorably in configurations of greater and greater complexity and optimization, first solid food, then banana flavor Soylent, then the Acension, in an upward movement of perfection man-Angel-God"
Can You Eat like a Civilized Human Being?
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"The universe moves inexorably in configurations of greater and greater complexity and optimization, first solid food, then banana flavor Soylent, then the Acension, in an upward movement of perfection man-Angel-God"
luka
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In theory although none of us have ever seen this practice in the wild.
entertainment
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it turns out Americans put down the knife and switch the fork to the right hand whenever they take a bite
luka
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Proof here
beiser
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you really think americans use utensils
entertainment
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yes girlfriend's half japanese so i've had to learn. i still can't bring myself to put the bowl to the mouth and push the food into my mouth with the chopsticks like they do. they also slurp very noisily.
shiels
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huel is the biggest brand here I think. Close to Oliver twists gruel. Even as someone who does treat food as sustenance sometimes I find meal replacement offensive. At the other extreme i get irritated by ‘foodies’. can’t have people talking about food too much
beiser
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The "spiritual" objection to meal replacement is true boomer energy. Nobody is using them to replace fine steak dinners with the boys, or fantastic saturday morning pancake breakfasts, they're eating them when they're in a hurry and would otherwise have a pack of wotsits or a microwave enchilada.
Leo
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yeah, that's how I do it it.
also see adults who hold their fork in the clinched fist, with fork pointing downward, stab the meat, cut it with knife on other hand and then kind of twirl the fork in their hand and raise it to their mouths. looks kind of crude.
Mr. Tea
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Call me old fashioned, but in those situations I'll get a sandwich.
I remember the time the college kitchen threw a curveball at us all as we sat in the oak-panelled Elizabethan dining room. Hamburgers! In buns! Now, being grammar school scum from the Midlands, I had no problem with this: both hands on the bun, lift, chomp, fold remnants behind face, followed by a handful of chips and swig of Lilt. Done.
But most people, everyone else I think, was wrongforked by this. I was amazed to find they set about their burgers with cutlery, uncertain and hesitant, eyes darting sideways, to see what the form was.
Boot was on the other foot the day they served pheasant and I almost broke a tooth on some shot that was still in it.
But most people, everyone else I think, was wrongforked by this. I was amazed to find they set about their burgers with cutlery, uncertain and hesitant, eyes darting sideways, to see what the form was.
Boot was on the other foot the day they served pheasant and I almost broke a tooth on some shot that was still in it.
IdleRich
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What college where you at? At Hugh Stewart Hall at Nottingham Uni we had a "formal" dinner once a week which meant that a load of spotty late teens dug out their one cheap and shiny suit and bought some cheapo wine from the corner shop to down with an ever so slightly posher bit of food while the college warden sat on the top table ignoring us - I'm pretty sure it never went as far as pheasant though.
Mr. Tea
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Oh, Oxford College. That explains it.