Is it pretentious to use chopsticks?

Why would it be pretentious?

 

Only if you can eat with them while they are stuck up your nose...

 

I got some smirks when I used a fork at a Vietnamese restaurant, from white people.

So it's not pretentious to use chopsticks, but it is pretentious to act like your better than those who don't.

 

I just use the spork on my swiss army knife.

 

You're like a real life Batman.

 

pre·ten·tious
/priˈtenCHəs/
Adjective
Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.

I've also heard pretension described as "profundity that's unearned."


I think most people who use chopsticks just like it.

 

no.

 

That's like asking if it's pretentious to use a salad fork to eat a salad. It's an appropriate eating utensil.

 

I hate using chopsticks. I have this stabbing weapon that is much more effective. Its a fork.

 

Its funny you brought this up because China is starting to tell Chinese people to use a knife and fork.

From The Telegraph

 

I'm asian and I don't use those to eat, but I don't think it's pretentious if you want to use one.

 

I'll just use a fork.

 

Spoon and fork is more effective, but if you want some culture and to immerse in a different way of doing things then do it. Protentious be damned.

 

When I eat noodles, I need chopsticks. I can't use forks anymore, it just feels wrong.

 

they're great for spearing those pesky snots that you just can't seem to dislodge...

and then you can take the stick and bend it slightly to flick it away when no one is looking and hope that it won't land in someone's fried rice...

that's what I call a snotsticker...

 

I don't get why it's pretentious.

But I use a fork because I can't get a handle on eating with chopsticks and just make myself look like an idiot.

 

It's only pretentious if you're not Asian. I attempted to use them a couple times when I was eating with my girl who actually is Japanese but eventually just said "**** it, I'm not good at this."

 

forks? Chopsticks?

The hell, who uses utensils to eat still? I go primitive, just my hands, sometimes I dive in face first

 

No it isn't.

 

you're a sell out, not keepin it real...

 

Yes it is. Because I said so.

 

Learn to use chopsticks to impress your Asian girlfriend's parents.

 

Just use your hands and attack your dinner like a wild animal. And even if you make grunting sounds, it's not pretentious in the least.

 

Using chopsticks is a skill I envy and wouldnt consider pretentious if used in an Asian restaurant. It would be extremely pretentious to laugh at a person that doesnt know how to use them.