This visuals and her explaining together are like Sherlock Holmes explaining his deduction in a crime scene .

@caffeinatednation8885

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@lukakiria527

4 жыл бұрын

1 - push chopsticks into the nose. 2 - discombobulate.

@deepakvpd9535

4 жыл бұрын

@@lukakiria527 in summary, discombobulate.. damn 😅😂

@makarov-fatheroffairies8788

4 жыл бұрын

@@deepakvpd9535 LoOk Im SoO pRouD I kNOw a comPliCated woRd

@ggwellplayes6311

4 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!

Everyone in the comment section saying, “I eat with chpopsticks, I eat with my hands” Ha, losers, I just perform photosynthesis

@weebhavv

4 жыл бұрын

huh plant joke

@ridackle1333

4 жыл бұрын

@@weebhavv guess you could say that joke wasn't grounded

@dirtybanana3

4 жыл бұрын

i dont think your telling the truth...i dont see how that is possible...

@aperture0

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@user-dx5fq1pp1w

4 жыл бұрын

Then we eat you :)

Chinese:- Chopsticks Westerners:- spoons and forks Indian:-hold my hand ✋😅

@PatrickFan123

4 жыл бұрын

But I heard Indians don't use toilet paper to clean after going to restroom, they use hands to clean. Is it true?

@kamalgovada4589

4 жыл бұрын

@@PatrickFan123 left hand to clean , right hand to eat Reverse in case of left handers And few or more ppl use jet spray's..so👀

@methcat5005

4 жыл бұрын

@@PatrickFan123 water

@chiefdvm1671

4 жыл бұрын

@@PatrickFan123 yes but no. In urban india(where I live) people use toilet paper or just jet water. Idk about rural india but I guess they clean their poo with the hands😕

@PatrickFan123

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your reply everyone.😁

I noticed that no one has mentioned how much quieter it is to eat with chopsticks as compared to silverware. Any time I have to use silverware I always forgot about it actually being a bit louder when it hits a plate/bowl. It's the the little things you appreciate I guess

@iwansays

11 ай бұрын

It's still quieter to use your hands, but there's an utensil for different things.

@nitanshubajpai1964

9 ай бұрын

That depends on if it is made of metal or not. My $0.02: use wooden utensils.

“1.5 billion people” So China and a few more guys

@bugzyhardrada3168

4 жыл бұрын

1,5 billion Not million

@RascalCase

4 жыл бұрын

Bugzy Hardrada So China and all of Justin Bieber’s followers

@gillie3696

4 жыл бұрын

There's like 3 billion people in China so that's half the population

@DC-fo3bn

4 жыл бұрын

@Shubham Chauhan Fun fact: the whole of humanity use their hands for eating.

@malharsavale5795

4 жыл бұрын

@@RascalCase Burn!!!! Oh my god I'm dead reading your comment

Never knew that Chinese, Korean, and Japanese chopsticks had different shapes! 🥢

@cihantosun3837

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe Korean chopsticks are the hardest

@gracehwang5671

4 жыл бұрын

I never really thought about it, but I think it’s right!

@frostknight1347

4 жыл бұрын

It's because of the different cuisine. Chinese foods are more oily and hence our chopsticks are thicker (I'm a Malaysian Chinese). Japanese foods contain mostly seafood like fish, so pointy chopsticks are easier to pick up the soft meat. Korean chopsticks are flat so that they can pick up flat things like flat noodles and vegetables (kimchi) easily.

@melovemelon

4 жыл бұрын

신주현 omg yes, dude metal is so slippery, my dumbass be trying to pick something up, bring it to my plate and then it just falls into the table lmfao and then everyone stares at me.

@paranoidhumanoid

4 жыл бұрын

There's also cooking chopsticks which are very long and used by mothers for punishment. 😆 Japanese chefs use metal chopsticks that look like metal rods with spikes at the end for precision plating. Also, tempura chefs use thick chopsticks that look like drum sticks for mixing and flicking batter into hot frying oil.

That was a really long explanation to just say “they eat with chopsticks because they eat with chopsticks.”

@jakejones6481

4 жыл бұрын

Soo true.

@daisyzhao497

4 жыл бұрын

lol 😂

@maraisfan4life517

4 жыл бұрын

🤣

@VivekMishra

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you🤖

@lamranikarim

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Epic comment

Legend has it that after decades of practice you will have mastered the art of chopstick to such an extent to even eat soup with it.

@My-nl6sg

4 жыл бұрын

something I've been attempting and failing since five

@standardbrah

4 жыл бұрын

In Vietnam we always eat noodle soup with chopsticks.

@ArmoredNeko

4 жыл бұрын

I eat soup with forks and I accept the challenge.

@JLDREAMS

4 жыл бұрын

Orrrrrr just tilt your bowl

@mvegas9552

4 жыл бұрын

Creepy Girl after centuries of training, I was finally able to use chopsticks to pick up a single green bean

I'm from Asia too but not in the chopsticks sphere and where I'm from (Bangladesh) we don't use knives n forks or chopsticks. We use our HANDS.OUR HANDS

@AJ_real

4 жыл бұрын

Alright chillax

@michaelterechow1859

4 жыл бұрын

Easy to clean.

@tantanitis

4 жыл бұрын

India!🙋

@utkarshdubey3435

4 жыл бұрын

Me too!! And I sometimes feel like using utensils to eat rice and stuff messes with my flavors, is it just me?🤔🤔

@reaperforever8478

4 жыл бұрын

Depend Kore , Chinese restaurant like Xi'an a gele to utensils e use korte hoy

That heavenly story at the end was adorable

@suicune2001

4 жыл бұрын

It really makes a lot of sense when you think about it too. Selfish people will only think of themselves and not think to help others. Benevolent people will very easily share their food with someone else so the long chopsticks wouldn't be a hindrance to them and the experience is probably very joyful as well. I'm imagining an overall sens of well-being and love as they pass the food to each other.

@butterdish

4 жыл бұрын

@@suicune2001 Thanks for explaining the implicit

@motherlove8366

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Machado I’ve heard that story many times, but it’s the first time I hear it with chopsticks, it’s not really an integral part of the story.

@poppyflorist

4 жыл бұрын

It's not how the story goes, and she just used it to make her seem intelligent. Can't feed people with chopsticks that long anyways. The real story is about soups and using ladles. Show off much!

@anhquangnguyen5973

4 жыл бұрын

@@poppyflorist no, I heard her version when I was a kid

What gives people feelings of power: - Money - Status *GOLD CHOPSTICKS*

@tianshunzhao239

3 жыл бұрын

Diamond chopsticks

@kth_hmj

3 жыл бұрын

Jade chopsticks are the thing

@user-lp4cm4dj6t

3 жыл бұрын

Peasants, it's jade chopsticks.

@halicusnguyen8864

3 жыл бұрын

that would give me anxiety lmao

@artemis6703

3 жыл бұрын

to be honest, gold chopsticks would be horrible. they're way too heavy. i love wood choopsticks :]

its funny how people think south asians eat everything with hands.we dont and we also know how to use spoons and forks.Its just that we're comfortable eating with hands(not everything tho)

@SamuelSamuelSamuel1

3 жыл бұрын

That’s also the case for Americans :)

@halicusnguyen8864

3 жыл бұрын

i mean I use both chopsticks and my hands, and things like pho I would use a spoon lol. But yeah for a lot of our dishes they're very hand-orientated, such as Banh Mi

@apekshyadhakal3067

3 жыл бұрын

it's just how our ancestors ate.. It's kind of tradition for us.. I just mean people from (Nepal)

@mohanlalpremranjannaik107

2 ай бұрын

​@@apekshyadhakal3067Same in india. Our food is meant to eat using hand ,that's the traditional and most comfortable way of eating ❤.

In Korea when I was little, our teacher gave us a homework which was to pick up little green beans with the chopsticks. So that night my mom was just frustratingly watching me popping all the little green beans all over the house. But after that severe training I got used to picking up little rice soon😎Was so happy as a kid

@bestquotes2765

4 жыл бұрын

Do you really use chopstick to eat rice. Haha it's really impossible to eat rice with chopstick in india especially for me.

@doraspoljar697

4 жыл бұрын

You actually do your homework!

@ciaociao3220

4 жыл бұрын

@@bestquotes2765 I think they eat sticky rice, which is easier to pick up with chopsticks... I could be wrong though

@feilila1227

4 жыл бұрын

As a Chinese, I still have nightmare picking meat from pork bone in Ganjamtang(not sure if I spelled it right..)

@haiyenhoang5420

4 жыл бұрын

@@bestquotes2765 it's really easy to eat rice with chopstick

ok i'm not asian but i love using chopstick when it comes to eating snacks bc I hate getting my fingers dirty

@aud7925

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I use them for Cheetos!!!

@SamuelSamuelSamuel1

3 жыл бұрын

“ *The Finger* “ very ominous

@halicusnguyen8864

3 жыл бұрын

big brain

dont forget, man who grab fly with chopsticks can do anything.

@Blizzhobbs

4 жыл бұрын

Confucius say man learn meaning of patience when mosquito lands on testicle.

@NE_Pigeons

4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Miyagi?

@ultimateeditorz7754

4 жыл бұрын

Shinchan can do it

@rachanara5157

4 жыл бұрын

@@ultimateeditorz7754 I was thinking that 😂😂

@holo6883

4 жыл бұрын

Ok I grabbed fly Fly is ded though

She: 'Can't eat with long chop sticks' Me: *break them and now we have two pair of Chopsticks, HURRY*

@LesbiansMarie

4 жыл бұрын

I would just stab the chopstick into food, turn it around, and then eat it like that. Like a spear.

@bernadettblummer108

4 жыл бұрын

Good luck with the metal and ivory ones

She is so diplomatic, she did not mention that traditionally the east asians consider it uncouth to have knives on the dining table.

@mridulsharma7994

4 жыл бұрын

Why's that?

@user-ey1ug2nn9j

4 жыл бұрын

I’m Chinese and I haven’t heard of that

@kushastea3961

4 жыл бұрын

@@mridulsharma7994 knives are instruments that bring hurt and blood while the dining table is a place of unity and prosperity.

@weneedmoreconsideratepeopl4006

4 жыл бұрын

@@kushastea3961 Oh. Well when you put it like that... just imagining it is making me feel things. 🥺

@RaymondHng

4 жыл бұрын

@@mridulsharma7994 Never give knives as wedding gifts in a Chinese wedding. Knives symbolize cutting things and separation, not a good gesture for matrimony.

Im from nepal, we eat with our hands. Right hand.

@officialspaceefrain

4 жыл бұрын

Would you ever switch over to eating with chopstick or forks? I eat somethings with my hands but not everything.

@azatalimov8634

4 жыл бұрын

Hands are the best tool.🖐️ हात सबै भन्दा राम्रो उपकरण हो। 🖐️

@sampada.07

4 жыл бұрын

@@azatalimov8634 पक्षमा hahah

@sampada.07

4 жыл бұрын

@@officialspaceefrain i do use spoom, fork and chopsticks. But we are brought up and taught to use hand.

@MP-pw1yo

4 жыл бұрын

I hate Nepal

"You can eat rice if you are really skilled" Turn to my 1.4 billion chinese fellows...

@voyagereternal11

4 жыл бұрын

Weird way of saying how all asians are skilled lol.

@Min-Taro

4 жыл бұрын

@@voyagereternal11 im not saying all asians a re skilled

@Alex-bn3ix

4 жыл бұрын

So does that mean it is common for Chinese people to be able to eat rice with chopstick? Or is it actually uncommon? I thought that it had to be common, even though it seems like it would be difficult to me, since rice is so common in the same countries that use chopsticks.

@Min-Taro

4 жыл бұрын

@@Alex-bn3ix Well, yes. It is super common for Chinese to eat rice with chopstick, in fact, it is the main utensil Chinese use to eat rice. Something that a lot of people misunderstood is how do you eat rice with chopstick? Do you pick the rice one by one? The answer is no but sometimes, technically, yes. No because usually chopstick is used to scoop the rice since you can't really pick it up one by one. And sometimes technically yes, because when the rice is cooked it is stick together so the chopstick can also be used as a spoon to eat rice. I see in manga that in Japan usually little kids start using spoon to eat and later on they learn how to use the chopsticks, is mainly the same in China, but from my own experiences, only kids as little as those who can't really eat by themselves use spoon and those who can totally eat by themselves always use chopsticks. First thing they grab from the table to start eating are chopsticks.

@Min-Taro

4 жыл бұрын

@@Alex-bn3ix Btw, apparently the guy who commented before you thinks Chinese are the only Asians in Asia

So, after an interesting 3 and a half minutes journey through the history of chopsticks - never mind wondering why I'm even watching the video, I'm still not sure why 1.5 billion people eat with chopsticks.. 😳 well-played, TED talk, well-played

@IamONEmon

4 жыл бұрын

Agree.

@D1E8V2

4 жыл бұрын

Because in their culture, they usually dine together as a family and share dishes. So it's easier for them to pick up small pieces of food. And also the history reason, it's just a tradition. Same as Chinese characters.

@corih568

4 жыл бұрын

Why do americans and other western countries use a fork? Both work. I personally feel like its just two different methods of eating that developed in different places- neither is better than the other, they just correlate to the different cultures they developed in, ya know?

@nizarahmed854

4 жыл бұрын

Corinne Hoffmann eating with chopsticks could be smaller portion and thus eating slower and longer which is good for your digestive system

@kraniumguy

4 жыл бұрын

Corinne Hoffmann I think chopsticks are far easier to manufacture than forks, especially pre-industrial revolution, which allowed them to be more common. A quick Wikipedia search indicates that it was the Italians who popularized the use of forks around the 1600s, specifically for the eating of pasta. In a way, the cultures which ate noodles were the first to really start using utensils to eat. The rest of the world seemed perfectly content using their hands.

The way Jennifer B. Lee narrates this story combined with the great visuals make this just an absolutely joy to watch.

I've been eating about 99% of my food with chopsticks for a couple months now. Though I'm a U.S. Citizen, I started eating Japanese food before I started using chopsticks, as well as Western food. Glad I'm now eating with chopsticks because they have taught me good eating habits since I have a hiatal hernia. As long as I eat with Chopsticks I can't shovel the food in my mouth and I enjoy my food more. So chopsticks were a health thing with me.

The animation, editing and sound design were so well done that I got absorbed and had to struggle back to the script. Great video!

I use five NATURAL CHOPSTICKS of my HAND.

@tonyzhu1687

3 жыл бұрын

Would really be funny seeing you use your "natural chopsticks" for hot pot then

@vaibhavphuloria4059

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonyzhu1687 If it is hot enough that you'd hurt your fingers, I reckon it's hot enough not to put it in your mouth🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️😂And for soups and stuff, we use spoons.

@amigotroll7772

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonyzhu1687 for hot pot i use the chopstick between my legs

@8L4CK_P4NTH3R

2 жыл бұрын

@@amigotroll7772 hol up

I never remember to use my chopsticks until I get a bag of Cheetos.

@DuffMichi

4 жыл бұрын

Allison same xD

@elizabethbeal5406

4 жыл бұрын

Why oh why I have never thought of this!

@holidaytrout5174

4 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only person who did this!

@Sloppy_McFloppy

4 жыл бұрын

YOO I ALWAYS DO THIS! Crunchy Jalapeno Cheddar Cheetos with chopsticks is just THE way to do it.

@user-nj7rw5my9h

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I do this with every snack.

That was a really interesting video and was really well executed!! Amazing job, thanks again TED!!

There's a similar Indian story to the super long chopsticks in the afterlife! I forgot the context but basically there's this feast, where all the guests have planks tied to their right arms (you only eat with your right hand) and one group of people struggle with eat with their straightened arms, while another feed their neighbour and get fed in turn instead.

I respect every culture...and I'm a proud earthian to have this diversity of culture. Whatever you use, forks, spoons, knife, chopsticks or hand... ultimately food is going into your mouth. So it doesn't matter how you eat...just eat what you wanna eat and chose what you wanna use to deliver food into your mouth.

@kosmaslemo

3 жыл бұрын

Im being rectally force fed. Im locked in Eminems basement. Help

@eeja2155

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, forks, spoons, knife, chopsticks or hand are all tools, the purpose is to deliver food into mouth.

@Monkchelle_Kongbama

2 жыл бұрын

I was born with my hands and feet swapped, i.e my keyboard and mouse are on the floor(im not very good at fps games as you can imagine) and since its reallly uncomfortable to bring my ankle-wrists to my mouth I've had to learn to eat using my toe dexterity.

@user-rp4qc7yh9g

2 жыл бұрын

The Chinese used knives and forks thousands of years ago

On Earth, people break the chopsticks in halves and feed themself

Really informative video and actually so well structured!

Thanks for explaining it so well, it's very easy to listen to & follow you! That's an amazing skill. I'm very fond of my newly aquired knowledge

i love how TED edits the sounds are like ur playing a game and u win rewards but ur actually watching a ted video.

gr8 series, love the lil legend story at the end too!!

I'm not asian, very far from being Asian , I'm from an Arab country , and in my city there is no Asian food restaurants or so ever. But I eat with chopsticks almost always. I have always been interested in the far east cultures and using them just came naturally ❤❤❤

@officialspaceefrain

4 жыл бұрын

Marhaban

@TheHa3ker

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe you’re an Asian in your last life lol

@etoilefilante2110

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheHa3ker you're not the first person to tell me this lol

@Chris_P_Bacon

4 жыл бұрын

I'm living in Europe (Germany) and here are many chinese restaurants

@etoilefilante2110

4 жыл бұрын

@@officialspaceefrain marhaban bik 👋

The West: Uses Knives and Forks Asia: Scissors, great for cutting up food

Thanks TED, could you zoom in a little bit closer, I couldn't see her face clearly enough. Still, very cool video nonetheless.

@krishnadesai3257

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@raykusengsky2205

3 жыл бұрын

This joke is so ignorant that it doesn't even have a passport. .

@bwisitlinti8545

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@TheChessNeck

3 жыл бұрын

@@raykusengsky2205 how is it ignorant? He's just saying they are too close to her face when filming.

@iandrsaurri625

3 жыл бұрын

@@raykusengsky2205 im so ignorant i dont know why an ignorant joke would need a passport

Pai Mei once told me that if I didn't learn to use chopsticks, I'd spend the rest of my days there eating from the floor like a dog

@branflakes2600

4 жыл бұрын

Gold

@Sarah-rf5rj

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@norandomness

4 жыл бұрын

Yet he's the one who died like a dog... Shame.

@trueredlucky954

4 жыл бұрын

@@norandomness gotta be carefull when collecting eyes i suppose

I really love chopsticks for many reason, the major one because can eat slower and enjoy more.

@noobwatt

4 жыл бұрын

Well I don't know how to break this to you... but I have also possibility to eat slower with a fork. Oh and I can also eat faster if I need to. Win win situation. It's like I having a car that goes only 30km/h because im not in hurry, until you have to drive 800km to see your relatives. I also have an ability to control myself.

@rhettvaughan1937

4 жыл бұрын

@@noobwatt no one cares

@pushpas.6679

4 жыл бұрын

@@rhettvaughan1937 thanks for reply. That shows you actually care.

@rhettvaughan1937

4 жыл бұрын

@@pushpas.6679 I only care about you bby

@tldoesntlikebread

4 жыл бұрын

@@noobwatt you do have the possibility but that likelihood of actually eating it like that is unlikely because you have the opportunity to eat fast. It's like moving slow but the cars behind you are beeping at you for going too slow so you instinctively go fast where instead there could've been a road where you can casually drive slow. There are some who have the ability to control themselves and there are some who can't help themselves.

I like chopsticks because out of all the cuttlery I own they're the only one that dont fall back out when I stick them up my nose

@ramu992

4 жыл бұрын

Woahh..

@alf3309

4 жыл бұрын

nice

@voyagereternal11

4 жыл бұрын

r/cursedcomments

@tldoesntlikebread

4 жыл бұрын

You ever tried a kn--...nevermind

@kosmaslemo

3 жыл бұрын

but but ... you can also try balancing/hanging a spoon on your nose But chopsticks are the only kind of cutlery reliable enough for a lobotomy!!

2:10 the picture is Korean picture. "Grilling meat" by Seong Hyup, 19th century. 성협-"고기굽기", 19세기

@juyngkwogayo206

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting

@haehae5485

3 жыл бұрын

it's funny how korean ppl love to own everything-

@lorelei4468

3 жыл бұрын

@@haehae5485 idk isn’t that traditional Korean hats tho?? I could be wrong

My brother was on a business trip to S Korea years ago. He was fairly adept using chopsticks until one noodle shop had round stainless steel chopsticks. He said the noodles slipped off no matter how much he tried...

@zhli4238

Жыл бұрын

If you look closely, Korean metal chopsticks actually got some wrinkles near the tip for anti-slippery. One thing I found out about Korean: they are good in dishwasher. Others soak up when washed, but this one does not.

That "legend" is actually called allegory of the long spoons and has become part of multiple cultures having multiple variations.

@yemanthike4770

4 жыл бұрын

us the one's that use hands don't have such a legend so I guess we're the only one who won't starve.

@teo.reinehr

4 жыл бұрын

@@yemanthike4770 the version of the story i know people don't have elbows but their limbs are normal otherwise. Like stick figure arms.

Great as video production material and sound design. Amazing!

I love she cited the communal factor coming from chopstick use. Imagine that with the epitome of communal eating--using hands.

I'm Irish, we eat with a spork

@finnbarfury

4 жыл бұрын

Shane McDonald Music do we😂

@thedatavampire7383

4 жыл бұрын

Shane McDonald Music lol In America you only eat off a spork when your in jail 🤣

@TLouski

4 жыл бұрын

@@thedatavampire7383 Or eating a KFC Famous Bowl. Lol

@thedatavampire7383

4 жыл бұрын

Luis Laureano true that on point buddy!! 🤣

@hirvielain9013

4 жыл бұрын

Australians eat with fawks and knoives.

I'm from the U.S., and I love using chopsticks. For me it's fun, but also chopsticks are surprisingly versatile if you know how to use them, and really easy to transport places if you want keep an emergency set of utensils on hand.

@nitink.a567

4 жыл бұрын

Use you're fingers it is also fun and also surprisingly versatile if you know how to use them and it's reusable, biodegradable, easy to wash, easy to transport, it's hassle-free you won't be charged for extra weight.

@Vampybattie

2 жыл бұрын

@@nitink.a567 nope it's unhygienic

@nitink.a567

2 жыл бұрын

@@Vampybattie Utensils , at the restaurant has been inside somebody else mouth but your fingers isn't. You don't know where all the places that mouth has been . 😅

Since she didn’t answer the question, I’ll do it. Using chopsticks makes you think more. The surface level explanation would be they are better suited for consuming asian cuisine, eg reaching across the table, eating intricate tiny foods, picking at fish, etc. But the more significant reason is using chopsticks is difficult, thus when you eat you are practicing your motor skills and thinking skills. To pick up a single peanut or to scoop up a soft tofu block without breaking it requires much more patience and effort than simply using a knife and fork. If one is experience enough, a pair of chopsticks can cut food like a knife or scoop congee like a spoon. TLDR it is versatile and makes you think more.

@Un1234l

4 жыл бұрын

Bullshit. Are you 13 or some deluded overly patriotic 40 year old? It's not that deep.

@yayalu8650

4 жыл бұрын

Un1234l I bet you aren’t Chinese and haven’t even tried to understand the culture. It’s a simple concept. The more you practice something difficult, the more sophisticated and sharper you become. There’s a reason why China has one of the highest average IQ’s. Chinese culture is over 5000 years old, making it meticulous and extremely detailed, thus its people are better critical thinkers. For example, a foreigner might think calligraphy is useless and requires little effort, but there are hundreds, if not thousands of different ways to write the same word, different papers, inks, positions, etc. In ancient times, calligraphy was so important, you could only work for the government if you could write beautifully. Because an experienced eye can see the nature of your heart and how calm your mind is through your words. No where else in the world is handwriting as valued as in china. The culture views life as an art and that includes table manners. If you can eat a single piece of rice one at a time, your mind is definitely clear. In Zen temples, even eating is a way to practice awareness. Meals are silent, and monks often practice trying to make absolutely no noise. This all requires much more thinking than using a spoon. In fact, the western etiquette with a fork and knife also requires more thinking because you have to be aware of your appearance, though it is still a bit easier than using chopsticks. So yes, in a way it is that deep, because it’s one of the oldest cultures.

@Un1234l

4 жыл бұрын

@@yayalu8650 LOL. It's not that deep. Anyone without dexterity issues can learn how to use chopsticks PROPERLY within an hour or two. That's not a sign of an advanced or sophisticated skill. And you're constantly harping about how superior "Chinese" are when so many other Asians have chopsticks engrained in their culture too. GTFOH. Then you claim I must not be Chinese when 76% of my DNA is Chinese. Stfu.

@yayalu8650

4 жыл бұрын

Un1234l Yeah and you can learn to use a fork within five seconds. You can probably eat with chopsticks after one hour of practice, but can you pick up a slippery pea or guarantee you won’t drop anything? The sophistication also comes more from how elegantly and fluidly you use them. It’s the same concept as how Asian parents tell their kids eating fish makes you smarter. You have to use your tongue to pick out the bones whereas Westerners with their fillet just stick a fork in and shove it down. Do you really think there is no difference? Also as an adult it’s much easier, but using utensils starts from when you are a toddler. A kid that uses chopsticks is probably more likely to improve their motor and thinking skills than a kid that uses a spoon. I’m not saying one culture is better than the other. Its just that the Chinese had nothing else to do so they refined everything to the tea. If sophistication didn’t matter, they would probably settle for the knife and fork. And I’m *so* sorry for my inconsiderate lack of inclusivity. I *really* should have used the word Asians more even though most people know chopsticks originated from China so it makes sense that I’m talking about it so much. In the end, you didn’t understand what I was saying. Honestly I feel like maybe I’m just arguing with a tween based on how you resort to cussing as a last resort.

@srishtisingh7031

4 жыл бұрын

I believe in your explanation, in fact I myself use chopsticks to test my patience (or something) and when I pick food successfully I feel like I've achieved something in doing so.

*That story at the end was amazing*

I am Asian, an Indian Asian. I just started eating with chopsticks and I’m enjoying it so far.

I got stationed in Korea and boy!! Is it difficult eating with those stainless steel chopsticks. They slip and it's hard to grip them correctly from them being flat.

@user-vn7ce5ig1z

4 жыл бұрын

They were smooth? 🤨 They usually compensate for material and shape by adding or cutting ridges for grip. 🤦 You must have had some from a bad designer.

@austinkim6372

4 жыл бұрын

Once you master those metal ones, you'll become an expert in chopsticks. You could cut almost anything with those sturdy metal chopsticks!

@lordoftherain

4 жыл бұрын

As a native chopsticks user , I can tell you yeah , korean chopsitcks are hard to use

Great video and an even greater ending. Kudos!

She said “chop sticks” about 735 times.

@joshuasusanto6626

4 жыл бұрын

No sir.... 35 times she said chopsticks

@alf3309

4 жыл бұрын

1. fearless your estimation is horribly off 2. joshua why would you count the times she said chopsticks

@jesusmarywillsaveyou

4 жыл бұрын

alf , both you jerks just drove me to count how many times she actually said it, twenty-five times. Lol. Not kidding though. Edit: she said chopsticks on average every 7,8 seconds. A bit much.

@alf3309

4 жыл бұрын

@@jesusmarywillsaveyou your fault lol

@ThomasLMcCurdySr

4 жыл бұрын

Jesus is a myth!🤗 Every 14th male Jew has been named "Yeshua"...aka Jesus.

The title is like a request to complete the sentence, for me it's "- and I can never get it right"

Why is the camera so close to her face

@einjix

4 жыл бұрын

For dramatic purposes

@midfidelity7180

4 жыл бұрын

So that she looks better on a smartphone screen?

@befer

4 жыл бұрын

@@midfidelity7180 phone screens aren't smaller or anything. You tend to put your phone closer to your face than a monitor. It ends up being about the same size.

@midfidelity7180

4 жыл бұрын

@@befer LOL, you can do the math yourself, but I can help you out. Suppose you have a 27inch display 20 inches away from your eyes. You need to put your 6-inch cellphone screen 4.5 inches away. Only short-sighted people with no glass on them do that.

@befer

4 жыл бұрын

@@midfidelity7180 this makes no sense. You are wrong, yes it would appear like that if you tried to '' allign it '' but phone screens work differently than normal monitors, it's the way light comes out of these screens, etc. it's not a '' simple math '' problem, really, if you take a look and try to put your phone against your screen, you'll see that it's gonna be *about* the same. for e.g i watch my videos in small window mode, as i feel uncomfortable with full screen, and that's the exact same size when i watch videos on my phone. i know these sentences don't make 100% perfect sense, but i'll try to comeback and re-write them later for now i am very tired, for which i'm sorry i guess

So fascinating. I'm a bit disappointed the video was under 4 minutes. I'll have to do additional research, I find this style of eating interesting. Thanks for sharing.

I follow Ted for learning Ielts and i love her voice so much ! ❤

It’s strange to me she didn’t mention spoon. Not once

@MariaMartinez-researcher

4 жыл бұрын

In a short video about chopsticks? How strange.

@kenyumbagra5835

4 жыл бұрын

Because.....the chopstick has a similar mechanism to knife&fork. Spoon is used for soups...

@codeoftee

4 жыл бұрын

María Martínez it’s strange to me because she mentioned fork and knife. Maybe because where I’m from you would have seen more than 100 people using spoon before someone using a knife or fork to eat

@foljs5858

4 жыл бұрын

@@codeoftee What? Where are you from outside asia that a spoon is more common (100 times more common even) than a knife or fork?

@Ariel-wc8vq

4 жыл бұрын

Spoons are for the weak, they deserve to be ignored

Chopsticks would be perfect to eat popcorn chicken at KFC

@lupowins

4 жыл бұрын

Stephen Mason They are, my GF uses them when we bring home popcorn chicken.

@KarlParish

4 жыл бұрын

Fingers are awesome for that one too!! x

@user-bb9vb9gt4i

4 жыл бұрын

That's funny

@Emirates1598

4 жыл бұрын

I've never gone to a KFC :'(

@ShomeAvi

4 жыл бұрын

Why don't your eat with a lobster's arm?

okay.. the editing was awesome.

Does this really answer "Why they use chopsticks"? Z it's just what, where and how they use chopsticks..

@bycarolinakobayashi

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, according to the video, east asian could've used forks n' knives, like she said they had, but at the end it was more about preference.

@prumchhangsreng979

4 жыл бұрын

Didnt she say its because most of the food are cut into small piece.

@dwolfe2907

4 жыл бұрын

@Shaun Ashley I think we use chopsticks because its a convenient way to eat ( if you know how to use it)- and it allows sharing food easy , as we were very communal. In Korea we have many banchans, little side dishes- and they are always shared. It'd be awful to have to use a fork and stab at it, make it slip - but with careful chopstick use, its pretty quick, and efficient. I think it came out of necessity.

@---iv5gj

4 жыл бұрын

I will answer what this clickbait video failed to. 1. We don't use knives and forks because people tried to prevent weapons from being brought into the dining room. especially important for important folks and the emperors, just one of the many ways to eliminate assassination attempts. 2. As someone else mentioned in the comments, it is culturally unacceptable to bring knives (symbolizes separation/killing) to the dining table (symbolizes unity and harmony) 3. as the video (unclearly) stated, people wanted an efficient way to take out bits of food inside hot boiling claypots. using a spoon is not efficient as it takes the boiling soup as well, you'd have to strain it every time. Fork is even worse as it pierces the food (would not want that happening with dumplings for example.), and is difficult to take the food in the first place if you have a pot of boiling soup food. Thus chopsticks are the natural solution to boiled-foods.

@solkun8316

4 жыл бұрын

@@---iv5gj great explanation

I know the story at the end but with very long spoons. Funny that there's an asian version or is mine a european version?

@fatimaalaa2659

4 жыл бұрын

I think the story's originally asian, I'm not sure though

@jdkrones1039

4 жыл бұрын

In Jewish mysticism there's a story of having everyone in the 'afterlife' seated at never-ending tables, always piled high with food and drink, and everyone's arms are locked out in front of them. In the 'good' room people are inherently selfless, so they feed each other and are happy. In the 'bad' room people are inherently selfish, so they only try to feed themselves and starve.

@newsviewstoday5689

4 жыл бұрын

Well considering that the Asians have been established in their culture & use of chopsticks so much longer then the Eruopeans have been using cutlery its more then likely that yours is "the european version".

@jalchi8367

4 жыл бұрын

I just googled, sources arent quite clear but its attributed to a european Rabbi, the story spread to many different cultures altering the story for example a version where the arms are fixed and the people are using regular cutlery

@technodestination4763

4 жыл бұрын

@@jdkrones1039 we have similar story in Hindu Religion I am not sure about its origin though

I’m from Japan. We have practiced chopsticks since we were little. If we cannot use chopsticks well, we are sometimes seen as uneducated.

@mynahlu977

4 жыл бұрын

Same here in Singapore! My family was really strict with the way we hold our chopsticks, it’s supposed to be a sign of good family upbringing. The irony is, my family was not even highly educated and we were poor! 🤣

@sup8668

4 жыл бұрын

鈴木裕也, my grandma didn’t mind, she said as long as you can eat, it’s fine haha

@Alasterius41

4 жыл бұрын

Raven von Frankenstein Japanese chopsticks tend to be shorter in length too, which makes them lighter and easier to use. Chinese ones tend to be longer and heavier (but the length of them can come in useful sometimes). Korean ones are just really tiring to use...

@chichang9377

4 жыл бұрын

I was born and raised in America and I find it really easy to use the different types of chopsticks used in Japan, China, and Korea. Note: I'm Hmong, not Japanese, Chinese, or Korean.

@TheSilverwing999

4 жыл бұрын

It's really the same with forks and knives here in my country in the west. If you hold the spoon at the end its seen as bad manners and upbringing. Same with holding the knife and fork in the wrong hand.

You Ended this video with a very beautiful story

I learned to eat with chopsticks in my early 20s and, though it took quite a bit of practice to master, I use them to eat almost everything since then. I use them at home; when going to a non-Asian restaurant, I always carry a pair of my own chopsticks to eat with them. Eating with a fork became almost a torture, as I find chopsticks much more versatile. So if you see a guy eating pasta with chopsticks, it's most probably me.

@extremepancakerat

Жыл бұрын

you're just like me fr hahah. i am eastern european and started to use them when i was about 15 years old maybe. i use them for everything, eating snacks, too. i thought about bringing them with myself when going to a non-asian restaurant, but didn't do that yet, might have to actually do it. glad to know that there's other people that aren't asian and love using chopsticks too!

@LukeVilent

Жыл бұрын

You know, there is no risk eating with chopsticks in a non-Asian restaurant. People just don't care, and when they do - it has never been aggressive or something. Food in non-Asian restaurants is not always suitable for chopsticks, but you can always cut it small enough to fit right.

@extremepancakerat

Жыл бұрын

@@LukeVilent yeah, i think the same! i consider myself a rather shy person, but i don't feel self-conscious at all when thinking about eating with chopsticks there. i actually asked the waitress once to bring me them when i couldn't eat my salad with a fork lol!

@atsukorichards1675

8 ай бұрын

10 years ago in Kyoto, I found a pair of chopsticks which can be separated in half to store in the plastic case and screwed back in to use. Since then I carry around them in my purse, and use them at Asian restaurants. When I assemble them, I always feel like James Bond.

What I don’t like about chopsticks is that when I eat, I want all the different foods in a dish in one bite. Chopsticks don’t really allow that.

@huonglarne

4 жыл бұрын

i dont know about other countries but in vietnam, we sometimes hold a spoon with our right hand and use chopsticks to put food on the spoon. In that way we can eat rice, meat, veggie in one bite. Most people eat Pho this way because they can drink the soup simultaneously.

@nandaveerum4399

4 жыл бұрын

Use hand.

@safir2241

4 жыл бұрын

Bruh you’ve never used chopsticks

@MoogieSRO

4 жыл бұрын

@@huonglarne Or you could just... use the spoon. By itself.

@lib9680

4 жыл бұрын

MoogieSRO picking up noodles with chopsticks is easier

Me: "okay, i think i'll go to sleep now" Me at 3 am:

I LOVE THIS EDITING

The ending sentence made my soul smile ❤️

Honestly I like them more than forks for most foods and find it more efficient. There's obvious exceptions like with Italian food; fork is far superior for something like lasagna and easier for twirling noodles with. It is worth having chopsticks along with your forks and spoons in your kitchen drawer for the occasion. Give it a try!

Everytime I read the comments, I find them meme-worthy.

Love the end part. Top notch

This woman is very well spoken. I can hear her speak for days. Lol anyways it’s very interesting hearing that they used chopsticks as a means for not getting burned by the boiling pot. Everything in this video was honestly very interesting to hear.

Very informative and interesting!

Asia: eats with chopsticks The West: eats with utensils Africa: hold my hands

@jlategan8327

4 жыл бұрын

many African cultures actually use spoons. either carved from wood, but there are also long, thin gourds/calabash that can be dried and cut into a spoon-shape

@Hanyamanusiabiasa

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. (Challenge : Guess my country by my name)

@blue-zn6fx

3 жыл бұрын

I'm Ethiopian and we mostly use hands to eat

@kosmaslemo

3 жыл бұрын

if I hold your hands, you cant eat

@kosmaslemo

3 жыл бұрын

@@Hanyamanusiabiasa Malaysia or Indonesia. Google translate isnt sure :P

Echoing death is my favorite part and I do it all the time. It's so metal.

Loved the final thought about starving due to being selfish or feasting by thinking of others.

Genuine question: Why have a learning curve for something as simple as eating food?

@RobKinneySouthpaw

4 жыл бұрын

Cutlery always has a learning curve. Ever hand a baby their first fork or spoon and then wait a year for them start using it without putting it in their hair or devolving to hand-fisting their mashed potatoes? Your way of eating food is "simple" to you because you don't remember the learning process.

@ivorydelights

4 жыл бұрын

Eating with forks and knives might seem simple if you grew up with it but it might have a learning curve if you didn't. Even eating with your hands seems simple but not if you grew up eating with forks and spoons.

meanwhile in india : naaaaaaaaaah, I will use my hand 😂

Well explained. Never knew that there were different types of chopsticks.

I love the way she speaks..

Didn’t Confucius say that knives at the dinner table were barbarous (and not a good idea when dining with potential adversaries), and so the food is cooked in bite sized portions?

The question is why are the rest of the world not using chopsticks but rather a small farming tool

@seljiang

4 жыл бұрын

Phlegethon love this.

@arieflistyan8268

4 жыл бұрын

man im wheezing

@wisdomelves5838

4 жыл бұрын

The rest of the world? Are you that dumb? Not every other cultures uses knife and fork, idiot!

@tylermoses7829

4 жыл бұрын

Hilarious

@weneedmoreconsideratepeopl4006

4 жыл бұрын

@@wisdomelves5838 Yooo. Chill out there brother. Bad day?

I grew up with spoons, forks, and knives as my eating utensils. In high school, a kwetiaw booth provides chopsticks and plastic spoons/fork (I always bring them home and if not, we have boxes in school exclusively for plastic bottles, but other plastic wastes usually ends up there too. It'll be sent to a recycling centre). One day, they ran out of spoons and forks so I had to use chopsticks. Idk why but then I suddenly prefer chopsticks over other utensils 'cause chopsticks are the most convenient thing ever (not for eating soup tho). Atleast for me.

Jennifer8. Lee is my most favorite author because my English professor made us read about the history of fortune cookies

The German sociologist Norbert Elias explained it completely different: He saw the reason in the fact that Asian cultures are in a way more civilised, because they banned the knife from the dining table. He also quotes a Chinese who is astonished that „Europeans eat with swords“.

@martynakubicz2614

4 ай бұрын

where did you find this information?

@carlfromvienna

4 ай бұрын

@@martynakubicz2614 The book from Elias is called „The Civilizing Process“.

@martynakubicz2614

4 ай бұрын

thank you very much :) @@carlfromvienna

0:53 LIES. You don't need to be "really skilled" to eat rice with a chopsticks. Any 3-year-old can do it with like a couple minutes practice.

@minhhangluuthi4153

4 жыл бұрын

It's so true. Using chopsticks to eat rice is as basic as use clothes to cover the body in east asia

@kosmaslemo

3 жыл бұрын

Ok chill guys. Put it in perspective. It is more difficult to eat rice than to pick up a piece of meat. That doesnt mean that it is actually difficult. But it is more difficult. So you need a bit more skill As if she called you all retarded. If anything she says you are skilled. Ffs relax

@delevator8755

3 жыл бұрын

As someone who only got introduced to chopsticks in my late 20s, has had very little sporadic practice and hasn't really mastered how to use them efficiently even for bigger pieces, I beg to disagree. I'm otherwise fairly dextrous too. I just don't really do chopsticks.

From Singapore! In fact we can use hands, chopsticks, and fork & knife for all 3 meals E.g. sandwich for breakfast - hands Noodles for lunch - chopsticks Chicken chop for dinner - fork & knife

I loved the final story. To think about.

Chopsticks have the precision to pick up a single grain of rice.

@HappypandaAJ

4 жыл бұрын

quangluu96 YEAH! That’s what I’m talking about

I love how chopsticks are so subtle and act like a hand so you can eat you food more delicately instead of stabbing it like a barbarian

Que excelente princípio moral aliado a um costume... valeu pelo vídeo, inclusive a informação final

Awesome explanation

3:10 in Hindu culture, it's the same but with really big spoons.

Who tried to take feeling of chopsticks with pencil or pen 😂😂

@Satyam1906

4 жыл бұрын

So Indian Of You😂😂

@peace331

4 жыл бұрын

@@Satyam1906 😑

@thulomanchay

4 жыл бұрын

Many who were taught to use chopsticks, later practiced with pencils at home or office. I did.

Chop sticks are way better than forks and knives. Even though i am not used to them, it is surprisingly more effective in getting food. Also it is easier to manufacture and clean.

3:10 Its called diner philosopher's problem and you don't need heaven you can just solve the problem by making the last person eat in an anticlockwise thus breaking the deadlock

I had chinese friends gift me bamboo chopsticks once. And I was really happy using them from time to time. But with Korean chopsticks I took one look at them and was like: no thanks

@WorstZedTW

4 жыл бұрын

Never knew chopsticks has region difference

@xieuun

4 жыл бұрын

yes it is because our Korean people mostly eat kimchi and vegetables every day, so Korean chopsticks are very flat.

@WorstZedTW

4 жыл бұрын

@@xieuun Oh i see, it's the shape. I thought you were talking about the material.

@liveonair9798

4 жыл бұрын

What’s wrong with Korean chopsticks? It is more clean than bamboo or any other wooden chopsticks. Shape is various, like round, square, or flat. The things is that flat one which is really common in Korean chopsticks doesn’t exist in other countries.

@fatimaalaa2659

4 жыл бұрын

@@liveonair9798 sorry I didn't mean to insult Korean chopsticks 😅. It's just that the flat chopsticks were so hard to use and I was amazed that my friend (who is Korean) could use them so easily but I personally can't

Using chopsticks can also improve your mental power, according to some research. Eat with chopsticks - if you are not doing it already, this simple switch of utensils can grow new dendrites - branches of nerve cells. This will improve communication between brain cells, says neurobiologist Lawrence Katz in his book “Keep Your Brain Alive” which has 83 brain exercises for improving mental fitness.

@officialspaceefrain

4 жыл бұрын

Yep. Not only that you can portion your food better when eating. It's so different eating a spoon full of rice than a chopstick one. I like it because I eat slower and actually enjoy the food. If I have the chance I eat with chopsticks.

@ekulia

4 жыл бұрын

Where can I download this book ? Any links ?

@w.z.6062

4 жыл бұрын

@@ekulia You can find it here: www.keepyourbrainalive.com/

Must watch with ear phones! Changes the experience

The last story is sooo classic!