So yes, I'm definitely that person who asks for a fork at a Chinese restaurant. Fortunately, the owners seem to run into a lot of people like me because the option is usually right on the table anyway. Yet apparently, those who have mastered the sticks have troubles of their own that I never even realized. Specifically, the problems arise when they get the disposable ones connected to the small wooden block.
When you split them apart, there's about a 50/50 shot of them actually breaking apart like they're supposed to. A simple way around this has been making the rounds among lifehack communities.
People were amazed, but things aren't quite what they seem.
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It's a problem that's frustrating diners everywhere.
When the chopsticks split, they often get into this uneven mess. From there, using them gets that much harder.
Yet, some users discovered the solution was staring them in the face all along.
Just break off the end and you'll have nice, even chopsticks without any trouble. At least, that's what some "lifehackers" say.
When others found out, they were shocked.
Neggy Gearo took it particularly hard, saying "we are all an embarrassment to eating."
Yet, that wasn't all this method had to offer.
Once you break the end off, you can use it as a little stand for the ends of your sticks.
Unfortunately, there's just one problem with this method.
Unfortunately, there's just one problem with this method.
It doesn't work with most chopsticks.
Often, you're just replacing one breakage problem with another. Instead of being uneven in width, your sticks will likely end up uneven in length.
So why did it work in that one picture?
Apparently, this method was designed for a very specific brand of chopsticks.
The clean break we're seeing was made as part of a design competition.
These specially designed chopsticks took a similar principal used in Japanese toothpicks and applied them to chopsticks in a contest held by a Japanese company called MUJI.
Unfortunately, these handy sticks aren't available on the market yet, so you'll have to choose between the two risky breaks for now.
Unfortunately, these handy sticks aren't available on the market yet, so you'll have to choose between the two risky breaks for now.
But if you're hungry for better chopsticks, there may be another answer.
A product called Cropsticks works essentially the same way and was successfully funded on Kickstarter earlier this year. So while these aren't available yet either, they're probably going to show up before the ones from MUJI do.
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