Chopsticks are better than forks

"precision manipulation of food at a higher degree (overall)" was an unsubstantiated claim, and I'll argue that the claim is till unsbustantiated."easier productibility, higher cleanibility, and more design potential" are all irrelevant to the debate on what's the better eating untensil."better at cutting food without assistance from other hand" I simply disagree and will leave it to the voters.My point still stands. Arguing that it's possible for chopsticks to do what a fork can easily do, is not an argument for chopsticks' superiority. All it says it that chopsticks are adequate.Folding foodLike I already said, folding food, ie. rice paper, lettuce, long pieces of beef or anything else is a matter of preference. I never had to fold any of these foods. I eat yoshinoya beef bowl all the time with a fork with ease. Same goes with big pieces of lettuce. The point here is that, just because you can fold better with chopsticks (which I grant), it does not make it a better food utensil because you are never required to fold food, its a matter of preference. You can eat the same meal with a fork without folding and not lose any efficiency.Picking up floating foodWhat I meant here was that chopsticks and forks are equal here, and it depends on the user. I don't accept your claim that it is difficult to pick up floating pieces of food with a fork at all. I've never had a problem with this using a fork. The same can not be said about cutting steak. Forks are clearly the way to go when eating steak. Using chopsticks to eat ice cream, no matter your skill level is, is idiotic.Picking up food on top of a bowl of foodAgain this is a reversable claim. If you're as precise with a fork as you are with the chopsticks, then you should not have any issues with this task."I was saying, this does not hold place before the argument any way. This is closer to conclusion, not thesis."An introductory claim is still not an argument, I was simply stating my initial position,"As a user of chopsticks AND forks, I disagree. You need to press down really hard with a fork to cut through, for example, a pork chop. From time to time, I had to use both my hands, depending on the quality of the meat. However, since the nature of cutting using chopsticks is "splitting" it is almost always easier."If something is hard for a fork to cut, then it's most like nearly impossible for chopsticks to do so. For example, steak. Good luck cutting a piece of well done steak with chopsticks. Fork overall is the better cutting untensil, especially if you limit chopsticks to traditional one hand use. They are no longer chopsticks when seperated, but even if you're allowed to, fork still wins this.C1A My point was that anyone, if given enough time, can make anything very very effective. That would not be an even playing field then. I think we both agree that a hook is not a good eating utensil tool at all, unless you take the time and effort to make it so. This makes learning curve very relevant.C1B The point still stands.C1C Point remains that manufacturability and recyclablity is completely irrelevant to the debate unlike learning curve.C2 Up to the voters. I stand by the fork when it comes to eating little pieces of food like rice, corn, peas. It doesn't require me to place my plate or bowl right in front of my mouth.C3A I added the knife to both the fork and chopsticks. My point was that forks can be used as a substitute to chopsticks virtually in any scenerio without losing effieciecy and practicality while the same can be said if it's reversed. Fork and scissors = effective, Fork and knife = effective, Chopsticks and knife = not really. I will let the voters judge which is a the better untensil when both are complimented with any other tool.C3B I never said that it's exactly like skewering with a spoon. What I'm trying to say is that chopsticks, though better than a spoon in the skewering department, is still inferior to a fork when it cmes to skewering. Out of the 3 (fork, chopsticks, spoon) it is only second place.C3C &; D I thought this was pretty obvious, I will let the voters judge which is the better and more practical utensil for eating ice cream and cake.C4 That korean ramen cover is irrelevant since it is tailor made for chopsticks. It actually doesn't help your case, since the manufacturers had to spend the extra money to add that feature.Some TV dinners and frozen microwavable foods require you to perforate more than one hole. It tells you to make several perforactions actually. And again, the frozen ones like corn, and peas are just not practical at all to be peforated by chopsticks.http://www.chefdoughty.com... Uploaded with ImageShack.usC5 fork and spoon, fork and knife.. do I even need to prove how efficient these combos are??? Eating a rice dish with spoon and fork is a breeze. You use the fork to guide the rice to you spoon, you use the fork to skewer the meat and veggies, you use both spoon and fork to cut pieces.A steak meal is served with a fork and knife for obvious reasons.A noodle soup with a fork and spoon is self explanatory as well.I'll just leave this to the judges, You, however did not at all show that chopsticks with a compimentary tool is more efficient that a fork with the same help.extra credit.Forks can spread butter, jelly etc on bread more efficiently than chopstics.ConclusionPro failed to show how chopsticks are actually superior to forks overall. I believe I made arguments that prove the opposite.FTW - Fork the win! (see what I did there?)