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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Mine are a whole category of forks and spoons. I want my forks and spoons to have a completely flat underside with rounded corners. The underside should not be concave because it makes the edges of the fork or spoon too sharp and dig into my finger bones too much. A convex underside puts too much weight onto the center of the surface making it uncomfortable for my middle finger then as well. Oh, and they have to be completely smooth with no texture because I don't like rough textures rubbing against my fingers while I eat.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I started this in toddlerhood lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Nah, it's not with the others.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (4 children)

It fucking sucks I don't even know why I just hate it with a passion

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I have a whole set that I HATE. I put them in backward so I don't pick one up by accident.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

That is an ugly fucking fork.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In my previous house we had utensil fairies who willfully would hide all the forks or spoons around the house to thwart our use of cutlery for eating. They fixated on one or the other, so our draw would be flush with forks but lacking in spoons or vice versa.

Eventually I just gave up and started supplying new infusions of new flatware. As the internet matured (and with the help of girlfriends in the restaurant industry) I'd find restaurant suppliers who'd set me up with just spoons or just forks, rather than full dining sets.

After seventeen years of this, I left, with the war for cutlery ongoing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

... If I had this my home would become difficult to burgle as I'd have invested in a set of security cameras. I'd have to know where they go when they disappear.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

…wait this isn’t a neurotypical thing?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Chaotic neutral.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

The thin one! I need my fork to have some heft to it so I don't think I'm sticking a galvanized aluminum abomination in my mouth.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

All of mine are literally the same as each other lol.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

1st fork on the left - I have 1

4th fork from the left - I have 1, this is my favorite fork

Middle fork- I have a handful

2nd to last fork on the right - I have a handful, decent forks.

Not pictured - that piece of garbage that I have no idea where it came from, that's somehow simultaneously too small to fit in with the other big forks, and too big to fit in with the small forks. And to top it off, its shape makes it terrible at twirling spaghetti. I seriously don't know why I still have that piece of junk.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Seeing the commonality of this subject I'm almost thinking I should get a shelf and a few small object display cases (ex those used to hold signed baseballs) and have a shelf of shame for bad objects.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My forks are all the same except the ones my gf brought when she moved in. They have flames on them and I'm jealous.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I got rid of the fork I hated, but I have a spoon I love.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I have a fork that I can't stand. The prongs are completely flat, but it still has the bend between the handle and prongs. I hate holding it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

my parent's wedding cutlery in the form of like 10 knives are these, the fancy curved grips piss me off.

if there are only wedding knives left, i'd rather clean a dirty regular knife. the rectangular grips are way better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

my forks are okay but ive got some dodgy spoons

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I've got some great spoons, but there's that one spoon that just sucks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

oh yeah there totally are good spoons and bad spoons

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

For the longest time I had a spoon which literally had sharp edges. I don't know why I didn't throw it away. No idea where it is now.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Mine are two very different steak knives. One's got a plastic handle and really fine serration on the blade and it is terrible at cutting steak. The other is effectively a fucking hacksaw with a wooden handle bolted around the tang and it is a horror to behold. They're for when we need a knife and don't want to involve the good cutlery.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Please share a photo of this hacksaw knife

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Fortunately, trash can is nearby

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