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Taking this post as a platform to rally against cutlery that isn't fashioned from a single piece of metal but has a useless metal or plastic handle. When you take them out of the dishwasher, a pool of warm, stagnant , vaguely soap-smelling water will pour out onto your wrist and wet your sleeve and my week is ruined.
For the record, I haven't experienced this in years but I carry the trauma.
We call ours “special fork”.
I started this in toddlerhood lol
I have one spoon that's matte instead of shiny because I used it to dig a hole when I didn't have a trowel.
Laughed, then saw the community… uh oh
I have 2 different sized spoons that don't match the rest. I can't use either of them, even if it's the only utensil I need. I also have no idea why I don't just get rid of them instead of making sad panda face every time I accidentally grab one of them...
Because my wife gets mad and ask where her stupid fucking forks are!
I have 3 tablespoons that don't match the rest of my silverware and I have no idea where they came from. I guess someone brought a spoons to my house? They all offend me and I bury them under all the other spoons to reduce the risk of picking one up.
Like you said, I don't know why I don't just throw them out.
We have two forks and two spoons that don't match the rest. We went on a weekend trip somewhere and forgot to bring utensils. Instead of getting a 30 pack of stuff and have a lot of wasted extras, we found individually priced metal utensils (like 50 cents each). But they are much thinner/flimsier. So now I actively avoid them, but also can't bear to throw them away.
Fortunately, trash can is nearby
I don't have a single metal fork in my drawer because I have some kinda weird issue where metal cutlery touching each other or my teeth makes me want to die :(
Does it send shivers down your spine? I get that quite a bit.
there are certain forks i cant use because i taste them. i inspect eat fork i grab thoroughly
Does it count if by 28 I have one fork I like and the rest I only tolerate? My preferred fork is a plain one, not unlike fourth from left while all the others are more textured than any of those present here. I'm used to them from having forks like that all my life but I like the simple one most.
Why do you have my forks? I thought I had a very unique set.
I don't know why this is a universal feeling.
Anyway, managed to almost get rid of my Wrong Fork last week.
My roommate added a fork to my silverware drawer. It was probably thrown away.
Someone put a tiny camping cutlery set in the drawer. I balk everytime I accidentally grab the baby fork.
…wait this isn’t a neurotypical thing?
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.
... 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.
A couple of years ago I threw out all my old basic cutlery (forks, spoons, butter knives etc.) and bought a whole new matched set of good quality. It cost less than I imagined. Never had a single ounce of regret, I love having a nice matched set and not having to dig through to get out a good pair for dinner.
The old stuff got donated to a local club, who were happy to have it in their big pot of cutlery.
That fork has too long prongs and they curve... inwards. Brrr...
Loving the engagement in this post btw
You're a wizard if you can tell that from this image...
Its the corners on the butt that would make me trash that bastard.
i have a single fork that has 3 prongs that I think I got from a thrift store and i just hate using it cuz the tines are too far apart. Yet I've kept it for a decade
Now's your chance. Throw it out, before it figures out what's going on.
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.
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.
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.
Is your girlfriend Guy Fieri?
I got rid of the fork I hated, but I have a spoon I love.
That bastard right there!
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
That is an ugly fucking fork.
I bought us a nice, thick , chromatic set.
kids lost a spoon here and there and now... we have this hodge podge of shit silverware.
when grabbing for me, I reach for the chromatic set every time.
the other ones are mostly too sharp around the edges, too heavy, or just too flimsy.
I have a whole set that I HATE. I put them in backward so I don't pick one up by accident.
I've disowned that plate. Its only duty is to support the hot plates that come out of the microwave. It's become the Cinderella of my kitchen.
Damn you guys are making me doubt my sanity way too much with these posts…