Chopsticks

[Leon2006]

Now that shit be a waste of trees, stop making them you fucking chinks and leave the trees alone!!!!!

[deus-redux]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopsticks#Environmental_impact

You're not entirely off track... :p

-deus-

[Trousersnake]

How about other countries stop using disposable plastic forks, spoons, knives, cups, straws, plates.....

[I'mAfraidofJapan]

I know, really. Wood is a renewable resource, petroleum is not!

[gforce]

Just because it's renewable doesn't make the supply inexhaustible.

[Slave of the Beast]

Just because it's renewable doesn't make the supply inexhaustible.

Technically true, but for practical purposes that statement can be regarded as essentially false. It's not as if solar, wind or wave energy is going to 'run out' in the next 100 million years.

More likely the human race will die/destroy itself before the Sun burns out.

[gforce]

Technically true, but for practical purposes that statement can be regarded as essentially false. It's not as if solar, wind or wave energy is going to 'run out' in the next 100 million years.

More likely the human race will die/destroy itself before the Sun burns out.

I was referring to mainly wood which is classed as a renewable source but could be all but exhausted in a relatively short time period. Unlike solar which is going to take a long long time to 'run out'. Each renewable source is different so no point in generalising them.

[deus-redux]

Our supplies of softwoods are pretty good, it's just hardwoods from places like the rainforest that are lacking. They take longer and are less practical to grow, so nobody is interested in farming them.


-deus-

[Slave of the Beast]

I was referring to mainly wood which is classed as a renewable source but could be all but exhausted in a relatively short time period.

The supply of wood is inexhaustable as long as the resource is managed correctly.

[TrueBudSmoker]

The supply of wood is inexhaustable as long as the resource is managed correctly.

Stfu fag.

[Slave of the Beast]

Stfu fag.

Post quality in this forum appears to be in the ascendant.

[CreamOfWarholSoup]

Perhaps if the government of China gave every citizen a hard plastic pair of chopsticks and threatened torture if caught using wooden ones afterwards.

[TrueBudSmoker]

Plastic chop sticks are bad though because it is hard to grip your food. Chinese people should just be forced to carry around the same pair of chop sticks since these is so many of them then they could start a new industry for designes and expensive chop sticks.

[Leon2006]

Chopsticks are officialy the most useless and worst invention ever

How the fuck u suppose to eat with them, why not use a fucking fork or spoon????

[midnight rider]

^Stop trying to force your tired american ideals on other countries because you dont understand them. Thats like asking how buddist dont understand and accept the one true lord and savior Jesus Christo.

[Guffaw Muslim]

^Stop trying to force your tired american ideals on other countries because you dont understand them.

I know what he said sounded kinda on the ignorant side, and I use chop sticks myself, but let us be honest:

Forks/spoons are rediculously more efficient.

I mean, come on.

[Kire]

Chopsticks get 10/10 for awesomeness but a 3/10 for practicality.

Forks and spoons get 5/10 for awesomeness and a 10/10 for practicality.

Sporks get 132/10 for awesomeness and a 10/10 for practicality.

[I'mAfraidofJapan]

Chopsticks get 10/10 for awesomeness but a 3/10 for practicality.

Forks and spoons get 5/10 for awesomeness and a 10/10 for practicality.

Sporks get 132/10 for awesomeness and a 10/10 for practicality.

Are you fucking kidding me? Sporks get at least a 25/10 for practicality. It's a fucking spoon and fork all in one! You tell me that is equal to the practicality of a single spoon or fork alone? Hell no!

[CreamOfWarholSoup]

Actually, everyone should just have a pair of washable dining gloves to grab food with and drink out of the bowl.

[Guffaw Muslim]

Actually, everyone should just have a pair of washable dining gloves to grab food with and drink out of the bowl.

Why even wear the gloves? Just wash your hands when you're done.

[CreamOfWarholSoup]

Why even wear the gloves? Just wash your hands when you're done.

Easier to eat hot or chilled food.

[Madeyalook]

How about other countries stop using disposable plastic forks, spoons, knives, cups, straws, plates.....
I know, really. Wood is a renewable resource, petroleum is not!
I agree. While chopsticks may use a lot of wood, plastic probably damages the environment more so.

To solve both problems, get your own pair of reusable chopsticks.
or:
Titanium Spork (http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/8ace/)

And if they didn't help enough already, they also just plain look cool. :cool:

[Crash2108]

Are you fucking kidding me? Sporks get at least a 25/10 for practicality. It's a fucking spoon and fork all in one! You tell me that is equal to the practicality of a single spoon or fork alone? Hell no!
Both wrong. It tried to do too many things and fails at both. It can't hold liquid and the prongs aren't long enough.

Also it's hard for some foods to just stab them or try to balance them on a fork with a fork, so chop sticks win there when you could just grab them and not get your hands (or your food) dirty.

--Cr@sh

[PuppetMaster]

Chopsticks rule.

I like them because i eat way too fast with spoon or fork, plus chopstics demand more skill and finesse.

As for spork, I think it is the gayest eating utensil invented so far.

I'd rather use my own two hands, then eat with that piece of crap.

[Time Out Sasquatch]

Both wrong. It tried to do too many things and fails at both. It can't hold liquid and the prongs aren't long enough.

Also it's hard for some foods to just stab them or try to balance them on a fork with a fork, so chop sticks win there when you could just grab them and not get your hands (or your food) dirty.

--Cr@sh

I thought it was bad manners in most Asian countries to stab most food with chopsticks.

[Madeyalook]

I thought it was bad manners in most Asian countries to stab most food with chopsticks.
I think he means that when it's hard to stab something with a fork, it's usually easier to use (grab with) chopsticks instead.

[Prometheus]

I like chopsticks. I don't use them as often as I should.

Chopsticks of the future. $29.99 (http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/8ccd/)

[Leon2006]

i once killed a chinaman with his own set of chopsticks

[LuKaZz420]

Chopsticks rule.

I like them because i eat way too fast with spoon or fork, plus chopstics demand more skill and finesse.

As for spork, I think it is the gayest eating utensil invented so far.

I'd rather use my own two hands, then eat with that piece of crap.

I agree

[ArgonPlasma2000]

I had an idea of a set of chopsticks made of a few pieces of metal. Basically you would have two pieces that are machined in the shape of a pen, and then exactly half of it is machined off on both pieces. These two pieces can be put together to make a whole.

Part of it can be threaded so you can screw on a notched barrel in order to secure the two halves together and make it look like a pen, and so you dont stab yourself.

The notch is of course to lay the barrel on the table to hold up the chopsticks when not in use, as is customary.

[needtoknow]

I had an idea of a set of chopsticks made of a few pieces of metal. Basically you would have two pieces that are machined in the shape of a pen, and then exactly half of it is machined off on both pieces. These two pieces can be put together to make a whole.

Part of it can be threaded so you can screw on a notched barrel in order to secure the two halves together and make it look like a pen, and so you dont stab yourself.

The notch is of course to lay the barrel on the table to hold up the chopsticks when not in use, as is customary.

Were can I buy them? Those sound great!

[The Methematician]

FACT : All the chopsticks I've ever came across were made of BAMBOOS

[Fallen Angust]

This message is hidden because Leon2006 is on your ignore list.

This message is hidden because needtoknow is on your ignore list

eh?

[J-MAK]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipmunk

the wiki link was wrong.

[StoopidN00b]

Now that shit be a waste of trees, stop making them you fucking chinks and leave the trees alone!!!!!

Is everyone getting all serious over some one who can't even form a proper sentance?


Go watch that new goofy "green" network.....fags....drink your piss you prius driving eco fags

[Deviate]

Is everyone getting all serious over some one who can't even form a proper sentance?


Go watch that new goofy "green" network.....fags....drink your piss you prius driving eco fags

Your name says it all really.

Eat shit and die you cunt.

[CDAWG]

Just for the record there are pairs of chopsticks maid of metal, clay an such.
There just to expensive for american use.
But some people in asia do carry around their own sets, Its easy to clean if they are steal since you can just wipe them off and go.
Now there is just no time in the fast life of industrialized countries anymore

[Naterd00d]

2 words

tree farms

we plant, and cut down, and grow again

[The Methematician]

Your name says it all really.

Eat shit and die you cunt.

Unless you're capable of eating shit with chopstick, you're not qualified to tell anyone to eat shit.

[Lord Valuemart]

Just for the record there are pairs of chopsticks maid of metal, clay an such.
There just to expensive for american use.
But some people in asia do carry around their own sets, Its easy to clean if they are steal since you can just wipe them off and go.
Now there is just no time in the fast life of industrialized countries anymore
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I actually have a set of steel chopsticks that my brother's wife's parents got for me as a gift from Korea. They're really cool that have a little gold dragon inlaid toward the top of each one of them.

[Leon2006]

y'all justa buncha fagz

[neophoenix]

Chopsticks are fun. I eat my soup sandwiches with them.

-=-Kante-=-

[Issue313]

From Wikipedia
In China alone, an estimated 45 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks are used and thrown away annually.[8] This adds up to 1.7 million cubic metres[9] of timber or 25 million fully grown trees every year.[10]


45 billion pairs of chopsticks annually!?!?!? That's one pair every 14 days, or a single chopstick every week for every man, woman and child in China.

This clearly is unsustainable and has to stop. We must not allow the development of a culture where food utensils are thrown away after use. Clearly Chopsticks and China are both EVIL.

[The Methematician]

From Wikipedia
In US alone, an estimated 30,705,186,613 disposable paper cups and paper plates are used and thrown away annually.[6] This adds up to 970 million cubic metres[13] of timber or 19 million fully grown trees every year.[18]We must not allow the development of a culture where food utensils are thrown away after use. Clearly parties and Americans are both EVIL.

true enough....

[Issue313]

From Wikipedia
This adds up to 1.7 million cubic metres[9] of timber or 25 million fully grown trees every year.[10]

This adds up to 970 million cubic metres[13] of timber or 19 million fully grown trees every year.[18]

WTF???? I always suspected wikipedia's statistics were pure bullshit you know.

[Dark_Magneto]

Check the cited source. They're not "Wikipedia statistics".

[Pandoras Assassin]

Lol nice troll let me contribute.

Yeah! I saw we get extreme!

I can see it now.

Totse extreme green team!

While raid the chopstick trucks.
And get those commie bastereds.

[LS-9]

Stfu fag.

Unnecessary. Slave of the Beast is correct, as long as the renewal system is managed properly, trees are essentially inexhaustable resources. Also, as technology advances, you could genetically engineer trees which require less and less flat costs to grow, making it not only renewable but profitable for society in the long run.

[LS-9]

Chopsticks get 10/10 for awesomeness but a 3/10 for practicality.

Forks and spoons get 5/10 for awesomeness and a 10/10 for practicality.

Sporks get 132/10 for awesomeness and a 10/10 for practicality.

Dude, whatever. Chopsticks are beastly compaired to forks. You just don't use them right.

[Revenant007]

Chopsticks would make awesome shivs

[I'mAfraidofJapan]

Wanna see a magic trick? :mad:

[Yggdrasil]

:mad::mad::mad:I BLAME WAN:mad::mad::mad: