true.
i also have a favorite fork that i’m always sad when i didn’t clean it and it’s not available -.-
yes i realize i only have myself to blame…i mean the shape is just wrong
i mean it is perfectly functional, easy to use, etc. but … wrongI don’t like unmatching cutlery. Every fork needs to be the same style and bent at the same angle so they can “spoon” neatly in the drawer. (Yes, incorrect the bend when I see one who deviates) What kind of monster do you think I am.
In fact, that’s why my wife and I live in different apartments. Her drawer loons like the thrift shop cutlery box. 😱
Edit: I’m just reading that people consider forks “bad” when the times are unaligned. It’s quite easy to align them. I check them after each wash. Using a knife to slightly bend them in place does the trick.
I always wonder what happened to forks in other houses where they are all bent. Do people chew on them?
My gf just got some copper forks. I think I’ll have to move out
I don’t see that you’ve got any alternative
… and 2 knives i hate.
The heavy, thick utensils are my favorites.
But, really, since the kid moved out, and I’m alone now, I only use the utensils I need, and I use the same ones every day, washing as I go. Fork, spoon, sharp knife for cooking, small bowl-plate, large bowl-plate, coffee mug, big insulated cup for cold drinks, and a pair of clicky tongs.
I have been using the same spoon for breakfast cereal for at least ten years, now. Not that I always eat cereal for breakfast.
And it will never he broken or used up because you never use it.
All the ‘bad’ forks (Mostly ones that followed me home from the dining hall back in college) are banished to a cup in my house. They get used for not quite food tasks, like mashing up the cat’s food.
When is a fork “used up”?
When the plastic falls apart, when it bends, sometimes a dent on a spoon makes it unusable… Sometimes it falls behind the dishwasher and is forgotten forever…
Ah, well I was only thinking of metal forks, not plastic ones
For metal forks, the tines could get all bent out of wack, or one could break off… The fork could rust or become stained or otherwise unsafe for eating.
I had a friend that when he first moved into his own place, he bought the cheapest flatware he possibly could. He left them to soak in the sink overnight and they were showing signs of rust when he finally went to clean them.
That sucked for him, but he kinda asked for it by buying cheap metal flatware. At least get stainless steel. Doesn’t have to be good stainless, just something that’s stainless.
My wife and I made the 32-hour drive to surprise my parents years back in 2018. I hadn’t been home to visit for quite some time after having moved out of country. While there, I came across a particular fork that I realized I had favored my entire life and had all but forgotten about after moving away. It was completely unlike the other (albeit somewhat mismatched) forks in their collection. It featured four slightly shorter, slightly sharper tines, seperated in the center by a wider, deeper gap than found between the rest of them, and with fancier metalwork along the handle. As I held that trusty piece in my hand, I felt as though I had been reunited with something I never realized I had lost. It was like having a mannerism pointed out that you didn’t realize you’ve been doing, but have grown hyper-aware of it now. This was my fork. This was an extension of myself practically worthy of a name.
So I took it. Unapologetically. I simply informed my parents that I had found my fork, and then I took it. I carried it 1,794 mi (2,410 km) back to where she belonged, and I’ve used that fork nearly every evening of my life ever since, for the past 6 or 7 years.
This is her here. Look upon her gently. See how she glints in the light… They say that the elves have a special word for her, though I’ve never heard it spoken… But I know how it sounds in my heart.
OH, cool. I swear that I inherited that same fork from my grandmother’s forks when she passed.
It is an Oneida Cantata if anyone else was curious.
Oh, that is fancy, by the sound of it… (and absolutely correct!)
Google says they were produced between 1991 and 2003, so it checks out. I’ve also confirmed the “Community Stainless” stamp on the back for authenticity. She’s a genuine Oneida Cantata.
Oneida: a member of an Indigenous people originally inhabiting what is now upper New York State, one of the five peoples comprising the original Iroquois confederacy.
Cantata: a medium-length narrative piece of music for voices with instrumental accompainment, typically with solos, chorus, and orchestra.
These elves were from up-state New York.
I have to say, the other fork from that collection is quite attractive as well. No offense to your preferred fork, but the other fork there would be my pick.
Those long, slender tongs… MMM.
It really is something else. I should probably acquire one.
… i think i have this fork. We had only the long ones in rotation and then i discovered the rest of the set and put them in service. I prefer yhe short ones for balance reasons. Especially in an empty bowl.
That’s a nice fucken fork right there
I’m happy you’ve been reunited with your fork.
I think my mom has this same fork. I don’t feel any spiritual connection to it though. So, maybe I’m not the one.
I love your story. I think that’s a dessert fork? I’m not totally sure. Cherish it 😍
I think you’re right. There’s another post here that shows the actual lineup from the set that fork is from, and there’s another fork there with longer tines and no fancy cutout in the middle. That would be the “regular” fork, and this one would be the desert fork… Or it could be a salad fork? Seems short for salad tho.
*tines
My bad. Probably auto correct messing me up again.
I’ll update my post. Thank you kind stranger.
I even don’t know how there’s that fucking heavy and thicker fork between my forks
If I find random cutlery in my drawer that doesn’t match the matching adult cutlery that I purchased so we can look like adults…I chuck it into the recycle bin. I don’t care anymore. I don’t know how they get there and make them disappear.
dude at least wash it and take it to the local thrift store where they can sell it for practically nothing
I wonder if they ever sell those
I bought a full matching set around that age and donated the rest. I felt like a supreme human being. Years later… where the fuck did these rogue forks and spoons come from?
I’d call this a “utensil reboot” and makes total sense. I’ve also do that with socks and those semi-disposable leftovers containers. At some point it just makes more sense to throw away/donate the mishmash assortment and start over clean.
My leftover container situation used to be complete chaos. Now I refuse to even let the random containers or lids even enter the cabinet once they get washed.
Screw that noise. When i moved into my own place, I bought a matching set of silverware and they are all still here a decade later. Hated having 27 different styles of cutlery.
We did that too. But as the meme says I have one fork that doesn’t fit, I don’t know where it came from, but there’s times when it’s been the only available fork, and so I won’t just get rid of it.
If you threw it out you’d probably just do the dishes one fork earlier
omg I’m holding it right now.
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It’s a common copy pasta
And?
It’s also kinda funny
Strong disagree. Extremely cringe, just like most copypasta bullshit. What are you, 12?
It being cringe is what makes it kinda funny
Every time I see this copy pasta I almost die of cringe
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What
Lore.
All cutlery in my drawer is uniform, but I know people who have a mish mash of different colors, sizes and whatnot so I understand in that case.
All my cutlery is also the same, yet there is still one fork with a rust-spot that I really hate.
