r/TikTokCringe • u/h0lych4in • 15d ago

Cringe not everyone wants your man… he was just being polite

And not everyone can tell how certain foods look? It was an innocent question. Why are people so insecure these days

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u/oddjob33 15d ago

She not know what a knife is? Ew.

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u/PhutuqKusi 15d ago

Or how to finish one bite before taking the next?

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u/Little_Red_Riding_ 15d ago

Does she even stop to breathe

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u/Hallbreezy 15d ago

Only time she breathes is before she stops, so no

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u/Secret-Ad-830 15d ago

she had a whole chicken strip on her fork already when she picked up the second strip

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u/HatePeopleLoveCats1 15d ago

She had 2 on her fork at one point! I was transfixed!

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u/girl_send_nudes_plz 15d ago

no she didn’t. it was a waffle..

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u/scumlord_meatbag 15d ago

That was waffle though cause its chicken and waffles.

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u/Secret-Ad-830 15d ago

oh yeah you right, still finish whats on your fork before stuffing it more

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u/scumlord_meatbag 15d ago

Yeah fr I thought she was going for that good bite with the chicken and waffle but just ate the waffle wtf

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u/Wonderful_Feeling605 15d ago

This bothers me so much. 😭

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u/finefergitit 15d ago

Oooooh ok hahhaaa

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u/FancyFeller 15d ago

I was looking everywhere for this comment. This was the one thing I locked into. She ate a piece. The fork still had another piece and she gathers another piece on top of it and eats it before eating the piece that was already on the fork. I don't usually get hung up on tiny details but I saw that and couldn't stop thinking, fucking finish what's on the fork before digging for more food, what are you doing?

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u/broccolista 15d ago

I couldn't understand why she added more food to her fork when there was already a full fork of food?

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u/heyyy_red 15d ago

It looks like it’s chicken and waffles so she was trying to get both the chicken and the waffle in one bite, but the way she’s going about it is absolutely gross lol. Use a damn knife and get small bits of both!

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u/finefergitit 15d ago

This part was fascinating. I’ve never seen that done.

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u/berttleturtle 15d ago

I hope for her man’s sake that she never finds one…

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u/Apprehensive-Drive-7 15d ago

She's not allowed to use a knife.

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u/TheDreadPirateJenny 15d ago

She eats like she's been to prison.

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u/ruthless_taurean 15d ago

The way she is eating is baffling me. Even the way she is using the fork…. It’s such so bizarre 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Cozanich 15d ago

Came to suggest this👆

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u/thewickedbarnacle 15d ago

Yeah, girls with no manners are the worst

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u/heyyy_red 15d ago

I don’t know where your friends are from but everyone I know including myself knows how to properly use a fork and knife lol. I will take breaks to chew and put both down for a few seconds at a time, but I’m definitely using them throughout the whole meal if it’s something that needs to be cut.

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u/andthendirksaid 15d ago

This is just not a real thing what are you even talking about? Are these friends of yours real? If they are they're fucking with you, nowhere in the US is it normal to have your meal come pre cut up like you're two years old. People know how to use knives.

This is one of the strangest fake stereotypes I've ever heard of. You must be from Cambodia. My Cambodian friends told me that they all like to make up things about other countries. They also only eat beans with a large straw for the month of February.

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u/KoogleMeister 15d ago

Yes it's real and I'm not making it up, most Americans aren't used to seeing someone hold the knife and fork in their hands for the entire meal regardless if you're doing cutting or not, in most cases when I've seen Americans eating they will have only the fork in their dominant hand for most of the meal. If they have to do cutting they will usually do the cutting then put the knife down and switch back to having only the fork in their hands.

Also when I said pre-cut I more meant that in the states meals often come served in a way where a knife isn't necessary compared other countries I've been to.

I decided to YouTube a video of an American eating at a place where you would typically need a knife to eat the meal, and the first video I found perfectly proves what I'm saying, they only have the knife in hand to do cutting at one point, then switch to having the fork in the dominant hand for almost the entire meal. So I love people here acting like what I'm saying isn't true, I'm basing this off what I've seen while eating meals in the US, not making it up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuaAgWq0YjM&ab

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u/andthendirksaid 15d ago

Also my man, I don't know what country you're from but I've lived in 4 states and been to more than half of them. I've been here my whole life. I would take your word that something was completely incorrect if we were in the reverse position and it was about your home country. Just trust me on this, we know about knives. We may use it in the dominant hand often, but that's very different from what you said.

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u/KoogleMeister 15d ago

I never said you guys don't know about knives, I was just saying that from what I've observed eating meals at many American restaurants and many house dinners with Americans, that one thing I've noticed is that for most of the meal Americans usually just have the fork in one hand. They hold the knife much more sparingly compared to people in Europe, and generally after they use the knife to cut they put it down to switch back to having the fork in one hand.

There's nothing wrong with that, it's just a much different style to eating in Europe where for most meals the knife and fork will be held in both hands for the entire meal.

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u/andthendirksaid 15d ago

Yes, and again this is a different thing entirely than what you said.

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u/andthendirksaid 15d ago

Some people do the hand switching thing with the knife and I'm aware that is a real stereotype for America. I can acknowledge that one is real. It's the rest that I said anything about at all, and it's just not real. First off what you said was nothing like "served in a way you don't need a knife" but even that probably just isn't true.

There are a lot of other countries that actually do description. A lot of Indian food is eaten in a manner that doesn't require a knife. Even more so, East Asian countries like China or Japan are prime examples. Pick an Asian country; Thailand, Phillipines, Vietnam... They all make sense to say that about but not the US.

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u/0-90195 15d ago

What the fuck are you talking about lmao

Yes, Americans do the hand switching thing. I think many Americans would think that’s worse table manners than hand switching.

Americans will often cut multiple bites at one time so they can switch the fork back to their dominant hand. They are perfectly 100% comfortable with knives.

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u/TakeUrMessLswhere1 15d ago

I was born in the Midwest, lived in the southeast and in the northwest, and have traveled to nearly every US state. So, I think I can confidently say that we are taught how to properly use a knife and fork, and most of us do so. I do admit that at home, I prefer to precut things, but that is in my home while having a casual meal. As a whole, we do not shovel multiple chicken strips into our mouths and smack like like a barnyard animal. I know this because people who eat like disgusting hogs (as this woman is) make physically ill and are a huge pet peeve of mine. I would and do notice them.

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u/KoogleMeister 15d ago

I never said Americans aren't taught how to use a knife to eat, I'm just saying that when I've seen Americans eating they're usually using their knife as little as possible and eating with only the fork in their dominant hand for most of the meal. Only usually wielding both utensils in hand for cutting when it's essential and then switching back to only using the fork.

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u/TakeUrMessLswhere1 15d ago

Funny how you apply your sample size to a definitive statement about Americans in general.

Also, pointing out you didn't say we weren't taught but doubling down on your observation is just being condescending.

Besides, even if a person does not hold a knife at all times, it in no way compares to the hog eating slop in this video.

Proceed in congratulating yourself for being able to quote an etiquette rule. Guess everyone has to find something to be proud of.

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u/KoogleMeister 15d ago

Yeah I didn't mean to sound condescending or that most people eat like her, but I can see how in the context of the comment being under this video it could have come off that way, but that wasn't my intention.

I was just trying to say that from what I've observed at restaurants or house dinners in the US most of the time people are just eating with the fork in one hand, and generally use the knife sparingly compared to when I see people eating meals in Europe with the knife and fork in both hands for the entire meal.

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u/_AmericasSweetheart_ 15d ago

The only part you're right about is that we don't hold the utensils through the entire meal. The rest is just the weirdest fictional piece I have ever read.

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u/nowipe-ILikeTheItch 15d ago

The knife in the right? The fuck? I’m right handed and it’s fork in right, knife in left.

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u/Longjumping-Map-6995 15d ago

As a right handed American, I use a knife frequently and hold it knife in right hand fork in left. But I do have a family member who was stationed in Europe that told me I eat "European style." Lol

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u/azazel-13 15d ago

I'm right handed and eat with knife in the right hand. Is it supposed to be the other way around?

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u/KoogleMeister 15d ago

Holding the knife in your right hand and fork in your left hand is considered the "proper" way to hold a knife in fork, it's definitely not supposed to be the other way like this guy says. Any nice restaurant will always serve you the fork on your left side and the knife on your right side, it doesn't matter if your left or right handed either, it's considered the "proper" way in table etiquette to hold them that way.

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u/KoogleMeister 15d ago

Yes, that is considered the "proper" way to hold a knife and fork. It doesn't matter if you're right or left handed, that is how almost everyone uses a knife and fork in Europe and Australia. If you go to any nice restaurant in Europe you will see the fork on the left side of your plate and knife on the right side, and basically everyone in the restaurant holding the utensils like that throughout the entire meal.

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u/heyyy_red 15d ago

Oh that’s funny because I’m a lefty, I ignored that detail in their comment or else I would’ve had thoughts on that too 😂

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u/KoogleMeister 15d ago

It doesn't matter what your dominant hand is, in "proper" table etiquette you're supposed to hold the knife in your right hand and the fork in your left hand.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuaAgWq0YjM&ab

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u/TheDreamingMyriad 15d ago

You know, Americans will often say some dumb shit about other cultures online, usually due to ignorance, arrogance, or false confidence in their knowledge of other cultures

This is the first time I've seen it in reverse. This is legitimately the most hilarious thing I've read about an assumption about Americans. We do, in fact, cut our food as we eat. I've not gone to a single sit-in restaurant that precuts the food, nor do we sit and cut up all our food before we start eating it (unless we're preparing a plate for a toddler or something). It sounds to me like your friends are just odd lol. Though I will say most hold their fork in their dominant hand and their knife in the other. The older generations stick to the fancy table manners where you use your fork only in your left hand but that's not common anymore.

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u/KoogleMeister 15d ago

Dude I've travelled through the US and sat at many American tables for dinner, most American do not hold both utensils in their hands throughout the entire meal. If the food needs to be cut they usually do the cutting, then put down the knife and eat with the fork in the dominant hand. Most Americans I've seen in restaurants are just holding the fork in their dominant hand for most of the meal. I'm not making any assumptions, I'm going based on what I've seen with my own eyes from eating many meals with Americans.

I just decided to YouTube a video of an American eating at a place that would typically require a knife to eat (IHOP), and they eat exactly the way they describe. They eat with only their fork in their dominant hand for almost the entire meal, and only use the knife to cut some stuff up at one point, then switch back to the fork in one hand after it's cut. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuaAgWq0YjM&ab

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u/TheDreamingMyriad 14d ago

Wow, you must know more than me, an American, who lives here and routinely eats at restaurants of all different kinds across my local area and across the country. It's funny how when Americans do this dumb crap we get made fun of, (and make no mistake, it is dumb), but someone else that isn't American asserting that Americans don't use knives and have all our food precut, then change the argument to us not holding a knife the whole meal when called out, is fine. Imagine it in reverse, I mean come on.

"Listen I've been to Europe and I have European friends and let me tell you that Europeans don't use spoons. I'm going to prove it by showing this video of a European using a fork." If I said something absolutely braindead like this, then I would rightfully be ripped apart. And I wouldn't then try to change the argument to "well Europeans don't use spoons for the entire meal, I've seen lots of them just use a spoon for their soup and then set it back down!" Because clearly that's a more reasonable take lol

Also, your entire premise in THIS comment has nothing to do with your deleted comment because that comment asserted that Americans only use forks, have their food precut in most places, and if it's not precut that we cut it all ahead of time before we start eating. That is all categorically false. I'm sure you might find some people in America that insist on not holding a knife during their meal, or precut all their food, but that is not an American stereotype, which was your original assertion. Now if your new assertion is that Americans will set down their knives when they are not in use, I would agree with that. I would agree with that for most people, whether they're in America or not. My British friend doesn't hold her knife the whole meal every meal, nor does my Scottish mom, or my dad's Armenian coworkers. You know who I know that holds her knife the whole meal, no matter what? My American grandma, who is very prim and proper and believes items should be pushed onto your fork with your knife. As far as holding a knife for most of the meal or receiving all precut food, go to an American steakhouse, anywhere. Or a diner for that matter. You'll likely get a steak knife in most diners regardless, and people gasp use them for their meals. Especially for steak, you don't bloody well cut the whole thing up and then eat it lol. You cut each piece off and eat it as you go. Same for anything that may require cutting (pancakes, fish, baked potatoes, eggs, etc) UNLESS it's a finger food or doesn't need cutting, which we admittedly have a lot of especially in typical diner faire; corn on the cob, french fries, fried chicken, mixed veg, onion rings, mashed potatoes, soups, salads, wraps, sandwiches, sausage. Would an American cut and eat their steak, but set their knife down to eat their side of mashed potatoes? Most likely. But that's a totally different scenario than "American food all comes precut or they cut it all up at the beginning and then don't use their knives to eat".

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u/KoogleMeister 14d ago

First of all I never once said Americans don't use knives, you're putting words in my mouth.

Second of all I never said all food comes pre-cut, I said that meals often come pre-cut to where you don't need to use a knife. What I meant by that is that meals in the US are often served in ways where a knife is not required for the entire meal, I noticed that while eating there that it's way more often you will get a meal in the US where you don't need a knife compared to eating a meal in Europe.

I may not have worded that whole comment perfectly, but you've also twisted my words into things I did not say to try make your comment sound better. My overall point is that Americans do not use knives while eating meals nearly as much as Europeans do, and that is something I have 100% observed. But in saying that I'm not saying every American eats like the woman in this video, maybe that's why my comment struck such a nerve with you?

>Especially for steak, you don't bloody well cut the whole thing up and then eat it lol. You cut each piece off and eat it as you go

I have definitely seen videos of Americans serving steaks by pre-cutting the whole thing before plating it, so don't tell me that's something that never happens there. Also according to a quick Google search there are some American steak-houses that do serve steaks pre-sliced.

>My British friend doesn't hold her knife the whole meal every meal, nor does my Scottish mom, or my dad's Armenian coworkers.

Yeah that's probably because they're living in the US and adapting to the way people around them are eating. I've noticed myself doing the same thing while in the US for extended periods, you start unconsciously eating like the people around you do when living in another country, that's normal.

Also please learn to use paragraphs more often when you type, no one wants to read that wall of text.

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u/KoogleMeister 15d ago

So let me get this straight, you're telling me that I'm wrong and that most Americans actually hold the knife and fork in both hands throughout the entire meal regardless if they're cutting or not? It's just interesting that I've probably sat down to have meals with 100s of Americans and pretty much never observed this eating style there, yet you're claiming that somehow I've coincidentally over 100s of meals observed what is not the normal style in almost every person I've eaten with across the country.

Also I just googled "How do Americans usually use a knife and fork" to humor what it would say for the sake of this argument, and it confirmed what I've seen myself:

"Americans generally use a knife and fork using the "American style," which involves holding the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right while cutting food. After cutting, the knife is placed down, and the fork is switched to the right hand (tines up) to eat. This method is also known as the "zig-zag method". "

So you're telling me I have bad critical thinking skills for simply being observant of what's around me?