Mas Fugo Funny, but literally just use chopsticks like any other normal Asian and you'll be fine. Like, in what situation will you rudely point at someone with chopsticks, or use the butt end of the chopstick??
I was at a Chinese restaurant, and I was accidentally making noise, so a person at a different table across from me points their chopsticks at me, frowning. Now I know why
For the knocking on the bowl thingy, i was taught that if you knock on your bowl (especially during hungry ghost festival) you are inviting spirits to eat with you
If you don't want to eat with the spirits, why would you have a "hungry ghost festival" at all? You have a place setting at the meal for the one who passed away, so aren't you inviting them to dine with you already? Or is that the only time you can knock on the bowl?
Knocking on the bowl intentionally means inviting bad luck, or evil spirits, but the ghost of your ancestor isn't malevolent. Unless it's that creepy ass uncle, lol. The meal of the dead isn't an invitation for wayward spirits, it's an offering to your dead family member so as to not let him starve in the afterlife, capiche?
Last night I literally pulled my spark plugs with chopsticks, after I was part way into the job and couldn't find my needle nose pliers! I held them properly, didn't point them at anyone, didn't transfer the spark plug to anyone else's chopsticks, and didn't lick them afterward ;) Great video guys. I hope the ancestors don't come after me, or if they do it's because they need their car fixed!
Hello!!! :-) We saw some of you mentioned that OTGW uploaded a similar video right before us...we don't know anything about that and this video was written and filmed weeks ago but was only edited last night. So there is no conspiracy here lol. Multiple channels can definitely cover the same topic so it's not strange to have something similar. But we did work really hard on this video so hope you guys like it! Love, The Double Chens :-)
+Alex Guan So what? A lot of Asian RUclipsrs did the Karaoke video. What about when OTGW did the east vs west beauty this week. Doublechen did that months ago with Yi. Stop being a dumbass troll and go get a life!
Most of these are just basic manners or to keep things clean. The only thing that I've been yelled at was sticking the chopsticks in the rice and stabbing others with them.
I use your videos in my classroom every year when I reward my students for good behavior and teach them how to use chopsticks. They LOVE you guys! As a small, rural mostly caucasian community, they really enjoy getting to know another culture. Chop sticks and popcorn to practice with are cheap, but you guys are priceless! Keep up the great work and thanx!
I'm guessing there's a Chinese drama somewhere where there's a table scene on which there's some passive-aggressive conflict only shown with non verbal communication via chopsticks XD
Every bone in my body tells me to use these chopsticks as drum sticks. Eating with chopsticks is such a bold endeavor, everyone is watching you. Even your ancestors.
TBF, if you grew up using chopsticks, seeing other people break the rules is looks really horrible and one time I saw a white person breaking alot of rules I was shocked and horrified
Don't use your chopsticks as drum sticks!! As a Chinese, I know the rules, but banging them on the table is considered rude, disrespectful, and like you're begging for food.
In Japan we were taught to use the rear end of the sticks to transport food from communal plates to individual plates then eat with the normal end. I suppose it avoids double-dipping.
You shouldn't cross your knife and fork because it means the food didnt taste well/was disgusting. At home it might not matter but if you're in a restaurant, it might be quite rude even if nobody says anything.
I'm japanese and in Japan (for the second one) we always/usually use the back of the chopsticks. This is because we don't want to touch the food with the part of the chopsticks we ate with.
i have to admit, i lick my chopsticks... but only when I'm not sharing food with others. I do it with spoons too, I just hate when theres leftover sauce and stuff on my utensils :(
I'm going to start pointing at everybody I see with chopsticks and whispering "Deeeeeeaaatttth" in a very low raspy tone. I think that's a sensible thing to do.
hahahaha did 'double chen" try to start a war with 'off the great wall'? cos otgw just post a video about 9 things not to do with chopsticks and now double chen come out with 19 hahahaha...... GREAT!
You need a bit of fine control of the chopsticks so as to not let go of the rice, but also not to cut into the rice and making it fall the same. Definitely not easy, it's something you teach your body overtime.
most asian culture are superstitious some might even have a sense when ever somethings gonna happend in horror movies or just when there is something weird about a place
kitty cake!. Think you got "superstition" mixed up with "intuition". Though even that is not necessary to know when something is going to happen in a horror movie. There will be visible and audible clues. They are put there on purpose, its called "suspense".
THIS video is such a gem on chopsticks etiquette. About 95% of it I didn't know until now. But I'm just glad I learned chopsticks by being a keen observer of users who I thought were/looked refined and elegant using it. Well, except for occasionally licking a morsel or two off them, and resting them on the table perpedicular to my body. So, thanks for the lessons. Really appreciate the tutorial.
Every time they kept saying "don't do this with chopsticks" I kept referencing back to the camping episode of SpongeBob when they were listing all of the ways o prevent a seabear attack.
ive been using chopsticks without knowing any of these rules and i still find some of it are totally no no like its a basic.. table manners kind of? i do rest my chopsticks on the bowl tho 😂
kimchi305 is this really true? Or are they just kidding? I'm so confused can you or anyone please explain? Now I'm scared to use chopsticks cos I don't wanna kill anyone. 😞
Ghostx1977 It's mostly hygiene and respect, the proverbs and superstitions were probably added after the fact. Like ancient peoples (yes, different groups of people... peoples) didn't have refrigeration or specified cooking and handling knowledge, so people die if they eat pigs, or get trichanosis worms. So you're like "hey don't get down on the swine". And they're like "we're kinda limited here, easy to raise, tastes good... yeah we're gonna eat it". So tribal leaders can't afford to be losing people... what are they gonna do? Ding 'lightbulb' "Yeah, so I was talking to God...." "To God... Like God, God?" Yup God, and he said you guys shouldn't be eating swine... he's getting pissed." 'Murmuring in the crowd'. "Ok, soo... we talked it over and... well if God says not to do it... yeah we'll cut the swine outta our diet. ... ... I'm just saying, Marvin over there is reeally skinny already so, we're gonna have to figure something out." See seems like superstition, but that was kind of an after the fact thing. Most of these have good reasons, the sayings and stories are so people will not only follow, but also remember (we're talking 1000+ years here, so it worked) to do them.
@@CyberianPrincess I was told that the not eating pork was because burnt human flesh looks and smells like pork. That it refers to the time in the Bible where God wants Abraham to sacrifice his baby. However, Abraham doesn't want to and when he sees a goat stuck in a bush he thinks, "Ah, God doesn't want us to sacrifice our first born any more, God wants us to sacrifice a goat instead." So the not eating pork is a remembrance of that.
@@stephena1196 I have also heard that. To me it seems more likely that most of those traditions evolved for pragmatic reasons, but we will probably never know for sure.
When I saw “Dang Zhong Shang Xiang,” and now my day is made, because Sun Shangxiang is my favorite DW series character. I also didn’t really think “Shang Xiang,” would be used in a phrase.
As a westerner i can say that while i never knew any of these chopstick rules, i have never made any of the mistakes mentioned. I feel slightly better about my chopstick etiquette now! However i do find it strange that it would be considered gross or offensive to actually have a chopstick touch your mouth, or to come in contact with your own saliva. Most people in the west use forks/spoons, etc... and those utensils are constantly going inside of peoples mouths. Yet it has never seemed inappropriate or dirty to than put my spoon back into my soup bowl and than repeat the process. However it is good to know these things as i eat lots of oriental foods, and don't want to be completely lacking in manners at restaurants. I do wonder though if it is appropriate to bring a personal set of chopsticks to a restaurant or someones home? Or would that suggest that their chopsticks aren't good enough?
If there's a tureen of soup in the middle of the table, you're going to use a ladle to serve yourself a bowl of soup from it, right? And then you eat from your own personal bowl with a spoon. Or if there's a plate on the table with vegetables or meat on it, there'd be tongs or a serving spoon to use to put the food on your own plate. Whereas with chopsticks, you use them to take the food from the common bowls/plates directly. So if you're licking your chopsticks and then reaching out to take more food from the common plate, your saliva is gonna touch even the parts of the food that you don't grab, and someone else will have to eat it.
Picking up food with the back of the chopstick is actually considered formal chopsticks manners in Japan since it's the side your mouth hasn't touched. :) Good tip for China tho.
i'd heard that the back end was the proper way to transfer food from a communal dish to your own rice bowl, but you don't eat with that end....once it's in your bowl, you switch them around and eat wiht the narrow end as usual...
I read that in Japan or sushi etiquette do not pick food from another person's plate with the end of the chopstick you put in your mouth. When moving food like these you should use the end you hold, which is considered the polite way.
Apparently in Japan you can use the back of the chopsticks to pick up food from a shared bowl and in to your bowl. It is especially recommended in somewhat more fancy company, but with friends and family it doesn't matter so much.
+SiLi In Norway aka Ithilme Ardaiell I think that's a relatively new culture thing. People are becoming more aware of sanitation and such so it is becoming acceptable to do so.
There's so many rules. lol. I don't care what anyone does with silverware. If I don't have a spoon, I'll eat that yogurt with a knife. If I drop my fork, depending where it landed, I'll pick it up and go right back to it. I don't care which way it faces on the table. I don't care if someone points a fork at me. Chop sticks are serious business. hahaha.
what are you talking about. In general forks go on the left and knife and spoon go on the right side. The ones that are above the plate are for dessert. The fork furthest from the plate is the appetizer, followed by salad, followed by entree.
Even though there are rules for silverware, I completely ignore them. For example, there's dinner forks, salad forks, tea spoon, soup spoon, dessert spoon, salad knife, meat knife, secretly hating someone but invite them so that you can stab them knife, and butter knife I just kind of use whatever works and have never really cared.
OMG I was literally about to comment how OTGW just made a video about 9 things to not do with chopsticks when I see the top comment about a war between the channels haha anyways I like Double Chen more!!! Go Double Chen!
pretty much, and its actually best to hold near the top instead of holding it at the middle, you have more control after getting it down and you use less strength, even thou you dont need much anyway, lol
number 2 is interesting, my family always picks up the food with the back of their chopsticks when they want to give it to someone else. I never thought it was wrong.
Thank you for bringing this up, guys! I was just sitting here thinking; my first gen southern Chinese xgf specifically taught me to use the backs of the chopsticks as serving utensils, because everyone eats from the front end. Otherwise it was considered a faux-pas because it was unsanitary ... so I suspect this 'rule' might be regional
I've NEVER used the back of my chopsticks before, other than sweeping the bones/leftovers that were dropped on the table that was left by me or the people that are also eating the meal with me, but I usually do that with the towel (forgot what you call it) so I basically never use the back of my chopsticks #Chinese
Sousuke Aizen Ghostx1977 It's mostly hygiene and respect, the proverbs and superstitions were probably added after the fact. Like ancient peoples (yes, different groups of people... peoples) didn't have refrigeration or specified cooking and handling knowledge, so people die if they eat pigs, or get trichanosis worms. So you're like "hey don't get down on the swine". And they're like "we're kinda limited here, easy to raise, tastes good... yeah we're gonna eat it". So tribal leaders can't afford to be losing people... what are they gonna do? Ding 'lightbulb' "Yeah, so I was talking to God...." "To God... Like God, God?" Yup God, and he said you guys shouldn't be eating swine... he's getting pissed." 'Murmuring in the crowd'. "Ok, soo... we talked it over and... well if God says not to do it... yeah we'll cut the swine outta our diet. ... ... I'm just saying, Marvin over there is reeally skinny already so, we're gonna have to figure something out." See seems like superstition, but that was kind of an after the fact thing. Most of these have good reasons, the sayings and stories are so people will not only follow, but also remember (we're talking 1000+ years here, so it worked) to do them.
Oh yea, my mom when I was younger used to get really upset when I "searched" through food because I was a kid and she put all the broccoli on top and GAH!
Yeah thought about that too Tho when I was out with my peeps in Kansai, I turned my chopsticks and they were like "Pfft, you don't need to do that! We're all family"
+Wanda Ricca True, however forks don't have anything to do with spirituality or ancestry (in America at the very least.) The additional layers of importance are foreign to me but very interesting/cool at the same time. I'll always try to remember and follow these rules. :)
Its true though haha some of the later ones are not that strict though. These rules are kind of ingrained in my habbit of eating that i did it subconciously.
omg it was so funny at the end :)))crazy guys :)) I had skin mask on my face and every thing was going okay but suddenly now I have to wash every thing around me I could not stop my laugh and made a mess :)))
I lick my chopsticks and i also bite them. I have an oral fixation and tend to bite stuff: my pens and pencils/art supplies, my nails, inside of my cheek, my lips, my husband's lips lol anyway, I visited a Vietnamese friend's mom and she fed us and I held their nice chopsticks in my mouth with my teeth, just bouncing them there, I wasn't even aware I was doing it when I got scolded for it. I was embarrassed and felt pretty bad cause I messed up their chopsticks. I'm so uncivilized lol it was terrible
I heard that you're supposed to use the back when you're getting something from for example a bowl that everyone grabs something from because it's just more hygenic but then eat it from the front part. oO so is that wrong?
in Vietnamese version, banging the bowl is a sign you're calling out the spirit of the dead for a meal. Superstition, ancient tradition, don't ask why cuz I have no idea how to answer to who came up with that.
me to waiter in chinese restaurant after watching this :
"excuse me, do you have spoon? I'm afraid of insulting someone with chopstick"
Mas Fugo lol hahahahahahah
Mas Fugo my thoughts exactly after watching this !!
LOL
Mas Fugo EXACTLY LOL
Mas Fugo Funny, but literally just use chopsticks like any other normal Asian and you'll be fine. Like, in what situation will you rudely point at someone with chopsticks, or use the butt end of the chopstick??
Your grandma is having a heart attack at the sight of you two breaking all the rules of chopstick etiquette.
J. W. Lol
I can feel my mama beating my ass
I was at a Chinese restaurant, and I was accidentally making noise, so a person at a different table across from me points their chopsticks at me, frowning.
Now I know why
LMAO
ApxlloGamez Bruhhh I wheezed so hard at this 😭😂
But then their breaking a rule cause there pointing at you with their chopsticks 🧐☝️🤖
Oh nooooo 😂
@@user-v1v1via exactly
All I could think of is the scene in Mulan when Mushu said "Dishonor! Dishonor on your whole family! Dishonor on you! Dishonor on your cow!" 🤣🤣
> Dishonor on your cow!
May your chickens lay black eggs!
Black eggs are a sign of a good harvest in Bulgaria.
TeaParty1776 so giving someone from Bulgaria a Ayam Cemani chicken (lays black eggs) would be an ideal gift? 😂
@@sierrabird3817 You would become an honorary member of his family, welcome for Sunday morning omelets. Bring white wine.
TeaParty1776 woo! now I just need to make some friends from Bulgaria and wait for it to be safe to travel again! 😂😂😂
I learned another way to swear, this time in chopsticks 😂
"Dear ancestors i am a shameful person"😂😂💀
For the knocking on the bowl thingy, i was taught that if you knock on your bowl (especially during hungry ghost festival) you are inviting spirits to eat with you
Jimin._. Britney
Sounds like a fun time!
If you don't want to eat with the spirits, why would you have a "hungry ghost festival" at all? You have a place setting at the meal for the one who passed away, so aren't you inviting them to dine with you already? Or is that the only time you can knock on the bowl?
Jimin._. Britney same here!!!!
Knocking on the bowl intentionally means inviting bad luck, or evil spirits, but the ghost of your ancestor isn't malevolent. Unless it's that creepy ass uncle, lol. The meal of the dead isn't an invitation for wayward spirits, it's an offering to your dead family member so as to not let him starve in the afterlife, capiche?
Jimin._. Britney Tell that to Goku
Seeing the chopsticks in the bowl upright made me cringe LOL
I had such a strong urge to just take the chopsticks out of the rice hahaha
+abrushofbeauty Eee, I know what you mean! It looks so wrong!
sherrybyw I'm European so it meant nothing to me lol
Honeslty ans i grew up with Japanese culture so i know that i shouldnt do that
sherrybyw Me too! I’m Chinese and I know what it means
I'm Korean and I know what it means.
Them: *Tells us to not do things with chopsticks*
Also Them: *Does the things*
Bruh.
They demonstrating-
@@Vivijuuw But they have cursed us through the camera
@@theseangle oop-
The only one I do is licking them slightly for two seconds when I'm finished with my meal. I'm sorry, mom's cooking is just too good. XD
chopstick lickin goooood
Its stick licking good
Never swallow the chop sticks, it really really hurts afterwards.
Joezze-Bear Thank you my friend, I'm gonna keep this in mind
Joezze-Bear 🤣🤣
Joezze-Bear story time
Joezze-Bear tell me the story i want to know
Joezze-Bear why would u do that
I do the chopstick licking thing 😂😂 I'll stop. Didn't know it was rude. But for the record, I don't share food off my plate lol
Me too. Somehow I end up getting sauce halfway up the chopsticks and I do it to prevent my fingers from being slippery.
I get slapped for that... I stopped long ago...
How go you get that one rice grain without licking though?
Same. Just that, but not the others
@@sadie2melw Best method to prevent it is to keep the chopstick horizontal when you're about to eat it or facing downwards when taking food
Last night I literally pulled my spark plugs with chopsticks, after I was part way into the job and couldn't find my needle nose pliers! I held them properly, didn't point them at anyone, didn't transfer the spark plug to anyone else's chopsticks, and didn't lick them afterward ;)
Great video guys. I hope the ancestors don't come after me, or if they do it's because they need their car fixed!
"19 Things You Should NEVER Do With Chopsticks!"
These 2 dudes: **doing everything they're not supposed to do**
7:45 "It means they'll take your meal away, and you're not done, you're never done." That got you a sub for being my spirit animal.
I agree completely
Hello!!! :-) We saw some of you mentioned that OTGW uploaded a similar video right before us...we don't know anything about that and this video was written and filmed weeks ago but was only edited last night. So there is no conspiracy here lol. Multiple channels can definitely cover the same topic so it's not strange to have something similar. But we did work really hard on this video so hope you guys like it! Love, The Double Chens :-)
+Double Chen To me yours is much much funnier, I burst out laughing where you decided to do them all at the end! (Really didn't expect that, Haha!)
How about the Karaoke video? OTGW had one about karaoke 2 months ago and you uploaded one last week!
+Alex Guan So what? A lot of Asian RUclipsrs did the Karaoke video. What about when OTGW did the east vs west beauty this week. Doublechen did that months ago with Yi. Stop being a dumbass troll and go get a life!
+Julie Wang there's no problem except that it gives an impression that they're taking OTGW's idea since they were uploaded at a similar date
In case you didnt know, they used to work for OTGW
I died laughing when Mike used his chopsticks to push Dan over...
Same
Most of these are just basic manners or to keep things clean. The only thing that I've been yelled at was sticking the chopsticks in the rice and stabbing others with them.
You stab others with chopsticks? 😲🤣 lol
I use your videos in my classroom every year when I reward my students for good behavior and teach them how to use chopsticks. They LOVE you guys! As a small, rural mostly caucasian community, they really enjoy getting to know another culture. Chop sticks and popcorn to practice with are cheap, but you guys are priceless! Keep up the great work and thanx!
Veronica wang should watch this...
😂😂😂
Truuuuueeeeeeeee
bruh i just thought that too😳✋
That's right she licks and cross her chopstick Soo much she should watch this video
lol yeah
so drumming isn't off the table then
Fabien Sprange typically drumming would be on the table so it's not off it.
😂
Paul Honey I was just going to say that! 😂
This is spinal tap...
i hate chinese and my gf makes me go with her to sushi bars so i drum on her thighs and piss the employees off
Everything im not suppose to do, i do.
rude
Ignorant Doughnut well they should’ve said you shouldn’t do it cause I’m one of those people that wants to do stuff that cannot be done
Lol same
True
Same but is it only for Chinese’s
I'm guessing there's a Chinese drama somewhere where there's a table scene on which there's some passive-aggressive conflict only shown with non verbal communication via chopsticks XD
And it ends abruptly with the male lead sticking his chopsticks up in his rice while the female leads mother gasps and faints
Dystopia Lol XD PerfectXD
We have all been watching too many dramas XD
LMFAO IKR
I'd totally watch it XD
Every bone in my body tells me to use these chopsticks as drum sticks.
Eating with chopsticks is such a bold endeavor, everyone is watching you. Even your ancestors.
TBF, if you grew up using chopsticks, seeing other people break the rules is looks really horrible and one time I saw a white person breaking alot of rules I was shocked and horrified
Don't use your chopsticks as drum sticks!! As a Chinese, I know the rules, but banging them on the table is considered rude, disrespectful, and like you're begging for food.
I remember playing percussion with bowls and chopsticks when I was younger and my mom would always freak out 😂
so... you're not supposed to point at people with chopsticks, but like... what if u about to eat them
😂😂😂😂😂
there's a key word in your comment that was not present in mine
Ghoul problems...
mhm.
PinkFloydrulez pointing is rude to people but if you gonna eat them then....idk
In Japan we were taught to use the rear end of the sticks to transport food from communal plates to individual plates then eat with the normal end. I suppose it avoids double-dipping.
It's also done in Chinese culture.
When I was kid, I stick chopsticks into rice bowl as if its jet-plane control stick and pretend to be Air-Force pilot, I got slapped in the face
That's child abuse...
@@TheSlycooper102 lol agree
@horizonfx he got SLAPPED across the face...like when you use the palm of your hand to hit someone
@Jinrassic Park are you in America?
@Jinrassic Park that's why
My grandmother would ask us not to cross our knifes and forks. This is in the UK...
No we dont
Yep I was Always told not to
Brokeandlonelypotato LOL 😂
@Brokeandlonelypotato
we do?
You shouldn't cross your knife and fork because it means the food didnt taste well/was disgusting. At home it might not matter but if you're in a restaurant, it might be quite rude even if nobody says anything.
I'm japanese and in Japan (for the second one) we always/usually use the back of the chopsticks. This is because we don't want to touch the food with the part of the chopsticks we ate with.
i have to admit, i lick my chopsticks... but only when I'm not sharing food with others. I do it with spoons too, I just hate when theres leftover sauce and stuff on my utensils :(
Barnesi94 I lick my chopsticks too... Not in public though. Just at home in privacy haha
My kid said "I do that!"
Kinda why I was showing them this video.
How about, you should never use chopsticks with both hands. i hate seeing people do that
My brother himself does it and I feel like kicking his butt😅😅
How does that even work...
I've only seen that done in TV shows. I thought they were just jokes, but I guess people actually do that, lmfao.
I didn't know that was possible?!
I thought only 3 year olds who were just learning did that 😫
3:33 NOW ALL OF CHINA KNOWS YOU'RE HERE
Mulan 😩💖
wow it's at 333
Meanwhile, in japan: SHAMFUR DISPRAY!
1: NEVER. EVER. Jam your chopsticks in your rice. It means you want someone to die. Also means bad luck
Never put chopsticks up your arse
so I've been living a lie.....
Hee Sing Sia ah now I remember where my chopsticks went
the lesson is just don't use a chopstick
How should I get the stubborn crusty bits off then?
flabbybabby you use a fork to comb it off
I'm going to start pointing at everybody I see with chopsticks and whispering "Deeeeeeaaatttth" in a very low raspy tone. I think that's a sensible thing to do.
Goldenkitten1 same
I'm dead 😂😂😂😂
😂 too funny
kamikaze Banzai ...What?
*This comment is underrated.*
hahahaha did 'double chen" try to start a war with 'off the great wall'? cos otgw just post a video about 9 things not to do with chopsticks and now double chen come out with 19 hahahaha...... GREAT!
8th comment
+lidlim i thought the same too hahaha 😆😆
I was just wondering that myself LOL
I thought the exact same thing haha!
SAMMEE
6:08 “k lets remove this so we dont die”
Me: * drops chopsticks * whoops
My ancestors: *how **_DARE_** you!*
I have just made a achievement I finished a rice bowl with chopsticks
Good job 👍 I'm Asian but I can't do that 😭
+Nancy Huyng really?
You need a bit of fine control of the chopsticks so as to not let go of the rice, but also not to cut into the rice and making it fall the same. Definitely not easy, it's something you teach your body overtime.
it's a LOT easier if you use short grain rice and not the typical western rice that won't clump together....
Tim Hyatt True. You can starve China by giving them Uncle Ben's rice. I can't freaking eat it. XD
dont drop chopsticks on the floor...
me: everyday i drop like one chopstick
totally didnt do it in hk
sameee
Natalie Au yea like you leave it on your bowl then it falls
Then you match the one you didn't drop with one that's shorter?
Natalie Au me too lol
My family uses back of the chopstick to bring food to the plate because its the clean side where you didnt put ur mouth on
"How do we reverse this" was the funniest part. 😂 ❤ This video was educational in a hilarious way.
Why was I laughing so hard?!?! This was hilarious! I know I totally unintentionally did some of these things,lol😌😌😌!
**accidentally passed a chicken from chopstick to chopstick**
**takes out a sword**
**stabs himself in the stomach**
RexusprimeIX you have dishonored your family
Dishonor.Take note of this,Dishonor on you, dishonor on your family,dishonor on your cow!
I never realized how superstitious Chinese culture was.
charvelgtrs
It's the eastern, world their cultures are all pretty superstitious.
charvelgtrs. You must have never thought about it much. Superstition is a Chinese invention.
most asian culture are superstitious some might even have a sense when ever somethings gonna happend in horror movies or just when there is something weird about a place
kitty cake!. Think you got "superstition" mixed up with "intuition".
Though even that is not necessary to know when something is going to happen in a horror movie. There will be visible and audible clues. They are put there on purpose, its called "suspense".
charvelgtrs I've never heard of these cultures as a Chinese
chopstick kung fu master level80 nice mikey
I'm about level 20 I think but I'm happy with that. lol
Gwen Trias IM LEVEL 900000000000000000 - 900000000000000000 = LEVEL 0!!!!
* xXZero-tecHXx * Ha ha! Keep trying bud, it's not difficult once you get the hang of it. :-)
But i dont know how to do it hahhahaha
Gwen Trias you r cute
THIS video is such a gem on chopsticks etiquette. About 95% of it I didn't know until now. But I'm just glad I learned chopsticks by being a keen observer of users who I thought were/looked refined and elegant using it. Well, except for occasionally licking a morsel or two off them, and resting them on the table perpedicular to my body. So, thanks for the lessons. Really appreciate the tutorial.
When they mentioned twirling the chopsticks, I just KNEW they'd reference Kung Fu Panda again
Every time they kept saying "don't do this with chopsticks" I kept referencing back to the camping episode of SpongeBob when they were listing all of the ways o prevent a seabear attack.
I'm Chinese.. 90% of these no's I don't even know and I've done 90% of them......
T Woo how can u not know lol it's the basics
me too lol
T Woo I'm sorry can you please tell me if all this is true or not? I'm so confused. 😞
ive been using chopsticks without knowing any of these rules and i still find some of it are totally no no like its a basic.. table manners kind of? i do rest my chopsticks on the bowl tho 😂
kimchi305 is this really true? Or are they just kidding? I'm so confused can you or anyone please explain? Now I'm scared to use chopsticks cos I don't wanna kill anyone. 😞
So basically it all revolves around superstitions.
I get the 'pointing' though.
Ghostx1977 It's mostly hygiene and respect, the proverbs and superstitions were probably added after the fact. Like ancient peoples (yes, different groups of people... peoples) didn't have refrigeration or specified cooking and handling knowledge, so people die if they eat pigs, or get trichanosis worms. So you're like "hey don't get down on the swine". And they're like "we're kinda limited here, easy to raise, tastes good... yeah we're gonna eat it". So tribal leaders can't afford to be losing people... what are they gonna do? Ding 'lightbulb' "Yeah, so I was talking to God...." "To God... Like God, God?" Yup God, and he said you guys shouldn't be eating swine... he's getting pissed." 'Murmuring in the crowd'. "Ok, soo... we talked it over and... well if God says not to do it... yeah we'll cut the swine outta our diet. ... ... I'm just saying, Marvin over there is reeally skinny already so, we're gonna have to figure something out." See seems like superstition, but that was kind of an after the fact thing. Most of these have good reasons, the sayings and stories are so people will not only follow, but also remember (we're talking 1000+ years here, so it worked) to do them.
@@CyberianPrincess I was told that the not eating pork was because burnt human flesh looks and smells like pork. That it refers to the time in the Bible where God wants Abraham to sacrifice his baby. However, Abraham doesn't want to and when he sees a goat stuck in a bush he thinks, "Ah, God doesn't want us to sacrifice our first born any more, God wants us to sacrifice a goat instead." So the not eating pork is a remembrance of that.
its not superstitions. its called tradition. Not obeying these chopsticks "rule" means you are disrespecting to the culture.
It's not supertitious, it's called etiquette. Most of these are the same things you will not do with either a spoon, fork or knife.
@@stephena1196 I have also heard that. To me it seems more likely that most of those traditions evolved for pragmatic reasons, but we will probably never know for sure.
“Things never to do with chopsticks”
*proceeds to do everything insulting with chopsticks”
When I saw “Dang Zhong Shang Xiang,” and now my day is made, because Sun Shangxiang is my favorite DW series character. I also didn’t really think “Shang Xiang,” would be used in a phrase.
As a westerner i can say that while i never knew any of these chopstick rules, i have never made any of the mistakes mentioned. I feel slightly better about my chopstick etiquette now! However i do find it strange that it would be considered gross or offensive to actually have a chopstick touch your mouth, or to come in contact with your own saliva. Most people in the west use forks/spoons, etc... and those utensils are constantly going inside of peoples mouths. Yet it has never seemed inappropriate or dirty to than put my spoon back into my soup bowl and than repeat the process. However it is good to know these things as i eat lots of oriental foods, and don't want to be completely lacking in manners at restaurants. I do wonder though if it is appropriate to bring a personal set of chopsticks to a restaurant or someones home? Or would that suggest that their chopsticks aren't good enough?
If there's a tureen of soup in the middle of the table, you're going to use a ladle to serve yourself a bowl of soup from it, right? And then you eat from your own personal bowl with a spoon. Or if there's a plate on the table with vegetables or meat on it, there'd be tongs or a serving spoon to use to put the food on your own plate.
Whereas with chopsticks, you use them to take the food from the common bowls/plates directly. So if you're licking your chopsticks and then reaching out to take more food from the common plate, your saliva is gonna touch even the parts of the food that you don't grab, and someone else will have to eat it.
NymphetaminexXxGrrrl yay!! Good job! I'm Asian and I'm proud of you girl!!
Komerican10 :)
i dropped my chopsticks once. that's it
NymphetaminexXxGrrrl I could bet you knew you shouldnt do walrus xD
I'm Chinese. I've kinda done 1/4 of these things. Whoops?
Nevermind I've done practically all of them without knowing it was bad manners
lolololol niccceee jk
Victoria Wong Me too I'm from Malaysia where are you at?
considering her last name, her eth. is chinese (or cantonese)
don't know about where he/she lives
Picking up food with the back of the chopstick is actually considered formal chopsticks manners in Japan since it's the side your mouth hasn't touched. :) Good tip for China tho.
maybe some do that..some differences
i'd heard that the back end was the proper way to transfer food from a communal dish to your own rice bowl, but you don't eat with that end....once it's in your bowl, you switch them around and eat wiht the narrow end as usual...
I read that in Japan or sushi etiquette do not pick food from another person's plate with the end of the chopstick you put in your mouth. When moving food like these you should use the end you hold, which is considered the polite way.
Tim Hyatt Not in China, but apparently in Japan
The ending is so offensive 😂
The fact that you’re telling people not to do this but you’re still doing it😂😂😂😂
Apparently in Japan you can use the back of the chopsticks to pick up food from a shared bowl and in to your bowl. It is especially recommended in somewhat more fancy company, but with friends and family it doesn't matter so much.
+SiLi In Norway aka Ithilme Ardaiell I think that's a relatively new culture thing. People are becoming more aware of sanitation and such so it is becoming acceptable to do so.
I only use a gardening trowel to shovel food in my mouth. Deal with it. :)
Me: *can't use chopsticks to save my life*
Me: *watches a video of things I should never do with chopsticks*
same
Have you KAUGHT on to use em' yet? :3
You learn something new everyday. I didn't know most of these. Thanks
Bro I can’t stop binging your vids. Definitely funny material
Yeah, Lord Beerus. Don't use chopsticks to kill Piccolo.
??? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
??? LOOOOOL BEERUS HAS LEVELED UP TO LVL 99 FOR HIS KUNG FU CHOP STICK SKILZ XDDDD
There's so many rules. lol. I don't care what anyone does with silverware. If I don't have a spoon, I'll eat that yogurt with a knife. If I drop my fork, depending where it landed, I'll pick it up and go right back to it. I don't care which way it faces on the table. I don't care if someone points a fork at me. Chop sticks are serious business. hahaha.
dont judge
what are you talking about. In general forks go on the left and knife and spoon go on the right side. The ones that are above the plate are for dessert. The fork furthest from the plate is the appetizer, followed by salad, followed by entree.
actually forks n spoons have many rules too. it will be easier if you go to Europe to learn them
Even though there are rules for silverware, I completely ignore them. For example, there's dinner forks, salad forks, tea spoon, soup spoon, dessert spoon, salad knife, meat knife, secretly hating someone but invite them so that you can stab them knife, and butter knife I just kind of use whatever works and have never really cared.
***** I mean I CAN use them correctly if need be but at home all I really use if a fork and knife or spoon
when dan said 'how rude' it sounded exactly like how Stephanie from full house says it
I just hope that they can forgive foreign ppl like me when we don’t know it n do it not intentionally 😣😬😬
Lol at 0:11 "for killing people I mean For eating"
OMG I was literally about to comment how OTGW just made a video about 9 things to not do with chopsticks when I see the top comment about a war between the channels haha anyways I like Double Chen more!!! Go Double Chen!
I cant even hold the freaking chopsticks right.😠They always fly away from my fingers like a bird
First hold 1 chopstick like a pencil and move it up and down. 1 chopstick should not be moving.
pretty much, and its actually best to hold near the top instead of holding it at the middle, you have more control after getting it down and you use less strength, even thou you dont need much anyway, lol
Then you may should stop using birds and start using chopsticks instead 😐
see's chopstick flying chopstick hits eye ouch my eye!!!!!
Even though it's not done, that spinning chop stick trick Mike did was cool :)
My parents point at me with chopsticks all the time when I don't get the a+..
D'oh!
My family line if any of this happens:
Grandma:smacks person
Mom:nothing
Me:gets annoyed I have no idea why it just does
You two are awesome! Loved this video. Helpful and funny!
number 2 is interesting, my family always picks up the food with the back of their chopsticks when they want to give it to someone else. I never thought it was wrong.
yah i thought that was okay. for the japanese people tho
Yeah same. Even in China when relatives or aunties or something give me food they usually use the back of their chopsticks.
Thank you for bringing this up, guys! I was just sitting here thinking; my first gen southern Chinese xgf specifically taught me to use the backs of the chopsticks as serving utensils, because everyone eats from the front end. Otherwise it was considered a faux-pas because it was unsanitary ... so I suspect this 'rule' might be regional
Same
I've NEVER used the back of my chopsticks before, other than sweeping the bones/leftovers that were dropped on the table that was left by me or the people that are also eating the meal with me, but I usually do that with the towel (forgot what you call it) so I basically never use the back of my chopsticks #Chinese
Use chopstick for drinking water and soup 🍜
I have the weird feeling all those chinese sayings and mythes are a way for perfectionist moms to scare their children into behaving as they wished.
Sousuke Aizen Ghostx1977 It's mostly hygiene and respect, the proverbs and superstitions were probably added after the fact. Like ancient peoples (yes, different groups of people... peoples) didn't have refrigeration or specified cooking and handling knowledge, so people die if they eat pigs, or get trichanosis worms. So you're like "hey don't get down on the swine". And they're like "we're kinda limited here, easy to raise, tastes good... yeah we're gonna eat it". So tribal leaders can't afford to be losing people... what are they gonna do? Ding 'lightbulb' "Yeah, so I was talking to God...." "To God... Like God, God?" Yup God, and he said you guys shouldn't be eating swine... he's getting pissed." 'Murmuring in the crowd'. "Ok, soo... we talked it over and... well if God says not to do it... yeah we'll cut the swine outta our diet. ... ... I'm just saying, Marvin over there is reeally skinny already so, we're gonna have to figure something out." See seems like superstition, but that was kind of an after the fact thing. Most of these have good reasons, the sayings and stories are so people will not only follow, but also remember (we're talking 1000+ years here, so it worked) to do them.
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The fact that you guys did all the don'ts😂. Thanks for the video though
I always mix&match the chopsticks like one orange one light green LoL. And thought that was a dope colourful meal O M G 😂😂😂😂😂
Oh yea, my mom when I was younger used to get really upset when I "searched" through food because I was a kid and she put all the broccoli on top and GAH!
Hah! Yea my mother got upset with me for doing stuff like that too XD
we use the "butt" of the chopsticks so that we dont contaminate the dishes with our saliva..nothing wrong with that :D
For us we use serving chopsticks/spoon? Lol
Yeah thought about that too
Tho when I was out with my peeps in Kansai, I turned my chopsticks and they were like "Pfft, you don't need to do that! We're all family"
It was nice knowing ya. 😭😭😭
R.I.P.
You guys are great. Thank you for all of the super hard work you do your videos are just sweet .
😂😂😂 Thank you for the tips. I loved the commentary.
I am appreciating my fork more and more.
dog just doesn't taste the same with forks :D
+Brandi Eckert There's a ton of etiquette that comes with a fork and knife too
+Wanda Ricca True, however forks don't have anything to do with spirituality or ancestry (in America at the very least.) The additional layers of importance are foreign to me but very interesting/cool at the same time. I'll always try to remember and follow these rules. :)
me too
who knew wooden sticks could be so complex!!?
Its true though haha some of the later ones are not that strict though. These rules are kind of ingrained in my habbit of eating that i did it subconciously.
Can't stop laughing on the last part XDXD
Dan: What are we supposed to do after all that we just did?
Mike: Dear ancestors.....
Hilarious, yet educational! Kudos!
omg it was so funny at the end :)))crazy guys :)) I had skin mask on my face and every thing was going okay but suddenly now I have to wash every thing around me I could not stop my laugh and made a mess
:)))
I lick my chopsticks and i also bite them. I have an oral fixation and tend to bite stuff: my pens and pencils/art supplies, my nails, inside of my cheek, my lips, my husband's lips lol
anyway, I visited a Vietnamese friend's mom and she fed us and I held their nice chopsticks in my mouth with my teeth, just bouncing them there, I wasn't even aware I was doing it when I got scolded for it. I was embarrassed and felt pretty bad cause I messed up their chopsticks. I'm so uncivilized lol it was terrible
well i read pens different ...
great video, I was scolded each time for dropping chopsticks and was supposed to hit myself on the leg with them before picking them back up
I love this video! It's really helpful and funny as well haha, thank you!
You guys are so funny and informative!💖💖💖 because 4 is not a good number.
Chop sticks has soo many connection to death or bad luck why do you even use it to eat with
Lol
Because they're fun to use
actually... everything has connection to bad luck in chinese culture XD
im not chisnese but i adore to use it
It's like asking, driving in cars has caused so many deaths, why do people still drive them?
I heard that you're supposed to use the back when you're getting something from for example a bowl that everyone grabs something from because it's just more hygenic but then eat it from the front part. oO so is that wrong?
Ah! =) Thanks
in Vietnamese version, banging the bowl is a sign you're calling out the spirit of the dead for a meal. Superstition, ancient tradition, don't ask why cuz I have no idea how to answer to who came up with that.
4:16 well, I live 100 kilometers away from Dracula’s castle so I better prepare my chopsticks
😂😂😂 I loved this. I like learning about what not to do around other cultures so I don't offend anyone. And it's fun.