Love: Today, a white guy tried to teach me to use chopsticks properly.... - FML

By black_commet08 - 10/02/2010 05:11 - France

Today, a white guy tried to teach me to use chopsticks properly. I'm Chinese and have been using them since I could eat. FML

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By Fifi - 01/09/2023 06:00

Today, I was eager to learn how to use chopsticks, as I was in a nice Chinese restaurant and had ordered noodles. As I was visibly struggling to eat, the server brought me a fork. When I reached for it, I flicked a noodle into a lady's soup at the next table. FML

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By Killmenow - 30/08/2018 07:00 - United States

Today, I learned that my aunt, who lives with us, is using our chopsticks in her hair and putting them back in the utensil drawer without washing them. I'm the one that uses chopsticks the most. FML

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By ChickenBallsPlease - 28/01/2014 11:16 - United Kingdom - King's Lynn

Today, I was eating at a Chinese restaurant, when I stopped the waitress to tell her that even though I am of Chinese heritage, I can't understand a word of Chinese. After an awkward silence, she told me she was actually speaking English. FML

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By Asian - 07/02/2016 19:03 - United States - Clover

Today, I was asked to prove that I was Chinese by translating the phrase, "Ching chong ming chang ho". I'm not even Chinese. FML

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By forkmylife - 19/05/2011 22:57 - United States

Today, my school is having a mandatory class on etiquette. We've just now progressed onto forks after a long, tedious discussion on spoons. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/09/2016 17:29 - Hong Kong - Central District

Today, at a tutoring center, one of the tutors looked at my worksheet and laughed. She then showed all the other tutors my mistakes and they laughed along with her. The best part? They all speak Chinese and they think I can't understand them. I'm Chinese. FML

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By mustabeendrugs - 14/10/2013 01:14 - United States - Tucson

Today, a customer called me "chink eyes", "dog eater", "bloody Chinese communist" and "ching chong." I'm black. FML

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By John_Elvis - 09/04/2016 03:30 - United States - Valparaiso

Today, I took a girl to a sushi restaurant for our first date. She insisted she's had sushi before, but I had to watch her struggle with the chopsticks for a few minutes before mercifully asking the waitress for a fork. She then ate a fork full of wasabi, thinking it was guacamole. I think there won't be a second date. FML

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By ashley_skillz06 - 24/01/2010 05:21 - France

Today, I went to a Japanese restaurant. While the chef was throwing food at us, I was getting ready for my turn. He tossed a piece of broccoli at me, I leaned back to catch it, completely falling off my chair. I knocked everything over and had the packed restaurant laughing at me. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/06/2011 21:22 - United States

Today, my cousin taught me how to make dinner. My cousin is in first grade and I'm in college. FML

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summerloolooloo 0

Wednesday 10 February 2010 12:10

Poke his eyeball with it and tell him you know how to use them just fine.

CallMeHush 0

Wednesday 10 February 2010 12:14

Can you catch a fly with them?

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dragonstrike94 8

Saturday 8 October 2011 4:43

Not true you can get arthritis if your holding something like chopsticks wrong and the constant usage wouldn't help either

randomburger 7

Saturday 15 October 2011 3:53

-104 augh your comment just killed a few brain cells!

shinshoku13 19

Wednesday 8 February 2012 0:45

Haha white ppl...

newburton13 26

Wednesday 29 February 2012 19:17

Americans tend to think they know everything. Sorry.

iwadasn 32

Wednesday 19 December 2012 4:07

I wasn't aware that "white" is synonymous with "American" now. Seeing as this is in the French FML category, I'm guessing it was a French white guy who thought he knew everything. But I guess you'd rather make ignorant assumptions about Americans than know what you're talking about, right?

zombieboy78 4

Thursday 9 August 2012 5:58

Who gives a shit

kreekkrew 6

Saturday 28 September 2013 14:56

Hey, at least he isn't assuming you know how to use chopsticks just because you're Chinese.

sammyjo06 14

Sunday 23 February 2014 20:51

People just can't win, can they? You either get called racist for assuming every American-born Chinese can use chopsticks, or you don't assume and they get mad at you because they do know how to use them. YDI for even posting this as an FML. You sound like a dick.

shotgun_girl 17

Sunday 14 February 2016 2:37

We do not have the complete story. As he is a native Chinese man they may have been in china which would explain his reaction

sonasonic 34

Friday 30 May 2014 5:24

Show him how you would use chopsticks as a weapon....on him

enzozo101 8

Wednesday 3 December 2014 6:20

Im pretty sure we need to hear the backstory to this?

Exaspera 54

Wednesday 27 May 2015 20:35

I hate mansplainers

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