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		midtake 72 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Japanese glossary of chopsticks faux pas (2022) > こすり箸 Kosuribashi > To rub waribashi (disposable chopsticks) together to remove splinters. Stopped reading there. If you're handing me crappy chopsticks to eat with I am rubbing them together first.

weedhopper 71 days ago [–]

Exactly, too many times have i heard from some snob not to rub them, who later had to pull a splinter out of their finger.

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