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> These are basically training chopsticks. If you find yourself using them a lot, you'll find it easier and more satisfying to use actual chopsticks. Chopsticks are cheap, easy to clean, versatile, able to be made from materials like bamboo, and more elegant than pincers.

Using chopsticks is also good exercise for your fingers. I suspect that's the main reason why they're so satisfying to use.

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I suspect a lot of the satisfaction for western users is they only use them when they eat sushi. Which of course is simply delicious.

isn't sushi intended to be eaten by hand?

I believe that conventionally nigiri and hand rolls are meant to be eaten by hand, and (cut) maki rolls with chopsticks.

I mean back in the day maybe yes, but nowadays even in Japan no-one eats sushi by hand.

"No one" is a bit hyperbolic. It's not super common, but some people do. I think the most common place where it happens is high-end sushi restaurants.

Yeah it’s a hyperbole for sure. But on a general day-to-day life you just don’t see it.

I've used chopsticks on a variety of stuff. I guess the answer to that question depends on whether you own your own pair of chopsticks or if you just get them as part of your meal.

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