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Originally Posted by Nyororin
Umm, I think you`re forgetting that I am American. I visit the US regularly, and in my experience - outside of San Francisco - 95% of the people DO NOT know how to eat Japanese food according Japanese etiquette. If the customer was not Japanese to begin with, even in the big cities, most people didn`t follow Japanese etiquette. Normal, common sense etiquette? Yes.
I was in no way intending to be insulting about it - just stating a fact. I can bet you 95% of the Japanese population also has no clue how to eat according to a certain country`s etiquette. It`s a fact, not an insult. You seem to be assuming that I meant people in America eat like complete slobs and are incredibly horrifying. No. I meant that no one is likely to care whether you sip your soup out of a bowl or use a spoon to do so. Which even in Japan people don`t really care about. Even here they aren`t going to stare and whisper. That`s just silly.
It`s silly to put so much pressure that you can`t enjoy the food for fear of stepping on some little etiquette rule.
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i actually enjoy sipping my noodles and NOT using a spoon too drink the soup thank you very much x]
and just because one person is ignorant of one culture doesn't necessarily make it right for a person of that culture too be ignorant of the former >.>'
hm.... hope that made sense... XDD
ok...
let's just say
that if your ignorant of my culture, it doesn't make it right for me too be ignorant of yours and use the fact that your ignorant of mine as a reason to be ignorant >.>
lol >.>''
anyway, this is america x]
can't we just be 'civil' for once?
and enjoy food 'properly'?
as in, in the manner that it was intended too be enjoyed?
o.O"