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I swear I looked like a bum when I grabbed a slice of pizza with my hands because everyone was using a knife and fork, one of my worst moments

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[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Why worry about the opinions of people who eat pizza with a fork‽

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

You do not need to impress the clods who eat pizza with flatware. These people would eat a sandwich with flatware if someone "more important" did it.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Reminds me of some show or movie I watched when at a wine tasting, some guy started listening to the wine with his ear and everybody copied him

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I think it's just this meme you're remembering

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 44 minutes ago

I swear it was a tv show. I shall investigate and get back

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago

Act like they’re your superiors. They bleed and die just like poor people

[–] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 11 points 12 hours ago

When you're sufficiently rich, you don't even have to care about what the regular rich people think.

You can probably adopt the habit even before you manage to reach that level of wealth

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 29 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Rich people don't care how you eat your pizza. Stuck up people do, but you get plenty of those without money.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 4 points 13 hours ago

And I don't care if dead rich people's family are sad; there's still a right way to eat a pizza and it doesn't involve a goddamn fork.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The trick is to not care, and to confidently do it like it was the most natural thing in the world, and it clearly was.

The world of the wealthy runs on appearances. The worst thing you can do there is to be ashamed. Arguably better is to look at them with confident disdain for using a knife and fork to eat a pizza, in much the same way that they might for someone using a soup spoon for dessert.


For the pizza, it's arguably more regional than wealth related. In a few countries, like parts of Italy and Sweden, it's more common to eat pizza using cutlery rather than using your hands.

Whereas for other places, like other parts of Italy, it may be more common to use your hands for it instead. It very much depends on where, and the local culture more than anything else. But using your hands is as valid as using a knife and fork.

[–] ILikeTraaaains@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

I don’t know if all do, but the few French people I had pizza with, all of them used knife and fork.

In a nice Italian restaurant in Berlin, all the people I saw used knife and fork, I did too not to fit but those pizzas had a crazy thin base and a lot of sauce and things on top, trying to pick a slice with the hand would end very badly, so maybe in other places the people would have used the hand.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 24 points 18 hours ago

Rich people don't like it when you believe in socialism or progressive tax rates.

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 20 hours ago

What should I NOT do in front of rich people?

Diminish yourself or your self worth

[–] hesh@quokk.au 42 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Don't envy them. They can't even hold pizza

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 2 points 12 hours ago

For real. Whenever I eat (Italian) pizza normally around a bunch of freaks using knife and fork I just silently rejoice about my superior cultural capital.

And if OP is American, chances are those people don't even know how to use a knife and fork properly.

[–] Steve@communick.news 56 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

You shouldn't care about their opinions of your personal habits.

They look at you funny:
"Fuck off werido. This is how normal people eat pizza."

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 44 points 21 hours ago

What should I NOT do in front of rich people?

Care what out of touch rich fucks think.

[–] Klear@quokk.au 6 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Have your gazpacho warmed.

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago

Piping hot!

[–] Klear@quokk.au 1 points 10 hours ago

o/´/'/´/'7

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago
[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Peel your calzones

[–] remon@ani.social 4 points 15 hours ago

Giving a fuck about how you eat pizza.

[–] howsetheraven@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

Next time, laugh in their fucking face while you scarf down a whole pie. They aren't better than you, in any way. 99.99% chance they're just luckier (which could always change).

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Don't worry about it. Anyone that eats pizza with a knife and fork is a fucking idiot.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Some people hate getting dirty hands, they just don't like the feeling of it. Just eat pizza as you please.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 11 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

If you see people eating pizza with a fork you mock them. I didn't care if its your best friend, mother, or the goddamn Pope. Although the current Pope is from Chicago so he knows better than to eat pizza with a fork like some kind of filthy degenerate.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Although the current Pope is from Chicago so he knows better than to eat pizza with a fork like some kind of filthy degenerate.

They have that knife & fork deep dish out there, don't they?

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 13 hours ago

Not if you eat it correctly.

[–] ptolemai@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago

Don't be embarrassed or insecure. They probably envy you, getting to dig in with your hands.

[–] Jmsnwbrd@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Zerosophisto. . . Sophistication robs the world of culture. There is no "supposed to be like" in an adult world where you are not harming others with the choices you make. There is (and should not be) just one way to "be". Some rich people feel like they have it all figured out because they have money. Money does not equal happiness. Do what makes you happy and move through the world with grace.

[–] je_skirata@lemmy.today 13 points 22 hours ago (7 children)

Knife and fork for pizza?! Did they not wash their hands or something? That sounds like something only the insane would do

[–] Steve@communick.news 14 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

I do it when possible, so I don't get my hands dirty.
But I know I'm the werid one.
And I'm comfortable with that.

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

You're not alone, I don't like getting my hands dirty

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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 11 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

IDK, be poor probably. And I bet they hate it if you talk about seizing the means of production and eating the rich.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 7 points 21 hours ago

you should probably not hock-up a nice big loogie, then swish it around your mouth for a minute like you're at a fine wine tasting event, then swallow it in one big, noisy GULP.

[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 10 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah should just grab it with your mouth, don’t use your hands

[–] veggay@kbin.earth 4 points 19 hours ago

not care about their opinion

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 6 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

One of the ballinest moves I ever saw was the hired band at the high-end corporate executive event where I was the cocktail waitress playing "Sixteen Tons". And not just playing it, singing it.

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

WTF?!?! Were you hanging out at Mar-a-lago or something?

PEOPLE WHO EAT PIZZA WITH A KNIFE AND FORK ARE ACTUAL ALIENS

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