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[–] phoenixarise@lemmy.world 227 points 1 day ago (14 children)
[–] RumorsOfLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dont you love when you stick your fork into a potato and end up cutting the fucker in half? Thats what these wide tines do.

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[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 24 points 1 day ago

Yep, number two is the best.

Give us a harder choice.

[–] Kattiydid@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 day ago

Agreed, none of the others are balanced properly or have good flow. Number two is the only option.

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 136 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Handle of 5 + the fork of 3

I am so on board with you

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[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 117 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

None of these. 2 has the best tines, but the handle sucks. These look like forks you'd find in a diner. Rounded outer tines is a crime against humanity. Did you maybe want a spork instead? 😡

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 55 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (25 children)

Agreed. 2 is the clear winner of this heat, despite the bad handle. 5 has the best handle of the bunch, but all these were stamped from thin, stainless sheet steel, rather than forged from thicker plate. All of their handles are lousy.

5 has a better finish than the rest, but the tines are a train wreck.

Here is the perfect fork:

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[–] Brownboy13@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Handle needs some kind of texture, or else may become slippery.

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[–] Pofski@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] WeaselOne@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago (6 children)
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[–] recentSloth43@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Definitely 2. All other answers are just plain wrong.

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[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 43 points 1 day ago

None. They’re all stamped from thin sheet metal. Tines and handles are too thin and will bend.

[–] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (7 children)
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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Apostrophe catastrophe.

Oh, there are forks: #2.

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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 23 hours ago (6 children)

2, assuming the broad pommel is a counterweight. If it's flimsy lightweight material then none of them.

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[–] Novamdomum@fedia.io 31 points 1 day ago

Clearly its the tines of 2 and the handle of 5. Anything else is madness.

My reasoning is quite simple. The tines on the No.2 fork are longer than the others. Long things are often associated with quality, status and refinement (Long fingers, long lashes, long legs etc.). The extra length suggest dexterity and precision.

Conversely the comparatively stubby tines of the No.1 fork would likely suit a toddler or an adult who isn't allowed near pointy things without supervision. Similarly the tines of the No.5 fork suggest that this utensil was born wanting to be a spoon but then was made into a fork at the last minute. This hypothesis is further supported by the rounded end of it's handle which would suit a spoon rather well.

Numbers 3 and 4 forks are usually, in my experience found in establishments where you help yourself to cutlery from big pots with grubby labels marked "SPOONS", "KNIVES" and "FORKS".

Now to the handles. Although the tines of the No.2 fork are pleasing, it then lets itself down with a handle that widens to the point of absurdity. Perhaps the thought was that it would help the extremely aged keep a firm grip while spooning tapioca past loose dentures.

So a cleaned up fork made from an amalgam of the refined tines of No. 2 fork and the pleasantly rounded handle of No. 5 are the only option for any adult with reasonable dexterity.

[–] RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 day ago
[–] CherryBullets@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 day ago

Obviously #2, but with a slightly smaller handle tip and that's about it.

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 27 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

They all have problems. If i have to pick any one of them its going to be 2, but i won't be happy about it.

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[–] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)
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[–] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 26 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)

Those all suck, this is the perfect fork.

collapsed inline mediaThose all suck. This one is the perfect fork

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[–] Roundeyegweilo@lemm.ee 26 points 13 hours ago (6 children)

It's 2 and it ain't even close

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[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 26 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I'd pick 5 but none of these look all that comfy

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[–] reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 1 day ago (4 children)
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[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

It's a trick question, they're all bad.

(I have autism)

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

2 with 5s handle suppremacy

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[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

...get that f*ucking plural-~~comma~~ apostrophe out of my face...

^1^ ^head^ ^+^ ^5^ ^handle^

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[–] OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 22 points 18 hours ago

You don't have to be neurodivergent to have an opinion about fork shapes. Also 2 is the best.

[–] needthosepylons@lemmy.world 22 points 19 hours ago (5 children)
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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Six.

Look at this fork. LOOK AT IT. Now, calm down.

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[–] Wutchilli@feddit.org 21 points 1 day ago

2 No discussion, the weight, the smoothness, ist all about how they lay in the Hand.

[–] melisdrawing@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

2, but the base is a bit wide. Am I on the list now?

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[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 18 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

2.The crazies here who don't think that's the best head by so much that the handle doesn't matter, they scare me. No amount of bad handle can make up for how much I hate the rest of them

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[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 17 points 23 hours ago

Trick question. These are all terrible, therefore I will eat with my fingers.

[–] raod_guitar@feddit.org 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 16 points 1 day ago

2 its just right

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 16 points 23 hours ago

2 but its a bit big

[–] RymrgandsDaughter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 16 points 1 day ago

Adding my voice to the 2 crowd.

[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 15 points 17 hours ago
[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 14 points 1 day ago

My fork is the correct fork. None of these are my fork.

In the event of a fork loss, any of these forks could become my fork after a period of time, probably about a month or so until it felt right.

[–] catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 14 points 15 hours ago

Worst 5 fork designs in this meme. Thanks for nothing

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Hard to say. It's 1 or 3.

2 has an annoying bulbous handle that upsets the balance and the tines take up too much of the fork space, leaving too little room for the little shovel bit at the back that can hold things that might fall through the tines a bit better,

5 is an utter nightmare of awful.

[–] shadowDingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i only eat spoons, they taste better

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[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 12 points 18 hours ago
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