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Mine's a teaspoon (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world to c/autism@lemmy.world

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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Trivia. Aluminum was once the most expensive, and thus prestigious metals on the planet. The king of France would dine with aluminum cutlery as a show of opulence.

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[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world [S] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

You (everyone) will hate this entire comment, but my aforementioned favorite aluminum spoon comes from a Czech army surplus cutlery set. I hate the other utensils, but just think how fucking amazing it is that this is a set which belongs together:

Why is the spoon so ornamental and aluminum? Why is the knife steel with a plain plastic handle? Why is the fork so fucking weird with a different ornamentation (aluminum too, btw)? This is a set for soldiers. Fancy is good and all but why is it so mismatched? So many questions.

This specific picture isn't mine by the way. I'd never allow a fork that horribly misshapen to live in my house.

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[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Those tines look like they’d be super stabby, no thanks!

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[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 2 years ago

Ironically, they're the least stabby ones I own. I assume specs for these vary greatly however. They're not the higest quality controlled things on earth by any measure.

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