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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    2, obviously

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  • ijon_the_human@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Anyone interested in developing a “Find your ideal fork” web app?

    I for one would be very interested to see statistical preferences…

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    • Opisek@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sounds awesome but I don’t know on what metrics you could qualitatively categorize forks, except for some obvious ones like prong length, handle start thickness, handle uniformity, …

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      • ijon_the_human@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Damn, I already have more ideas.

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      • ijon_the_human@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I have a couple of ideas but I don’t know which would be the easiest.

        We could analyse and break down forks to their design features and then let people mix and match. This would take a lot of time though.

        Alternatively we could scrape a bunch of fork images and build a large dataset. Then show two at a time to users and let them pick their preferred one repeatedly until we know the preference hieararchy for that user. Then compare users and divide them into demographics.

        I guess it would also be possible to have a visual model and some edit options like make different parts longer / thicker. I feel this is unnecessarily complicated.

        Another idea would be to break the fork into two or three parts. Not perfect but faster than exploring all design features. Tines, body, end for instance and let people either mix and match or do some for of a/b testing.

        My expertise is in design so I can help with those aspects but coding I unfortunately cannot do. Would be a really fun project designwise too…

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  • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Some of y’all don’t know about the yogurt test and it shows! 4 is the only correct answer.

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  • undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    5 is an IKEA fork

    Source: I have an IKEA fork

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    • ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I think at least three of these are from IKEA.

      Source: I live in IKEA-Land

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  • Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What am I eating? Spaghetti is different from steak which is different from peas

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  • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    None of em

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  • zeeplockd@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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  • Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Put 5’s head on 2’s body

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    • jpeps@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I want 2’s head on 5’s body. 2’s body looks better than most but it’s too big for me, looks like it’d have bad palm feel.

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      • Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Why are you using your palm to use a utensil? It should be all fingers, somewhat like holding a pencil.

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  • Thoven@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    2

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  • Noodle07@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I like none of them

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  • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    1 - the tines on it are plenty long and it’s narrower than most of the others

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  • fushuan@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    My partner has ADHD and autism and they swear by 5. That’s IKEA’s cheap fork and in our house I’m forced to use all the other forks (which are better so whatever). In their words: “all the other ones are too pointy”. I don’t fucking know.

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  • LNRDrone@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    All of these fail. This is like one of those pick the baddie out of the line up things, except all of these have done some shitty things. 3 is the closest I guess, but the handle fails hard.

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  • copymyjalopy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    3

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  • funkajunk@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    2 GANG RISE UP

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  • Tanuki@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    None of these, I refuse to use forks, only sporks.

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  • otacon239@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I guess I’m picky. I don’t like any of these lol.

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  • MrQuallzin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    2

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  • 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    4

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    • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      4 gang!!

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  • andybytes@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Fat bottom forks you make the rockin world go round…

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  • Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I want to say 2 because longest fork depth, but 4 has that round mouth feel with still good fork depth.

    I’m going 4.

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  • gedaliyah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    People who choose 4, are you doing okay? It’s okay to seek help.

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    • LillaApan@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      3 is even worse

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  • Whimsical418@lemm.ee ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    5 looking kinda shiny

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    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sure, if shiny sporks are your thing.

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    • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      5 gang!

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  • tkk13909@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    1. The other handle shapes look awful
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  • j4k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    5 is definitely the best. It offers a thicker handle edge for cutting and did not require a stamping bend on thinner material to add rigidity. The rounded head and outer tines serve two purposes. One it offers a smaller controlled side contact like the profile of a chef’s knife that will focus more force at the contact point allowing for better contact with the plate and shearing more efficiently. Second, the rounded outer edge will fit the contour of a bowl allowing a fork to efficiently manage rice or other small items down to the last bite with nothing remaining. The larger outer tines and shorter overall length is also more durable and resistant to bending. It cost far more to make number 5 and the design functionality came ahead of the operations cost, and materials stock selection. All of the others were made according to the minimum number of forming operations and thin stock.

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    • UnityDevice@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Exactly! Everyone is saying 2, but 2 is way too long for comfortable cutting, and that’s a very important feature of a fork - unless all you’re eating with it is very very soft.

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      • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        If eating with stamped metal utensils things must be cut by a knife. 5 will be warped just as fast, plus the curved edge means it will do a horrible job of cutting while it bends.

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  • wezzzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    3 speaks to me I like 😋😋

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  • PurpleGameBoy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Def 3

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  • pitiable_sandwich540@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    1 is the one you leave in the drawer till it’s the last one or use for stuff you don’t want to risk your other forks for…

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  • auginator@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Number 5, as a backup 2

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  • OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    All of them have a flat handle. My personal preference is for a cylindrical handle. Heavier and easier to hold. Flat cutlery that looks like it was stamped out of sheet metal won’t do at all.

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    • grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Also when the tines have like sharp corners from the stamping — ick. I’m not a machine, sir. Please do be keeping ur industrial design away from my mouth. ;x

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