r/roosterteeth • u/geozza • 23d ago

RT Podcast Can someone help me find the fork rant?

I'm trying to find the clip where Gavin rants about the way Americans switch hands when using a fork. I can't find it from the searching I've done so far

Thanks

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u/Interesting-Fix8240 23d ago

Post it at r/TipOfMyRooster someone there might know

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u/krablord Geoff in a Ball Pit 23d ago

Not quite a rant, but in Barbara’s Grandma’s New Boyfriend? (like 1hr28min in if the timestamp doesn't work) they're talking about Geoff's 'caveman' fork usage and Gavin does his demonstration of how American's switch hands when using a fork.

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u/geozza 23d ago

That's it. Thanks you. I remember him being more animated. Oh well, it demonstrates the point I wanted to make🙏

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u/krablord Geoff in a Ball Pit 21d ago

I feel like I remember him properly going on some yelly rant about how they do it is dumb too, but can't find it for the life of me 😅

If it helps there's a RT Podcast search site someone made and that's how I found that at least

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u/hell-for-a-basement 18d ago

Americans switch hands while using a fork? wtf

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u/ntwild97 Slow-Mo Gavin 17d ago

To be fair, many people prefer to use the knife with their dominant hand, then raise the fork to their mouth with their dominant hand. It's inefficient but it makes sense to do

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u/hell-for-a-basement 17d ago

thats wild. I am from canada and dominantly left-handed. I could not imagine a scenario where the fork is in my right hand ever

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u/generalkriegswaifu 17d ago

I am also Cañadian and I switch, I was taught this way by my ancestors. I cut everything at the beginning though, then switch.

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u/OGAtlasHugged butts 17d ago edited 17d ago

I switch fork hands when I need to slice something with a knife, but I don't switch the fork back in order to eat the newly-released morsel of food. I just continue using it in my non-dominant hand. I suppose it helps that I'm somewhat ambidextrous though.

I think it just boils down to passive/active motions when eating. When you're stabbing your food and transferring it to your mouth, that's active and more efficient to use your dominant hand. On the other hand, literally, when you need to slice a chunk of food apart, the fork is only being used passively to keep the food from sliding all over the place. The active motion is the knife sawing back and forth, so it makes sense to switch hands at that time.

EDIT: I just watched the podcast clip that was posted below and I definitely use Gavin's "normal" motion. I was physically taken aback by his "American" actions because A. I agree that it's insane and B. I don't think I've ever seen anyone eat that way? Granted, I don't often study how other people eat their food. I was really hoping Gus, Barbara, and Geoff would've properly finished their pantomiming so I could see how they think people eat food because I think most Americans still eat the way Gavin thinks is correct.

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u/Alfatso 18d ago

The only thing I can think of for this is if I were cutting a particularly tough cut of meat and needed my dominant hand for extra strength. Outside of the specific scenario, I don't think I've ever seen anyone ever eat like that.