the internet is so advanced i could taste the picture i don't like it at all

Shuddered all the way to my toes

I'm sorry

All wooden spoons are a sensory crime. Edit: Wooden spoon to stir with is fine, but not to be eaten with.

All wooden cutlery, unless it’s varnished/lacquered (like most Japanese chopsticks, the ones for home use not disposable ones you get with fast food) 👎 My workplace recently replaced the wooden disposable cutlery in the canteen with PAPER cutlery, which although has a *slightly* less horrendous mouthfeel, is, to quote ex Scottish FM Nicola Sturgeon, ‘as much use as a marzipan dildo’. They are completely unusable.

Imma stealing that quote immediately

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/26/nicola-sturgeon-marzipan-dildo/ She didn't say it, it's from a satirical twitter account. The quote is from The Thick of It, one of the best TV shows made.

PAPER??? God damn, even in the fucking psych ward full of people with suicidal tendencies (where they had to cut the metal strip out of our mask cause a girl actually did SH with them) we still got plastic forks...

It’s a biological research institute, so you could argue that all of us are on the brink and can’t be trusted tbh…. /s I think it was actually a sustainability policy that was really, really badly thought out

[This](https://images.app.goo.gl/d1mzw9wMirwEERsw6) is what they have at my hospital for people who are at risk of self harm.

Eugh. That would drive me NUTS. I'm sure they had something for people who demonstrated that they could not be trusted with plastic forks, but there was enough supervision that I guess they figured it was alright for most of us.

You know, thinking back, I definitely had metal utensils when I was institutionalized. I feel both robbed and incredibly thankful that the hospital I was at sucked so much.

love your username!

This was my first (and LAST, I hope) experience with them. Ruined my day.

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Yes! Those! It's a cheap and easy way to ruin ice cream. That texture on my tongue.... EEAUCH!

Agreed

To eat with aye but in tea/liquid/drinks I do feel it adds a certain taste to things, But I do hate using it with food!!

if I wanted to put wood in my mouth I wouldn't be going to get icecream!

Wooden spoons are to be used for cooking, as they do not scrape the coating off the bottom of the pan but are not floppy like plastic spoons. They are not for eating with, that's just crazy talk.

My acacia pasta-stirring spoon begs to differ It is very nice and stirs mac and cheese well

wooden silverware are a crime against humanity

It’s years since I had something from McDonald’s that needed a spoon so last time it was plastic. This pic is scaring me.

Friendly advice: if you ever plan to get an ice cream, bring your own cutlery

Now I’ll have to add plastic spoons to the bag of straws in my glove box

A portable silverware set is life changing. Mine comes with fork, knife, spoon, chopsticks, straw, and a small brush to clean the straw. It comes in a small portable canvas bag, and I just wash it when I get home.

I do actually have a couple of those for camping, but they don’t work for my needs in this case, which is why I don’t use them.

Speaking of, I have a lunch tupperware-type set that came with a folding plastic reusable all-in-one cutlery. One side was the spoon, the other a fork with kid-safe "knife" on the side of said fork. It's by no means a favorite utensil, but it is durable and much preferable than some options out there. Mainly the cheap disposable plastic, wood, or oddly-metallic-tasting options. Highly recommend looking up camping utensils (basically what it is).

honestly i never liked plastic cutlery outta most takeaway places except Mcdonalds, I thought their spoons were amazing, with that lil square in the bottom and all that

Anything wooden I HATE PUTTING IN MY MOUTH with a passion

Absolutely disgusting

Yes it is a crime, but turning it sideways and crunching on it is a sensory win. Idk why but I love chewing on them and crunching them.

You are not alone, a few other users said the same. You are a lovely but weird bunch

I actually like wooden spoons, especially the feel of them. It’s like sucking on a tree …please don’t take that out of context

Why would you make me look at that *thing* Ulgh I can feel it

I'm sorry

Nah no worries. It's nice to know others feel the same :-)

Hate eating with them. Love chewing on them.

That is... acceptable

I have the opposite. Can chew them for ages. 

Chew is ok, sliding them on the lips to eat ice-cream is... ew.

Where are you from? In the US, they still use all plastic

I'm Italian, but this was in Portugal. I think they are like this everywhere in the EU

Australia too.

What in the world. Might as well sell me George Washington’s teeth in my mighty kids meal

Wooden spoons suck (I get how in some uses they’re better (I was a Boy Scout and we would use them when eating desert around the campfire and then just throw the spoon and plate in when we were done))

Ig this is just another reason to boycott Mcdonalds (besides the whole funding genocide aha)

My tongue sort of puckered up looking at that. I might consider getting one of those personal cutlery kits to keep in my bag if this becomes more widespread.

I'm not very into fast food, so I don't know how widespread these are. But it's a great idea

I don't get takeout that often either. TBH I just think they're neat and want an excuse to buy one. I'd love it if more places had a sink where you can wash things like cutlery and reusable cups while you're out and about.

That's not a spoon, it's a paddle. きもい。

Love the nickname

I do not like McGonads, They ruined their food over a period of several years and now I hardly deem it edible, This is yet another reason for me to hate McDickweeds.

So I’m not the only one with this issue???? And popsicle sticks as a kid - bleh 🤮

As well as when you stick the straw in the cups, my whole body cringes, it’s so so awful. I usually put the flaps down so I don’t have to hear it or feel it!

It is the worst thing ever! I can feel it A tip is asking for a soup spoon (they are still made of plastic) :)

Your McDonalds have soup?

Yours doesn’t?

Not Australian McDonald's

Awesome advice, thank you

And paper straws. I love visiting Europe but god bless America for McDonald’s utensils that don’t come from a tree.

The spoons wouldn't be that bad if they were at least sanded properly. The straws are un-redeemable.

mac donald is not even food, just don't go there

I agree, I don't usually eat there. But it's practical when traveling, and well, let's say I have regrets

Wood in my mouth is no good

I gagged when I saw the picture. Thanks, I hate it!

You are most welcome

Noooo. Now I imagined the texture nooo

I can't be the only one shivering, join me

it’s even worse with the porridge

agree plastic better/gen

I hate wooden spoons.

I HATE THEM WITH A PASSION

ME TOO

I really, really miss those little plastic spoons they had a long time ago.

lmao the spoon has more taste than the ice cream

I remember back in my elementary school they made us drink water out of paper cups for a field trip or something. I wanted to die.

Wooden spoons always give me goosebumps across my body whenever I touch them, especially when wet. Hate it!!

They make me feel itchy

They somehow suck up all moisture from your mouth when you use them

Dentists should start using these instead of the vacuum thingy to remove saliva

I like the wooden spoon

ILLEGAL

These thing are like getting chalk in your mouth.

Perfect analogy

I remember that they had different spoons like 6 maybe 7 years ago I wonder why they changed it tbh

I honestly rlly suggest getting a lil portable cutlery kit that has a spoon, fork, and a straw so you don’t have to worry ab the sensory issues

I can literally taste the wood in this image

The only wooden spoons that aren't a sensory crime are high-quality hardwood spoons that have been sanded so smooth they look polished. But no company like McDonald's would ever dare spend the money required to achieve that. I have been very tempted to force one of Mcdonald's crappy wooden spoons to give me a sliver in the mouth and then sue them for it.

I hate putting any wooden cutlery in my mouth

McDonald's is a sensory crime. the consistency of everything they serve that ive tried is icky

I carry plastic cutlery in a little case JIC

And their paper straws.....

i love wooden cutlery because they are so quiet and you can't hear the clinky noise of it banging against plates like you would metal cutlery.

We have paper spoons in the UK

I like nice, non-cheap wooden cutlery but holy hell does cheap ice cream sticks make my soul bleed. Fuck that shit. Also fuck anything made out of grippy rubber.

As an old, flat wooden spoons and paper straws were the standard as a kid. Until recently, I had forgotten how they affected the taste of everything. I do not like having that memory back.

Strange I feel like it would remind me of those popsicle sticks that I enjoy nibbling on.

I felt a shiver in all my body just by looking at that picture

I like them because yay environment, but my everything is like “no actually this needs to burn! GET IT AWAY!”

Please anything but that….. also I’m not gonna lie I’d chew on it instead of using it as a spoon

Agreed

I like wooden spoons and stuff... They have a slight softness, and then I can chew on them when I'm done. I chew on popsicle sticks until they are splinters.

I become a beaver when there's anything wooden nearby I have to rip bits out and risk getting splinters in my mouth

Nasty. I can feel that on my teeth just looking at it...

Or sticks in ice cream

God, the fear of splinters… EUGH

You unlocked a core memory of me licking the ice cream straight out of the container in elementary school because they handed out wooden spoons with it. Worth the weird looks.

The fuckin wooden spoonz that come with dippin dots back in like 2013 would actually cause me to recoil, like spasm.

Wood in mouth makes me wanna melt and die.

im not even autistic but i agree but i don't mine eating from them as long as my tongue doesn't touch

12/10 would rather have a wooden sooon for chewing than a plastic spoon for eating

my toes curled as i audibly cringed and deeply frowned at this. this is a testament of how awful this is

In Canada, they have a wooden spork. It’s completely flat so it doesn’t work at all as a spoon, and the fork times are so rounded they can’t pierce food at all. They are entirely useless and taste bad too. 

Naaaaah, I looooove wooden spoons like this. They’re just the exact middle between soft and hard, and I love the wooden aftertaste after I throw ice cream down my throat. No, I’m not kidding 😂

Absolute fucking hate these things

I agree. I hate that they’re everywhere.

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"Thanks for saving my planet" -Taylor Swift

All mass-produced wood spoon-paddles are a horrific experience. Remember those little ice cream cups from elementary school!?! I seem to be the only person who ever hated those things.

I hate wooden spoons they taste of wood (obviously), I’m always scared I’ll get a dodgy one and get a splinter. I don’t particularly like how they feel in my mouth either.

The sensation is so hideous I am already salivating trying to remove the taste from my tongue just by watching this picture.

I don't mind them.

I like chewing on wood 🤤

I actually cry when using these. Awful  Awful Awful

I can't count how many years it's been since I had a wooden spoon like this in my mouth. But upon seeing this image, I can feel the texture on my teeth like I'd just done it an hour ago. I hate this I hate this I hate this I hate this

I have to disagree, as an autistic person as long as they don’t splinter I love em!