Using chopsticks to put foot in mouth


Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says if we eat with chopsticks, this means we are more China Chinese than Malaysians.

As far as succinct reactions that say it all, I must defer to our juniors and their generous use of emojis. The ones that come to mind are the facepalm one, the woozy face one, and the eyes tightly squeezed together in frustration one.

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