You know the tab at the end of wooden chopsticks that you snap apart before you dig into your sashimi?

Turns out, all the pretentious work you do swirling wasabi into soy, whilst sipping sake and discussing a mind-blowing trip you took to Tokyo last Spring, is being undermined by your ignorance of some vital information. 

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Yep, we know, mind blown.

Maybe give yourself a minute to let that information percolate.

This handy chopstick holder may be the most satisfying piece of engineering we have seen since people invented portable iPhone chargers.

The tweet was regarded as something of a Copernican Revolution and has been liked over 4,500 times and retweeted over 4,800 times.

This seems to be the original source of the shocking news.

We implore you to use this information wisely, a paradigm shift of this nature should not be taken lightly. 

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Daisy Murray
Digital Fashion Editor

Daisy Murray is the Digital Fashion Editor at ELLE UK, spotlighting emerging designers, sustainable shopping, and celebrity style. Since joining in 2016 as an editorial intern, Daisy has run the gamut of fashion journalism - interviewing Molly Goddard backstage at London Fashion Week, investigating the power of androgynous dressing and celebrating the joys of vintage shopping.