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I won\u2019t pretend nor attempt to understand why the internet obsesses over the most benign things. Maybe it\u2019s because there\u2019s no \u201cshow about nothing\u201d like\u00a0Seinfeld<\/em>\u00a0on air to watch and ponder the little things we all understand collectively. I suppose social media fills that void these days.<\/p>\n One of those things is the fast-casual chain Chipotle\u2019s fork. This simple, black piece of single-use plastic (which continues to be bad for the environment, by the way) has reached meme proportions, with folks all across the web\u00a0swearing<\/a>\u00a0their Chipotle bowls\u00a0taste<\/a>\u00a0better<\/a>\u00a0when eaten with this humble and wasteful utensil over, say, the reusable and washable forks you already have at home.<\/p>\n Chipotle is well aware of the phenomenon and has leaned into the meme, even sending someone a box full of forks when a content creator made a\u00a0video<\/a>\u00a0complaining about not getting one of these signature \u201cal dente\u201d utensils.<\/p>\n