Twitter Is Obsessed With 'Blates' — A Terrible Name For An Awesome Piece Of Tableware

You know, those shallow bowls that are almost like plates, but are clearly bowl-shaped? Well, the internet seems to have rediscovered them, and they have a new name for them.

Like how a spork is a spoon and a fork, a blate is a bowl and a plate. And it seems like the people of Twitter are kind of obsessed with them right now.

Look, the idea is cool. Sure, it's nothing new; I've never owned a "blate," but I've totally seen them in stores and stuff over the years. And they seem cool!

As much as I love a good portmanteau, not everything needs to be one. And "blates" is just about one of the dumbest things I've ever read in my life.

Like, a bowl that doesn't have high edges. Makes sense.

And yet... blates. Blates.

I couldn't imagine trying to use a low bowl (please... I can't keep saying blate) for anything that needs a knife. Pasta, sure. Stew, absolutely.

I guess that's neither here nor there, though. The people have spoken. The, ugh, blate is superior.

Like, would you really eat cereal out of a plate?

Didn't think so. (And that paper plate just seems doomed to failure.)

The internet is full of super weird trends, but this is one thing I can (mostly) get behind.

They could've called them low bowls, or shallow bowls, or plate bowls. Or even beep boops for all I care.

Anything but blates. I swear.