The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

Hussar

Legend

• Aug 24, 2022

• #8,181

I've eaten nothing but my own home made pizza for twenty years and my six friends all think it's the best pizza. That makes me the best person to explain to you why the pizza you eat is strictly inferior and you should listen to me about how to best prepare pizza.

 

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CleverNickName

Limit Break Dancing (He/They)

• Aug 24, 2022

• #8,182

If I ever decide to open my own pizzeria, I'm going to name it "The Game." Just to push the metaphor even harder.

Or "Tasha's Pizzeria of Everything," because it's cool.

 

Ryujin

Legend

• Aug 24, 2022

• #8,183

Ondath said:

The fair sentiment in that comparison aside, I have very mixed feelings about that short story. We read it for our English class in high school and at that time it felt like a political allegory on equality that completely misunderstood the concept. But given the author's own political views, that doesn't seem right either. Its message just doesn't sit well with me, but maybe I'm missing a key element about it.

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I think the basic premise is that taking anything to an extreme is probably a bad thing. While trying to create a utopia, they create a dystopia instead. If you haven't seen it, then give the movie that's loosely based on the short story, starring Sean Astin, a watch. It expands upon the themes rather well.

 

Ryujin

Legend

• Aug 24, 2022

• #8,184

CleverNickName said:

If I ever decide to open my own pizzeria, I'm going to name it "The Game." Just to push the metaphor even harder.

Or "Tasha's Pizzeria of Everything," because it's cool.

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"Tasha's Uncontrollable Hideous Pizza"?

 

el-remmen

Moderator Emeritus

• Aug 24, 2022

• #8,185

Cadence said:

"Man, I want pizza. Let's go hang out at out at Thin Crust Joe's"

A bit later...

"Dammit, this place would be so much better if it had thick crust!"

"Why is their pasta so mediocre?"

"How hard is it to offer tostadas too!"

Next week...

"Thin Crust Joe's again?"

"Sounds like a plan."

"Like we'd go anywhere else!"

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This reminds me of this dude that was kind of peripheral to my friend group in the late 90s and early 00s - who whenever a famous NY steakhouse came up would roll his eyes and say it was not nearly as good as everyone says it is.

Finally, one day someone asked him what kind of steak he had there. . .

Dude: I didn't have steak, I had the fried chicken.

Let's just say that if he ever made the mistake of bringing up "the quality of the steak house" again around us he regretted it.

 

Last edited: Aug 26, 2022

payn

He'll flip ya...Flip ya for real...

• Aug 24, 2022

• #8,186

Woke up this morning and wanted this for breakfast (stupid week days)

 

Ondath

Hero

• Aug 24, 2022

• #8,187

Some people are so pointlessly grumpy that I've started mentally ignoring them when they pop up in a thread. I just assume they'll be needlessly combative and take the least charitable view of the opposing side.

The sad thing is most of the time my assumptions are proven right.

 

Snarf Zagyg

Notorious Liquefactionist

• Aug 24, 2022

• #8,188

Ondath said:

Some people are so pointlessly grumpy that I've started mentally ignoring them when they pop up in a thread. I just assume they'll be needlessly combative and take the least charitable view of the opposing side.

The sad thing is most of the time my assumptions are proven right.

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Maybe this time if I talk to that person it will go differently!

Nope. You think I would learn.

I never learn ...

 

el-remmen

Moderator Emeritus

• Aug 24, 2022

• #8,189

I will DM you my most recent unpublished response in a thread if you want. . . I wrote up the whole thing, realized I have written nearly the exact same post responding to the same people in the past, and it was all pointless. I'm going to get some pizza for lunch instead.

 

trappedslider

Legend

• Aug 24, 2022

• #8,190