Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Meech17]

It's tough to say. Is the cart return a metaphor for altruism, or for respecting civil obligation? And are those two entangled, much like how Lawful and Chaotic often functioned as stand-ins for good and evil in early D&D?

And if we're going to put pineapples on pizza, why not just dump mandarin oranges on from those little plastic cups they give to kids? Why not just make Paddington pizza and dump a heaping pile of marmalade on pizza?

Why does nothing make sense?!?!

I would try mandarin orange pizza.

 

[CleverNickName]

I would try mandarin orange pizza.

I know right? I bet it would be delicious with some chicken sausage and red onion.

 

[Reynard]

Elsewhere on the internet, people are making statements that aren't just wrong-ish, but categorically and provably wrong with only the smallest amount of evidence and data, and yet they persist...

 

[MarkB]

1. Those who believe pizza is a state of mind, and believe that anything can be a pizza, up to and including a milkshake.

That's how they roll on the Axiom.

 

[TwoSix]

I would try mandarin orange pizza.

"He's just a person on the internet, @TwoSix, he can't hurt you."

 

[Ryujin]

It's tough to say. Is the cart return a metaphor for altruism, or for respecting civil obligation? And are those two entangled, much like how Lawful and Chaotic often functioned as stand-ins for good and evil in early D&D?

And if we're going to put pineapples on pizza, why not just dump mandarin oranges on from those little plastic cups they give to kids? Why not just make Paddington pizza and dump a heaping pile of marmalade on pizza?

Why does nothing make sense?!?!

I posit that returning the cart is a rule/social obligation. Returning the cart to the corral, regardless of the person's location, would be pure Law (Neutral). Returning it to either the corral or the storefront stacks, whichever is closer, would be LG. Returning it to the corral that is furthest from the store would be LE.

 

[Meech17]

It's tough to say. Is the cart return a metaphor for altruism, or for respecting civil obligation? And are those two entangled, much like how Lawful and Chaotic often functioned as stand-ins for good and evil in early D&D?

I would argue it could be either, or both.

Returning the cart is the option that produces the most good. The cart corral provides the perfect middle ground for this act as well. One needs not go out of their way to go all the way back into the store, but they can still place the cart in an area where it is free from the driving lanes, potentially damaging other's vehicles, or preventing them from parking/un-parking. It also collects the carts in one convenient location(Or set of locations) for the employee who's job it is to easily gather them and bring them back to the store, less they have to chase them across the lot, or fish them out of the ditch parallel to the roadway.

Now.. Whether one returns their cart because they believe the above statement to be true... Or they return their cart because they know society at large believes this statement, and they fear the social backlash for not conforming.. The cart is returned either way. Is one reason more virtuous than the other?

 

[trappedslider]

That's how they roll on the Axiom.

just so i can feel like a language nerd:...they don't roll on the Axiom, they hover unless you're talking about the robots but even it's only SOME of the robots.

 

[overgeeked]

Is one reason more virtuous than the other?

Yes, clearly. Doing something out of fear of punishment is not "doing good," it's avoiding punishment.

 

[MarkB]

just so i can feel like a language nerd:...they don't roll on the Axiom, they hover unless you're talking about the robots but even it's only SOME of the robots.

They sure as heck roll when they fall out of the hoverchairs and the ship tilts.