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

[CleverNickName]

Pineapple on a pizza isn't "niche," though. It's basic. It's probably the most fake-bourgeois pizza topping in America...it's everywhere, from New York to Los Angeles, from 7-11 to Kroger's, from Domino's to your corner pizza shop.

But I'm in Portland, so maybe my calibration is off? Here it's not unusual to find kale, butternut squash, apple, and smoked salmon on a pizza.

 

[Ondath]

Pineapple on a pizza isn't "niche," though. It's basic. It's probably the most fake-bourgeois pizza topping in America...it's everywhere, from New York to Los Angeles, from 7-11 to Kroger's, from Domino's to your corner pizza shop.

But I'm in Portland, so maybe my calibration is off? Here it's not unusual to find kale, butternut squash, apple, and smoked salmon on a pizza.

Well, it's a topping that's maligned. And I get it, some people probably discount it a bit too quickly. Perhaps its bad reputation is exaggerated. But fact is, it didn't get mass appeal. It failed to do what most people wanted from a pizza. If you like it, sure, no problem. But to act like it's a moral failing on everyone else's part that they don't share your minority opinion on pineapple on pizza? Get over it.

Spoiler

In case you're confused, pineapple on pizza stands for something else here...

 

[Maxperson]

Mad really is my first name...

Madrigal Raith, is that you?

 

[Maxperson]

There is no name so simple it can't be misspelled...

True story.

My wife Dana is a huge Starbucks fanatic and we end up there a lot. We're constantly seeing things like Dayna, Daynah, Danna, and so on, with the vast majority also mispronouncing her name as Danna.

So one time we are on a road trip and stop off at a Starbucks to get her a drink when the barista comes up to her and start apologizing profusely for messing up the spelling of her name. We get the cup and it's spelled Dana. The ONE time we get an apology or even an acknowledgment of a name screw up and they got it right.

 

[Maxperson]

Unless it's a digital clock

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My mom passed away last nigh

Oh, wow. My condolences.

 

[Hussar]

True story.

My wife Dana is a huge Starbucks fanatic and we end up there a lot. We're constantly seeing things like Dayna, Daynah, Danna, and so on, with the vast majority also mispronouncing her name as Danna.

So one time we are on a road trip and stop off at a Starbucks to get her a drink when the barista comes up to her and start apologizing profusely for messing up the spelling of her name. We get the cup and it's spelled Dana. The ONE time we get an apology or even an acknowledgment of a name screw up and they got it right.

Heh. Here in Japan, when there's a fair lineup for a restaurant, they usually have you write your name on the waiting list and then call you. From time to time, I'll write some Croatian family name with far too many consonants and not enough vowels and watch the waitress look around in panic, spy me, the only white dude in the room, and rush over to get us.

My wife fails to see the humour.

On the other hand, my actual family name is a very common Nova Scotia surname that shares the spelling with a popular hamburger chain. When my daughter began working at Burger King, they refused to use her name on her name tag, saying it would confuse customers.

It's both funny and kinda annoying at the same time.

 

[Ryujin]

Pineapple on a pizza isn't "niche," though. It's basic. It's probably the most fake-bourgeois pizza topping in America...it's everywhere, from New York to Los Angeles, from 7-11 to Kroger's, from Domino's to your corner pizza shop.

But I'm in Portland, so maybe my calibration is off? Here it's not unusual to find kale, butternut squash, apple, and smoked salmon on a pizza.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

It's both funny and kinda annoying at the same time.

That's a good way to describe my general appreciation of Japan when traveling

 

[Hussar]

That's a good way to describe my general appreciation of Japan when traveling

Try living here.

The number of times I’ve felt both amused and annoyed at the same time…

The Germans must have a word for that. Someone help me out.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

Try living here.

The number of times I’ve felt both amused and annoyed at the same time…

The Germans must have a word for that. Someone help me out.

I wish.

Its the only country I've visited where I've been sick. Like full-on food poisoning in the cleanest country in the world! I've been to many sketchy countries in terms of innocuity, but I nearly died in Japan. Of course, I tried to save money by not getting any travel health insurance so I couldnt go see the doctor (Its been 7 years, I was 25 yo and had less money. I'm not cheap...nha, okay, I am). 2 Weeks in a (rather nice) apartment near Ueno Park, without wi-fi, burning with fever, unable to eat anything but miso broth and mashed bananas.

When I got back in Québec, I swore: never again.

I've soften my stance a bit since then. It really is a wonderful country.