Um... Just how lazy are some people?

[ph34r]

(This dream also featured a “virtual world” where people could assume different personas and interact via their wireless keyboards through their televisions – essentially, their PCs, TVs, and other media equipment had been replaced by a total “Entertainment System”, and most computer use was now done from the couch via wireless keyboard and giant plasma screen. Now, this is all very similar to stuff that already exists today, except these virtual worlds weren’t fantasy MMORPGs – they were virtual worlds similar to our own. No adventures or quests or anything – just a futuristic version of online chat or messageboards like this one – except you had an avatar and could go have conversations with other virtual people. People developed entire relationships online that didn’t exist in the real world.)

It's called the Matrix.

 

[reveal]

It's called the Matrix.

What he didn't tell us was that he also had two dreams on the next nights but they weren't nearly as good as the original.

 

[MrFilthyIke]

What he didn't tell us was that he also had two dreams on the next nights but they weren't nearly as good as the original.

*rimshot*

 

[ph34r]

What he didn't tell us was that he also had two dreams on the next nights but they weren't nearly as good as the original.

Maybe he was just trying to forget the two recurring nightmares. I know I would be.

 

[Mark]

We also have Dominoes, Papa John's, and a small Italian place that delivers. It's all depends on what I'm in the mood for. I get something different from each place.

Yup. Those options are available here also, along with about two dozen indepedent places that I could walk to and pick up from faster than they could delivery, and another couple of dozen whose delivery range I am within. There's probably a like amount (or twice) within a half hour from me that simply don't delivery to me because they have their hands full with closer customers. Like I say, it's all relative and I'm not doubting that what you have might be the best you can get. I'm just saying that I'm sorry you have such limited options and where I am, what Pizza Hut produces falls at or near the bottom of the quality list.

I like pizza in many forms; thin crust, deep dish, and pan. I think the bottom line is that competition breeds higher quality. I think it is one of the reasons that the best of the d20 material produced by third party publishers is comparable (some say better) than that put out by WotC.

If someone asked what pizza was available near me, I would not even think to mention any of the chains, though I know they exist. They just don't compare. And that's not to say that there aren't some lousy independent places, but they don't last long because the word gets around and no one orders from them twice.

 

[Crothian]

I can't order Pizza Hut online in my area. But I think it's lazy because you're fostering a culture that can't be bothered to take 5 minutes to stop playing, pick up a phone, dial a number and order a pizza. Just seems like a really lazy thing to me.

And the remote control stopped people from actually getting up and changing the channels on the TV. And the Telephone stopped people from actually walking outside to talk to their neibhors in person. There have been many examples of items that make the world easier for people and other people see that as being lazy.

 

[reveal]

And the remote control stopped people from actually getting up and changing the channels on the TV. And the Telephone stopped people from actually walking outside to talk to their neibhors in person. There have been many examples of items that make the world easier for people and other people see that as being lazy.

Touche.

 

[Mark]

Miami has latin food. Oh yes, and lots of it.

OK. Now, do you also have any chain latin fast food restaurants and do people who actually love latin food even consider the chain as a worthwhile option?

 

[MrFilthyIke]

If someone asked what pizza was available near me, I would not even think to mention any of the chains, though I know they exist. They just don't compare. And that's not to say that there aren't some lousy independent places, but they don't last long because the word gets around and no one orders from them twice.

This is Mark's bias:

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Just giving you a hard time Mark.

 

[MrFilthyIke]

OK. Now, do you also have any chain latin fast food restaurants and do people who actually love latin food even consider the chain as a worthwhile option?

Yes.

Some are:
Latin American
Sergio's
La Carreta

All pretty good, there are also tons of independant places, but you'll find locals going to both types.

edit: You will also get people who are of the same opinon as you. But the chains are pretty popular. But then again, they don't go far from Miami, not like Pizza Hut, Papa John's, etc.