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OftenBen  ·  2543 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Sam Altman: E Pur Si Muove

I've been told that all the best 'Italian' restaurants in NYC are now run by Albanians.





kleinbl00  ·  2543 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Nearly every pizza joint in Seattle is run by Greeks. I love being able to commonly and regularly get gyro meat on pizza with a side of spanikopeta.

OftenBen  ·  2542 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Dude we are no stranger to the Greek Deli here in the mitten state, I hear ya.

ButterflyEffect  ·  2542 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Where the fuck are the good pizza joints in Seattle. I'll probably hate them regardless, especially since I can't partake in the gyro meat, but still.

I've found one great pizza joint so far and that was in Olympia.

kleinbl00  ·  2542 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You old sweet-talker, you. I sure am compelled to make suggestions for you to snark about now!

b_b  ·  2542 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's not his fault. Every single person from the rust belt (yours truly included) is convinced that there's no such thing as good pizza on the west coast. I'm sure Seattle is better than LA. Nothing could be worse than LA.

mk  ·  2542 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I found killer pizza in San Jose. Of course it's called "Slice of New York" ...fucking appropriation.

I like those slices in DC that are as big as your torso. Is that just a DC thing?

Devac  ·  2542 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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OftenBen  ·  2542 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That sounds positively magical.

ButterflyEffect  ·  2536 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not at all a DC thing. It's a Northeast/Rust Belt thing, though, for sure.

kleinbl00  ·  2542 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Kinda like how new Yorkers assert that bagels made without the right species of pigeon shit in the water just don't taste right?

I grew up in New Mexico. So did my uncle, 30 years before me. We have diametrically opposed opinions as to what constitutes "good" Mexican food.

b_b  ·  2542 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well the pigeons' primary food source is decaying rats, who have in turn fed on decaying garbage. You can't replicate that in a lab, dude.

kleinbl00  ·  2542 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So long as we can agree that "things that are good" and "things that we like" are independent variables, I give no fucks as to how people like their pizza.

mk  ·  2542 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's interesting. I probably can't open a soul food restaurant, but I can likely open a Chinese restaurant since my wife is Chinese. But what if I opened a Japanese restaurant? I can imagine people eating their sushi thinking it was so nice that this white/asian couple opened a Japanese restaurant, but then spitting out their food in disgust once my wife spoke (That is unless they can't tell the difference between Japanese and Chinese language, then omg eat up you racist scum!).

kleinbl00  ·  2541 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Up here, at least, the Japanese aren't accorded culture. Most of the sushi/teriyaki/yakitori places are owned and operated by Koreans.

OftenBen  ·  2542 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I am a proud finnish-american, and happily check 'other' and write that in on every form that I can.