Poll of the Day > Two tacos for $6.99 or 16" two topping pizza for $8.99

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FridayHorse
10/15/19 9:21:39 PM
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Whcih one?
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captpackrat
10/15/19 9:23:13 PM
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A 16" pizza with a regular crust generally provides me with 4 meals. Two tacos would be less than one meal for me (unless they were some kind of giant super taco).
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PMarth2002
10/15/19 9:28:28 PM
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Those are outrageously expensive tacos. The pizza.
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AllstarSniper32
10/15/19 9:32:19 PM
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I do like some good tacos but the pizza sounds like a much better deal.
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wolfy42
10/15/19 9:41:15 PM
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Woot nobody said both yet!!!

Both!!
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Mead
10/15/19 9:49:03 PM
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Pizza
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SunWuKung420
10/15/19 9:50:10 PM
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Must be terrible pizza and amazing tacos.
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wolfy42
10/15/19 9:51:27 PM
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NY Vinnies in Lacey WA has a double cheese double pepporoni (so technically 3 topping) pizza for 7.99....and it's the best pizza in lacey:)

So doensn't HAVE to be horrible pizza:)
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Johnny Eagle
10/15/19 10:01:53 PM
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I'd probably go for the pizza
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Mead
10/15/19 10:08:03 PM
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SunWuKung420 posted...
Must be terrible pizza and amazing tacos.


Only hipsters think that more expensive means better quality
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SunWuKung420
10/15/19 10:09:43 PM
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Mead posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Must be terrible pizza and amazing tacos.


Only hipsters think that more expensive means better quality


Or someone who understands the economics of restaurants.
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LaggnFragnLarry
10/15/19 10:21:53 PM
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i drink miller high life because its the champagne of beers, meaning its the best, but its also affordable.
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Mead
10/15/19 10:32:55 PM
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SunWuKung420 posted...
Mead posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Must be terrible pizza and amazing tacos.


Only hipsters think that more expensive means better quality


Or someone who understands the economics of restaurants.


Because all restaurants have the same food cost percentage
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mooreandrew58
10/16/19 12:02:58 AM
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Pizza easily even if the only topping I got was extra cheese. It will either last me longer or fill me much more.
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Krazy_Kirby
10/16/19 2:47:31 AM
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pizza, easily
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aurick79
10/16/19 8:18:05 AM
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Mead posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Must be terrible pizza and amazing tacos.


Only hipsters think that more expensive means better quality


There's a line. Just knowing the cost of some ingredients and the cost of labor, you can tell what the quality of a $8.99 pizza will be. In that situation, it is highly unlikely that the pizza dough was freshly tossed and not just a frozen pizza crust that was massed produced to be cheaper. The tomato sauce was canned and not made fresh or seasoned by the pizzaria.

At $8.99 that's likely a Domino's, Pizza Hut, Little Ceasar, etc. pizza. There is good, cheap pizza that can be had at a low price, but not $8.99
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LinkPizza
10/16/19 11:30:33 AM
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Pizza! Like always pizza...

SunWuKung420 posted...
Must be terrible pizza and amazing tacos.

Price doesnt mean its good or bad... Peopla eating shorty expensive stuff all the time. Or find really good stuff that doesnt break the bank...
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LinkPizza
10/16/19 11:33:08 AM
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aurick79 posted...
Mead posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Must be terrible pizza and amazing tacos.


Only hipsters think that more expensive means better quality


There's a line. Just knowing the cost of some ingredients and the cost of labor, you can tell what the quality of a $8.99 pizza will be. In that situation, it is highly unlikely that the pizza dough was freshly tossed and not just a frozen pizza crust that was massed produced to be cheaper. The tomato sauce was canned and not made fresh or seasoned by the pizzaria.

At $8.99 that's likely a Domino's, Pizza Hut, Little Ceasar, etc. pizza. There is good, cheap pizza that can be had at a low price, but not $8.99

Depends. Buying in bulk can lower cost. And even then, it doesnt matter if some of the ingredients are cheaper. If the food is good, its good...
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SunWuKung420
10/16/19 1:40:37 PM
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LinkPizza posted...
And even then, it doesnt matter if some of the ingredients are cheaper. If the food is good, its good...


Cheap ingredients don't taste good though. That's why they are cheap. Of course, this is on the objective side of taste and not the subjective side of taste.
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Mead
10/16/19 1:48:52 PM
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SunWuKung420 posted...
Cheap ingredients don't taste good though.


Yeah rice tastes terrible cause it doesnt even cost a lot

#ChakraLogic
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SunWuKung420
10/16/19 1:56:30 PM
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Mead posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Cheap ingredients don't taste good though.


Yeah rice tastes terrible cause it doesnt even cost a lot

#ChakraLogic


Plain rice is boring as fuck.
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Mead
10/16/19 2:00:04 PM
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SunWuKung420 posted...
Mead posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Cheap ingredients don't taste good though.


Yeah rice tastes terrible cause it doesnt even cost a lot

#ChakraLogic


Plain rice is boring as fuck.


If only there were some common skill to combine ingredients and add flavor to dishes
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SunWuKung420
10/16/19 2:04:06 PM
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So now you're talking about seasoning and spices/sauces where buying quality over cheap definitely makes an objective difference in taste.

Back to your rice analogy, there is also a definite increase in the quality of the taste between "short grain, enriched, bleached cheap white rice" and quality jasmine or basmati rice.

#meadsanalogyfails
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Aculo
10/16/19 2:06:17 PM
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our local supermarket has an in-store pizza place that makes some killer 'za for $10 a large, unlimited topping pizza. i think they cut the costs, by using ingredients they just have at the store, ok?
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Mead
10/16/19 2:06:43 PM
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SunWuKung420 posted...
So now you're talking about seasoning and spices/sauces where buying quality over cheap definitely makes an objective difference in taste.

Back to your rice analogy, there is also a definite increase in the quality of the taste between "short grain, enriched, bleached cheap white rice" and quality jasmine or basmati rice.

#meadsanalogyfails


You can get great quality basmati rice from JFC cheap as fuck

You have no clue what the hell you are talking about so sit the fuck down and plan out your next Whole Foods shopping list
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SunWuKung420
10/16/19 2:17:44 PM
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Mead gets so mad when you politely disagree with him. It's ok little buddy.
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Mead
10/16/19 2:19:11 PM
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SunWuKung420 posted...
Mead gets so mad when you politely disagree with him. It's ok little buddy.


Did you finish all your shit soup?
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Aculo
10/16/19 2:21:31 PM
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SunWuKung420 posted...
Mead gets so mad when you politely disagree with him.

not really. i disagree with him all the time, and we get on just fine, ok?

oh and btw, dat kettle, ok?
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Destiny
10/16/19 3:23:22 PM
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Mead posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Must be terrible pizza and amazing tacos.


Only hipsters think that more expensive means better quality

it typically does in this case, though

"hur dur make it urself though and it's cheap and good"

that's not the point, this is already made or made to order food from restaurants
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LinkPizza
10/16/19 3:35:58 PM
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SunWuKung420 posted...
LinkPizza posted...
And even then, it doesnt matter if some of the ingredients are cheaper. If the food is good, its good...


Cheap ingredients don't taste good though. That's why they are cheap. Of course, this is on the objective side of taste and not the subjective side of taste.

No. Sounds pretty subjective, still. Also, depending on how many ingredients, one ingredient doesnt make the whole item shit. That being said, cheap ingridients are also bad. Some people buy the cheaper ones because they taste the same (or even better, at times) than the expensive stuff.
Which is sometimes only expensive because of the name attached to it. Which is sometimes the only reason something is expensive...
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Mead
10/16/19 3:36:59 PM
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Destiny posted...
Mead posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Must be terrible pizza and amazing tacos.


Only hipsters think that more expensive means better quality

it typically does in this case, though

"hur dur make it urself though and it's cheap and good"

that's not the point, this is already made or made to order food from restaurants


Price isnt a good barometer of quality
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LinkPizza
10/16/19 3:37:35 PM
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Mead posted...
Destiny posted...
Mead posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Must be terrible pizza and amazing tacos.


Only hipsters think that more expensive means better quality

it typically does in this case, though

"hur dur make it urself though and it's cheap and good"

that's not the point, this is already made or made to order food from restaurants


Price isnt a good barometer of quality

Agreed.
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Destiny
10/16/19 3:38:17 PM
#33:


Mead posted...
Destiny posted...
Mead posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Must be terrible pizza and amazing tacos.


Only hipsters think that more expensive means better quality

it typically does in this case, though

"hur dur make it urself though and it's cheap and good"

that's not the point, this is already made or made to order food from restaurants


Price isnt a good barometer of quality

except for when it is, which it typically is.
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LinkPizza
10/16/19 3:47:01 PM
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Destiny posted...
Mead posted...
Destiny posted...
Mead posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Must be terrible pizza and amazing tacos.


Only hipsters think that more expensive means better quality

it typically does in this case, though

"hur dur make it urself though and it's cheap and good"

that's not the point, this is already made or made to order food from restaurants


Price isnt a good barometer of quality

except for when it is, which it typically is.

Not really. Sometimes things only cost more because of a name.
You can take the exact same food product and put Martha Stewarts name on one and not the other. It immediately cost more because of her name. You could take a worst product and put her name on it, and it cost more than the better product. Sometimes, more expensive stuff is better. Sometimes, it worse. But price isnt the best way to determine if its actually good quality or not. Its just another factor. Plus, there are many times when the cheaper ones work or taste better.
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aurick79
10/16/19 3:52:42 PM
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LinkPizza posted...
Destiny posted...
Mead posted...
Destiny posted...
Mead posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Must be terrible pizza and amazing tacos.


Only hipsters think that more expensive means better quality

it typically does in this case, though

"hur dur make it urself though and it's cheap and good"

that's not the point, this is already made or made to order food from restaurants


Price isnt a good barometer of quality

except for when it is, which it typically is.

Not really. Sometimes things only cost more because of a name.
You can take the exact same food product and put Martha Stewarts name on one and not the other. It immediately cost more because of her name. You could take a worst product and put her name on it, and it cost more than the better product. Sometimes, more expensive stuff is better. Sometimes, it worse. But price isnt the best way to determine if its actually good quality or not. Its just another factor. Plus, there are many times when the cheaper ones work or taste better.


People keep adding this qualifiers on why something can be made more expensive than it should be.

But there is still a baseline price based on the ingredients, overhead, and other labor costs that would be established. Then you smack a sticker on it with some celebs name or "GMO free" when it's not even food and you add to the price.

Higher price may not be an indicator of High quality, but when you start going the other way it can be a very good indicator of something being lower quality because no business is going to use top of the line stuff and then sell it at a loss.

edit: too the point, restaurant quality (not fast food quality) tacos with fresh ingredients can be obtained for a couple of bucks each. $6.99 might be expensive without more detail

Restaurant quality (not Papa Johns or Pizza Hut quality) pizza of this size with two simple will typically goes for at least $10-$11 (ignoring any sales or promotions), around here it's typically more - all the way up to stupid prices from places like Frank Pepe. The only way to serve a pizza at $8.99 with two toppings and and that size is to cut down on overall cost. So something is giving at that point.

The pizza could still be "good" or at least edible. But, odds are the tacos are going to be overall higher quality at their price point than the pizza.
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SunWuKung420
10/16/19 3:54:20 PM
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Getting people to defend the cheapest quality food as "good" has to be the greatest marketing success of all time.
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Zareth
10/16/19 4:03:21 PM
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Mead posted...
Price isnt a good barometer of quality

If it was, a Disneyland cheeseburger would be twice as good as a Five Guys one.
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Destiny
10/16/19 4:19:03 PM
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LinkPizza posted...
Destiny posted...
Mead posted...
Destiny posted...
Mead posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Must be terrible pizza and amazing tacos.


Only hipsters think that more expensive means better quality

it typically does in this case, though

"hur dur make it urself though and it's cheap and good"

that's not the point, this is already made or made to order food from restaurants


Price isnt a good barometer of quality

except for when it is, which it typically is.

Not really. Sometimes things only cost more because of a name.
You can take the exact same food product and put Martha Stewarts name on one and not the other. It immediately cost more because of her name. You could take a worst product and put her name on it, and it cost more than the better product. Sometimes, more expensive stuff is better. Sometimes, it worse. But price isnt the best way to determine if its actually good quality or not. Its just another factor. Plus, there are many times when the cheaper ones work or taste better.

when it comes to dining, price usually is a good indicator.

would you want a pizza from Pizza hut that cost $5, or one from the local pizzeria that cost $10. which one do you think would taste better.

keep in mind, in this scenario, money is not an issue.
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weeb98
10/16/19 4:36:29 PM
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all you need is pepperoni on pizzas
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LinkPizza
10/16/19 4:49:36 PM
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aurick79 posted...
People keep adding this qualifiers on why something can be made more expensive than it should be.

But there is still a baseline price based on the ingredients, overhead, and other labor costs that would be established. Then you smack a sticker on it with some celebs name or "GMO free" when it's not even food and you add to the price.

Higher price may not be an indicator of High quality, but when you start going the other way it can be a very good indicator of something being lower quality because no business is going to use top of the line stuff and then sell it at a loss.

edit: too the point, restaurant quality (not fast food quality) tacos with fresh ingredients can be obtained for a couple of bucks each. $6.99 might be expensive without more detail

Restaurant quality (not Papa Johns or Pizza Hut quality) pizza of this size with two simple will typically goes for at least $10-$11 (ignoring any sales or promotions), around here it's typically more - all the way up to stupid prices from places like Frank Pepe. The only way to serve a pizza at $8.99 with two toppings and and that size is to cut down on overall cost. So something is giving at that point.

The pizza could still be "good" or at least edible. But, odds are the tacos are going to be overall higher quality at their price point than the pizza.

Maybe. But to assume because of price is still wrong. You can make something cheaper and get a lower profit. But in the end, profit is profit. Things can also be more expensive because of shipping location. My thing is I dont base quality on price. Because its just one factor. The best thing to base quality on it the food itself. Taste, health (if thats you thing), how well it keeps, etc. Id rather not eat something I think taste worse just because it cost more. I also wouldnt pay more for something when I can get the same thing for a couple bucks cheaper because its the store brand, but taste exactly the same...

Destiny posted...
when it comes to dining, price usually is a good indicator.

would you want a pizza from Pizza hut that cost $5, or one from the local pizzeria that cost $10. which one do you think would taste better.

keep in mind, in this scenario, money is not an issue.

Pizza Hut. Local places around where I live suck. They are also overpriced, but on this scenario, money isnt an issue. Ive rarely had a problem with Pizza Hut, and the quality for most pizzas are pretty much the same. And quicker than local places. Local places change consistency often (Sometimes, really good. Others times, not so much.), and takes much longer. I think most people only keep going to local places because they grew up with them, most of the time. And theyre use to it. In the town I live in, we have some many outsiders due to the base and all the colleges, that many local places arent that good to most people. Well, theres that, and the fact that there are so many...

And thats saying a lot for me. I personally have no issues with pizza as long as it taste like pizza. But I wouldnt go out of my way to go to a local pizza place over a chain just because its local. Or they say their ingredients are better. For all I know, they use the same ingredients as the chain, but just say they use better ingredients...
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Aculo
10/16/19 4:54:20 PM
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Destiny posted...
would you want a pizza from Pizza hut that cost $5, or one from the local pizzeria that cost $10. which one do you think would taste better.

i can't speak for other cities, but here in austin, if your local food isn't extraordinary, you don't last long. the city is exploding with awesome local food everywhere you turn, so i'd go with local. however, you could do a lot worse than a guilty pizza hut trip, ok?
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LinkPizza
10/16/19 4:56:18 PM
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I even have a co-worker who I once asked the question of which chain pizza place he like best. After ordering them, he made sure to mention that one of the local places was the worst pizza he ever had. And hes tried it more than once. Every time, it was bad. They have good pasta, though. Thats what he said. Not the best, but it was tasty...
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adjl
10/16/19 4:57:40 PM
#43:


SunWuKung420 posted...
Mead posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Must be terrible pizza and amazing tacos.


Only hipsters think that more expensive means better quality


Or someone who understands the economics of restaurants.


At least until you throw the question of rent into the equation. You absolutely get cases where cheaper food is better than more expensive food because the more expensive restaurant has to pay more to keep the lights on.
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Destiny
10/16/19 5:02:59 PM
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Aculo posted...
Destiny posted...
would you want a pizza from Pizza hut that cost $5, or one from the local pizzeria that cost $10. which one do you think would taste better.

i can't speak for other cities, but here in austin, if your local food isn't extraordinary, you don't last long. the city is exploding with awesome local food everywhere you turn, so i'd go with local. however, you could do a lot worse than a guilty pizza hut trip, ok?

oh, no for sure. sometimes you just want food, not particularly good food, and want it to be cheap.
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SunWuKung420
10/16/19 5:09:58 PM
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Zangulus posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Getting people to defend the cheapest quality food as "good" has to be the greatest marketing success of all time.


I would ask if you realized that there's cheap food that isn't from a national chain, but you're obviously so hard on over your taco bell hatred you can't see that.


I haven't even mentioned a single chain. Nice ad hominem though.
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captpackrat
10/16/19 5:44:33 PM
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Costco has a pretty good take-and-bake pepperoni pizza for $8.99. And by pepperoni, I don't mean a whisper of meat like most places, this pizza is wall-to-wall pepper-freaking-oni.
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Nichtcrawler X
10/16/19 5:46:21 PM
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40 cm pizza? That is huge...
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captpackrat
10/16/19 5:47:48 PM
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Destiny posted...
Aculo posted...
Destiny posted...
would you want a pizza from Pizza hut that cost $5, or one from the local pizzeria that cost $10. which one do you think would taste better.

i can't speak for other cities, but here in austin, if your local food isn't extraordinary, you don't last long. the city is exploding with awesome local food everywhere you turn, so i'd go with local. however, you could do a lot worse than a guilty pizza hut trip, ok?

oh, no for sure. sometimes you just want food, not particularly good food, and want it to be cheap.

I frequently buy Little Caesars. It's greasy and not great, but it's not terrible, it's cheap and it's ready NOW.
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