Useless Conversation

[Phildo]

I'm thinking about going as Kevin Smith.

[Rasix]

So, you're just buying a pair of jorts?

[Nebu]

So, you're just buying a pair of jorts?

Don't forget the hockey jersey.

[01101010]

C'mon, they've got to allow stormtrooper costumes.

Just point out that even if you did try a mass shooting, nobody could possibly get hit.

I chuckled.

[Merusk]

C'mon, they've got to allow stormtrooper costumes.

Just point out that even if you did try a mass shooting, nobody could possibly get hit.

Nope they've explicitly banned STs. If you're in the 501st and are doing an event you'll be expected to remove the helmet before going into the theater. Also; no weapons at all, per Disney's request.

[Polysorbate80]

Hm.  Humor, missed you it has.

[Merusk]

Nah we got it. Its just not funny. 

[Bunk]

No weapons? I still fondly remember about a dozen kids battling with lightsabers in front of the screen waiting for the 1st prequel to start.

Oh, and since I missed the drinking confessional of the last two pages: about three beer a day, most days. Every once in a while I'll just up and stop completely for two weeks to prove I can. I find that getting harder to pull off though.
Recently got hooked on the local hipster Growler craze. Microbrewery directly on my way home from work, $11 - $13 a Growler fill, with a wide variety of styles. Best of all - no bottles or cans to return.

[Polysorbate80]

Nah we got it. Its just not funny.  I'm just boring 

[Hawkbit]

Snow Crash.

Dominos rolls out new high-tech delivery vehicle, complete with built-in warming oven: http://www.geekwire.com/2015/216389/

[MisterNoisy]

Snow Crash.

Dominos rolls out new high-tech delivery vehicle, complete with built-in warming oven: http://www.geekwire.com/2015/216389/

The description of the Deliverator's car does not conjure up images of a Chevy Spark with a trapdoor in my head, though.

[Lantyssa]

Shame Domino's tastes like shit since they changed the recipe.

[Merusk]

Oh you're one of those people. I actually like it since the change, couldn't stand it before. Cardboard crust and terribly waxy cheese.

[Yegolev]

Tasted like shit before, tastes like shit now.  Also gives people the shits.  Just pour some laxative on dirty cardboard and eat that.

[WayAbvPar]

Oh you're one of those people. I actually like it since the change, couldn't stand it before. Cardboard crust and terribly waxy cheese.

This. I didn't eat it for 20 years because it was fucking awful. The new stuff is at least edible, but doesn't hold a candle to actual good pizza.

[Signe]

The owner of Dominos is very pro-life and donates a lot of money to anti-abortion causes, including political candidates.  They were boycotted by NOW in the 80s and 90s but I don't know if that's all changed by now.  Anyway, I don't eat their crap and not just because of this... I think they're pizza stinks based on a piece I ate many many years ago before I knew all this stuff. 

[Nebu]

As bad as Dominos is, Papa Johns is even worse.  The sauce is sweet... who does that?

[Rasix]

Papa John's cheese.      Easily my least favorite pizza chain.  I'd rather eat Little Caesars.

[Yegolev]

The sauce is sweet... who does that?

Fat-fat-fatties.

[Nebu]

I'd rather eat Little Caesars.

Let's not get crazy here...

[HaemishM]

All the chain pizza sucks monkey ass compared to real pizza, which is usually only made in local joints. I will say that Domino's has gotten BETTER in recent years and they are certainly more edible than Papa John's because fuck that asshole. There's also a franchise called Pie Five that we just got here that does decent pizza though again, it's not necessarily REAL pizza.

[Paelos]

The worst is pizza hut. I've never been happy with anything I've had there
Next worst for me is Papa Johns, then Domino's, I actually don't hate little  Caesars for what it is.

My favorite chain is probably Jets

[Merusk]

As bad as Dominos is, Papa Johns is even worse.  The sauce is sweet... who does that?

LaRosas in Cincinnati. It's THE local chain place and I swear the sauce tastes as sweet as Kool-Aid. It's disgusting but people around here fucking love it.

Then toss it on a really poorly made NY-Style crust that tastes more like flour than a neutral pizza crust and top it with an 80% provolone 20% mozz blend and you've got Cincinnati's "Favorite" pizza.

After eating it you can understand why people think the "Chili" is good.

Papa John's cheese.      Easily my least favorite pizza chain.  I'd rather eat Little Caesars.

Agree on the Pizza but they have the best dough/ plain breadsticks. Love them.

Marcos pizza has stepped up their game. I don't know if they're regional (They had them in Cleveland) or national, but it's good. Fresh ingredients, great crust, not greasy and the Supreme is amazing.

Donatos is my 2nd favorite, then Dominos/ Caesars. John's and Pizza Hut are pure garbage we only buy when there's a super deal or I want breadsticks.

[Paelos]

Cincy people like sugar apparently because that chili is sweet too

[Rendakor]

Papa John's is THE WORSE. So disgusting, ugh. They do a sale for 50% off whenever the Flyers win so some of my D&D players brought it to our sessions; I will not even eat that shit for free.

I like Domino's thin crust best of all the big chains; Pizza Hut gives me an upset stomach so I stay away, and we don't have a Little Caesar's close enough for me to have a firm opinion.

[01101010]

I'm ok with Pizza Hut and their deep fried pizzas. I regret it a few hours later, but I like the taste. The rest can go away for all I care.

[Hawkbit]

Marcos pizza has stepped up their game. I don't know if they're regional (They had them in Cleveland) or national, but it's good. Fresh ingredients, great crust, not greasy and the Supreme is amazing.

Marco's is HQ out of Toledo. I worked for them in the early 90s during high school. They used to source from Toldeo's local Sofo's: http://www.shopsofos.com/. Back then they made the dough fresh every day; Dominos does not - it comes in tri-weekly shipments to each store.

I can definitely say Marco's is a chain, but it's one of the better ones.

Seattle pizza is just plain balls. The only good pizza is $25+ for a large, otherwise it's all of the crap chains listed above. Hell, our local Pizza Hut has a 1-star rating on Yelp. How the fuck does one serve such shit to get 1-star?

[Rasix]

I am fortunate that there's a good Neapolitan place a very short walk from my new home.  It's a one minute drive if I'm feeling exceptionally lazy.

[Chimpy]

Want to talk about terrible pizza habits: there is a chain around here that serves super-thin crust "St Louis" style pizza (like almost paper thin, cut in squares) which is not bad pizza but they keep huge squeeze bottles of that cheap French dressing that elementary schools use on the tables so tons of people around here can't eat pizza without adding French dressing to it.

Makes me gag a little just thinking about it.

[Paelos]

Want to talk about terrible pizza habits: there is a chain around here that serves super-thin crust "St Louis" style pizza (like almost paper thin, cut in squares) which is not bad pizza but they keep huge squeeze bottles of that cheap French dressing that elementary schools use on the tables so tons of people around here can't eat pizza without adding French dressing to it.

Makes me gag a little just thinking about it.

Yikes, that's gross.

[Selby]

My favorite chain is probably Jets

Talk about tasteless... they just opened a branch here and I went in for some... it was mostly dough and grease, very little sauce, cheese or ingredients.  I won't be going back.

I'm fine with the taste of Papa Johns (and looks like the only one), but the owner is kind of a dick so I'm not inclined to buy.  Dominos and Pizza Hut are both bleh and make me ill after eating them.  The $5 Hot 'n Ready Little Caesars is not bad at all for what it is. There's a local place that does great pizza that I love, but I can never convince the family to go ("the seats aren't comfortable").  Costco pizza is not that bad either.

[Lantyssa]

Of the chains I do like Papa John's the best.  I rarely eat pizza though since I can't get delivery to BFE and it does a number on me.  But then I used to like cardboard pizza and waxy cheese because it doesn't taste like cheese.

[Sky]

Stop eating chain pizza. Even our old Italian city pizza has become sad now that it's all second generation wops that just phone it in. I go to the local wop from NYC who makes a perfect city pie. So damned good. I can't believe our city supports multiple chains (Domino, Pizza Hut, Little Caesar) when you can get real city pie or brick oven wood fired stuff (or even our generic pie, which is a million times better than chain). The fiancee liked Pizza Hut, still gets a taste for it now and again and it makes me want to literally vomit with all the awful grease and crap ingredients.

Catching up on the booze conversation, I was a binge drinking blackout alcoholic when I was a kid. I mean, metal band in the 80s. Couple years after the band broke up, I realized drinking is boring, people who drink are obnoxous and bars are the most boring places on the planet. Went cold turkey for a year, put a can of beer in the fridge to tempt me. Now I can enjoy a couple beers but I hate getting drunk and haven't been in almost 20 years. It's really weird being around really drunk people now, like 'wow, people still do that? Grow up.'

Also, I go back to work tomorrow and I've been a dick all day long.

[Johny Cee]

Stop eating chain pizza. Even our old Italian city pizza has become sad now that it's all second generation wops that just phone it in. I go to the local wop from NYC who makes a perfect city pie. So damned good. I can't believe our city supports multiple chains (Domino, Pizza Hut, Little Caesar) when you can get real city pie or brick oven wood fired stuff (or even our generic pie, which is a million times better than chain). The fiancee liked Pizza Hut, still gets a taste for it now and again and it makes me want to literally vomit with all the awful grease and crap ingredients.

Man, that is just the New York City effect:  Shittons of Italians find NYC too crowded to open a pizza joint so move upstate.  I have my choice of multiple dudes from Italy, Italian-Americans that moved Upstate, or for a change of pace one of the Greeks that want to get in on the pizza action.

Chain stuff is just much, much cheaper.  Most large pies will run you $20+ at a local, whereas that gets you multiple pizzas plus some freebie from a chain store.  Also, kids.  Kids can't tell the difference between quality stuff and a pizza with fat and sweetness, so the prefer the chain stuff.


A sweet sauce doesn't always mean sugar is added.  The kind of ingredients and how they are prepared, along with the amount of acid, means more. 

[Merusk]

No good local shops around here. I wish there were. There's two independent places, Tower Pizza and Cousin Vinnie's and they both suffer from having terrible dough or sauce AND being more expensive. So we go with the smaller chains.

Marco's is HQ out of Toledo. I worked for them in the early 90s during high school. They used to source from Toldeo's local Sofo's: http://www.shopsofos.com/. Back then they made the dough fresh every day; Dominos does not - it comes in tri-weekly shipments to each store.

I can definitely say Marco's is a chain, but it's one of the better ones.

Ahh, that explains it. They only just got to Cincinnati a few years ago and we only moved into an area with one 18 months ago. I remembered them from Cleveland where they were competition for my parent's place. They weren't very good back then, and we were using Sofo's as well so it may have just been that franchisee.

May be a chain but it's a regional one at least. Makes me feel less guilty.  It seems the Millenials/ Xers interested in opening restaurants these days only go for pretentious Foodie combos or burgers because there's 3-4 of those places around with more scheduled to open in the next few months but no decent mom & pop pizza places.