Never heard of them. But I just looked at their website and it seems they’ve got a fairly wide reach, although more concentrated in the south. I’d try them out, but the closest one to me is at least a 2 hour drive away, and in locations I don’t foresee myself traveling to any time soon. I’ll have to try and keep them…

Arby’s has the best mozzarella sticks for a fast food place. Mostly by default, but I like the coating, which eats more like a batter than a breading. My only beef is when they seem like they were pulled early to speed up the process, and the inside is warm, but still solid. When they’re fully melted, and sometimes…

What was the legitimate scrutiny?

Bingo. Access “journalism” helped create this monster. Also helping: the fact that he is clearly a tremendous asshole.

Thanks. I read up until the allegations, then just skimmed the next two paragraphs and clearly missed that part.

If there was a lawyer involved in filing this, they should be disbarred.

That’s kind of my point, though. I fully assume AI is coming to phase as many people as possible out of this jobs (I think it’s abhorrent, but I’m not naive), but will AI actors actually upsell more than a generic AI voice? Enough to offset the cost of compensating the actor for their “likeness”? In my eyes, the only…

Maybe I’m in the minority, maybe I’m not, but I want no part of that conversation.

I suppose it s a novelty that some enjoy—I mute the directions on my GPS, so obviously it’s not for me. It just seems like hearing Ryan Reynolds say “Just the sandwich, or would you like to make that a combo?” isn’t going to drive anyone to a different fast food joint, making it not worth the money, you know?

Is... is there any appeal to this at all? I mean, I guess if you think the voice is real, maybe, but knowing it’s AI, is anyone going to one chain over another because it sounds like a d-list celebrity (or even an A-lister) is taking your order?

I suppose you could also just order about 10 minutes before you leave work...

If you’re going to order from Little Caesars with any frequency, I can’t recommend using their app enough. I don’t know how long your commute is, but mine’s the perfect length to order as I leave work and get a notification that my order has been loaded into the Pizza Portal right as I get to the store. In, out, and…

Those Geico motorcycle insurance commercials where they sing Build Me Up Buttercup had me jonesing to watch that movie for so long, but it wasn’t available to stream anywhere I had access (I wasn’t gonna pay to scratch that itch). I was finally able to watch it on Peacock, I believe, a few months ago, and it was very…

Has it been that long since “There’s Something About Mary” came out that we, as a society, forgot this sage advice?

What would a farewell article be without one last (hilarious) typo?? Best of luck in the future, Claire!

I do. It’s called pooping.

There are already Marco’s Pizza locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and Southwest regions,

Yeah, those extra long ones are ridiculous. I don’t care if I’m watching a full movie, there’s no way I’m sitting through a full 30-minute ad. I get annoyed enough when there’s back-to-back non-skippable 10-second ads!

It depends which one you get. The steak bagel is brushed with butter--you can see how it glistens compared to the other ones in the header image.

Yeah, the brushing of the exterior of the (bad) bagel with butter just makes no sense. Now, brush it on the inside, where it belongs and can be absorbed into the bagel making it slightly less bad, and we have a different conversation.