I think Derek kind of missed his own point. It wasn't buying pizza for a stranger (which really wasn't on him, that was Lifehacker's headline) that made the difference. It was seeing an opportunity, pouncing on it in a creative way and then making the most of the ensuing relationship. (Oh, and being in the right place…

The problem is that he was deliberately trying to get in good with the guy. He wasn't just being nice, he was networking. He wasn't giving without worrying about getting anything in return.

When Lifehacker titled the post "How Buying Pizza For a Stranger Changed My Life", not "How Buying Pizza For a Powerful Person and Potential Contact Changed My Life". (The latter headline also wins on alliteration.)

Unfortunately, that lesson seems to have gotten lost through the Lifehacker filter. Absent the context of him deliberately doing this to get his foot in the door, people are assuming he was just being a nice guy and it paid off.

This isn't Consumerist, and the player-hater's ball is down the street. Everyone there already feels superior to you, so you've got to muster up every last ounce of your unwarranted arrogance to catch up.

And would you call that life-changing in any significant way? No. It's a nice thing to do, but unless you literally go around buying every stranger you meet pizza in hopes that one day, you'll do it for someone who has the power to change your life, the opportunity is never going to be there. The last sentence shows…

Pretty much. You can try using HTML, though. I haven't tried it out of sheer laziness.

#1-4 were just smart enough to not get caught.

Just copy and paste it in there. It'll automatically shorten (unless you're using a burner account). I believe standard HTML works too.

Sure, but he also had an opportunity that 99.933% of people (yes, I counted) will never even see, never mind have the chance to act on, and did something that just took a moment of foresight. I'll get back to you the next time anyone with any influence ever sets foot in my office, because that hasn't happened in eight…

A+++++, would mock spam comments again.

Might I suggest a name NOBODY could hate: the Microsoft Blowjob.

Fred Hoiberg. And they said there were no trees in Iowa...

I'd object, but anyone who's watched the videos I've done at my job would concur wholeheartedly.

Just so you know, she warmed up by jacking off half the Drakees from here to Garinham.

Only one way to find out: drill a hole in a wall and see if he fucks it. (Spoiler: yes, once he sees a dude's ass pressed against the other side of the wall.)

No, that's Gawker.

Since when and where? If you're talking about Manhattan, fine, but there's the rest of the world out there.