Closest we have in Charlotte is Jet’s which, I’ll admit, is damn tasty and much more filling than Newaven or Neopolitan.

Agreed. One of the only hills I’d die on is that NY pizza is not and should not be the standard by which good pizza is held.

It’s like when people like politicians for “telling it like it is.” Almost as though “honesty” helps people get past shitty behavior... but also gives the perpetrators license to continue to be shitty under the guise of “well you know who I am and what I’m about, so if you want to be a part of it, deal with it!”

Agreed - and any Indian simmer sauce or “quick” thing just isn’t as good.

This was a major COVID lesson we learned: eating out just isn’t that great.

The Uncle Ruckus of the SCOTUS

I mean, at least in those situations it was you, other fans, and maybe some scalpers.  Now the kids gotta fight all those and f’in ROBOTS to get tickets... nevermind whatever Ticketmaster pricing bullshit is happening.

Bingo.

This.  Because if the govt was REALLY tough on crime, those suburban white ladies would all be in prison for pedaling their pyramid schemes on Facebook.

As far as I’m concerned, the ONLY good thing about Corden’s show is that it gave Reggie Watts the airtime (and hopefully paycheck) he truly deserves.

Hit the nail on the head. I’d venture a guess that one metric fuckton of people who work for organizations that “fight the good fight” or “do the lord’s work” use that goodwill as an excuse to be a complete fuckwad in some other way.

This is true.

Does anyone remember the original Bob Hoskins/John Leguizamo Super Mario Bros movie?  For some reason, this reminds me of that...

Arguments like this remind me of a sign I saw at a church in Baltimore many years ago:

All those arguing “leave your door open, expect to get robbed” - sure, fine, true.

Stuff like that is why my current classroom model is “snitches get extra credit and high fives.”

Fun Fact: in some states, if you are registered Independent, you can CHOOSE which primary to vote in. Thus I know a lot of folks who are registered I but who tend to lean more left but will vote in the R primaries in order to try to push through the R candidate most likely to lose to any D candidate.

I teach high school in a school that is majority black/Hispanic. Several of my students saw it. When I asked why, I got answers ranging from “It just popped up in my TL and I didn’t realize what it was” to basically just morbid curiosity.

Three words sure to elicit a “cult film” reaction:

To this point, we try to hit up a TC-adjacent restaurant anytime we travel, too.  I wonder how much of their business is that type of fandom.