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      The Infallibility Myth baffles me. What’s that all about?

      It’s like they cranked up the marketing, cult-of-personality bullshit to see how high it could go… and it didn’t have a limit, they were able to brainwash a lot of people with the most preposterous stuff, and they couldn’t help themselves, they just HAD to make their head a demigod.

      “Me perfect in paradise, you utter dogshit capitalist.”
      What is this, a first grader having a schoolyard fight?

      Then there’s Mao. Not quite a demigod, but not quite human either. His myth covering a much larger area and population, so they had to make the myth a little bit subtler. But not by much.

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    This is a great image to show how framing is everything but people got their panties in a twist because of the .ml bogeyman.

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      I’ve never heard anyone with first hand experience complain about living in North Korea. They literally can’t complain.

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    Don’t forget that North Korea’s leader is very dear to the whole population and incorruptible, unlike evil South Korea’s leaders who were always super evil and corrupt and everything.

    You’re asking why the dear leader is the only fat person in North Korea, especially when everyone else looks malnourished? Haha, funny person, off to jail you go.

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    There are some valid criticisms of SK in here, but there’s so much bullshit as well that no reasonable person will take them seriously.

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      The worst pizza I ever had was when I was a kid and we took a trip to Italy and my parents got me some from a street vendor. The problem is it was American-style pizza and the Italians didn’t know how to make American-style pizza.

      The second-worst pizza I ever had was St. Louis style pizza at an Imo’s, which is the way to have it, and it is fucking foul.

      The third worst pizza I ever had was in Cozumel, Mexico. They put slices of tomato on it instead of tomato sauce, but did the rest of it the American way. Bleah.

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      I unironically believe this; I have been to italy, and eaten authentic italian pizza.

      Fuck off with barely any cheese and no toppings. it tastes fine as a kind of fancy bread, but give me the fuckload of cheese and meat every time

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          It’s also the last pizza you’ll ever have /j

          Y̴̢̢̘̪͋̔ơ̶̦̝̊̊͝ư̢̗̳̾́͡ ͕͈̑͆́͘͡s̸̡̺̠ͨ͑͞ẽ̵̸̻͓ͣ̀ĕ̦́̚͟͡ͅ ̼̪̽̚͏̴̴N̵̫͖͗͗́͠a̢̳̲̓ͪ͝͞p̥̱ͥ͋́͠͏ơ̰̤̿̍́̕l̴̹̗ͨ̅͘̕i̟͔ͦͣ́͢͞ ̡̩̙͂̈́͘͜a̶̢̛͓̬̎͌n͎̲͊̍͏̢͜d̶̴͖̖̔̽͝ ̶͇̻ͪ͛́͠t̘͙ͮ̾́͟͜ḩ̵̛͙̜ͤͨe̴̢̡͕͉ͮ̓n̛̟͓ͯͥ҉̡ ̸̢͎̹̑̐͜y̬̪ͧ̓͏̴͡o̷̢͕͔̾̌͜ủ̵̼̘̅͠͝ ̴̝͍ͩ̿̕͟ď̸̵͔͈̆͟i̷̦̦ͫ̍͜͟ẹ̴̢̭ͭͬ͏

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          Oh right my bad, I have to actually go to the one specific restaurant in the specific town in the specific region for my opinion to matter

          Fuck off

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        I couldn’t disagree more. I’ve also been to Italy, specifically to Napoli, and just the dough alone is phenomenal, something between pancake and bread. Then the fresh tomatoes and mozzarella on top with the fresh basil leaves for the something extra - perfect balance, heaven in my mouth!

        I’ve also been to the US (west coast, Portland) and Jebus, that was terrible. First they don’t give you a pizza but a slice of pizza, then it’s reheated because they make a lot of it and can’t sell it fresh. The toppings is dry ham and tasteless cheese, a ton of cheese, but just flavorless cheese. I tried in a couple of places there with practically the same result. Thanks, but no thanks.

        The Swedish pizza is probably what I would say is what you’re talking about, tons of toppings and decent dough.

        Kebab pizza with french fries:
        Kebab pizza

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          There was a place I used to go that made a “Greek Pizza,” which was basically a gyro on pizza dough instead of pita and with melted feta on top.

          Oh my god it was amazing.

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          I could find that kebab pizza a nice home in the trash lol. Looks nasty

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          I’ve also been to the US (west coast, Portland) and Jebus, that was terrible. First they don’t give you a pizza but a slice of pizza, then it’s reheated because they make a lot of it and can’t sell it fresh. The toppings is dry ham and tasteless cheese, a ton of cheese, but just flavorless cheese. I tried in a couple of places there with practically the same result. Thanks, but no thanks.

          WTF, that doesn’t sound even remotely correct. How much did you pay, $0.50? You got scammed dude. I’m from Texas which, afaik, is probably at the bottom of the list of “places you think of when someone says, ‘pizza’” but I’ve had way better pizza than what you’re describing. Hell, Pizza Hut is probably better than what you’re describing lol. That sounds horrid.

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          Bro you went to Portland Oregon and got some shit new york style by the slice? You fucked up

          You should try

          • Ken’s Artisan Pizza
          • A’pizza Scholl’s
          • Pizzeria Otto
          • Pizza Thief
          • The Star

          And that’s just the best of the best that I’ve personally been to. Plenty of smaller places serving up phenomenal pies as well dotted everywhere. You only get by the slice of you’re starving right now and have less than 5 bucks.

          Mid range but great

          • Ollys Pizza
          • Atlas

          Places that are over hyped.

          • Baby Doll
          • Sizzle Pie
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          Oh I forgot to add one thing about the Italian pizza. I’ve eaten pizza in Rome too, and it was practically as terrible as in Portland.

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            General rule of thumb: don’t go to tourist spots or where something has been invented. It’s worse than the knockoffs.

            Real “Sachertorte” from “Hotel Sacher” in Vienna is mindlessly overpriced and way worse than any one you can get at any small local bakery.

            Original “Carpaccio” from “Harry‘s Bar” in Venice is the same - extremely overpriced and just not good and not worth the money.

            I’ve had amazing “Tunbrötsrulle” at some little restaurant in Stockholm, I’ve forgotten the name, but they also had burgers on the menu.

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          Portland

          Well there’s your problem, the west coast has been doing strange things to their Pizza ever since that one cannuck thought using pineapples would excuse calling something a Hawaiian pizza without any spam

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        I’ve never been to Italy, but my cousin grew up there for part of their childhood. They said “Italians invented pizza, America made it good”

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          Yeah, no. They don’t. Whoever told you that made that shit up or heard it from an american.

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            American pizza and Italian pizza are two different animals that share the same name. They both have good, mediocre and shitty examples. I have had all three in both countries.

            As to which one I prefer? Ehhh depends on the day.

            Other countries also have their unique take on Pizza that I have tried and enjoyed. I had some in Spain and Brazil that were amazing yet very different.

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        I just came back to Europe after a couple weeks in the US. The US was beautiful (travelled in the Rockies). I was surprised by the fact that I unironically would not be able to live there just because of the food. Everything was so drowned in cheese / sugar / unspecified ultraprocessed something that I had legitimate digestion issues the first week.

        • “I would like an omelette please”
        • “Yes sir, do you want eggs in that or just the cheese?”

        I had no idea I could miss just plain real bread as much as I did by the time I got back.