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[–] owatnext 135 points 8 months ago (3 children)

None of these are hot takes lol.

[–] EdibleFriend 47 points 8 months ago (3 children)

ayo did you remove your own vote how are you at zero.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe they're just not very confident about their posts.

[–] owatnext 26 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Yes. I think it is a conflict of interest to upvote my own post. Of course I think I contribute to the conversation, but that is not for me to decide.

[–] danc4498 21 points 8 months ago

Everybody’s vote total is defaulted to 1. Nobody upvotes themselves. Removing your vote just makes it less likely people will see your comment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Everyone's posts are upvoted by themselves by default, so by retiring your upvotes from your posts, you are, in practice, removing visibility from your posts, thus handicapping them, rather than giving them a fair shot.

[–] owatnext -1 points 8 months ago

I rely on the Gs who sort by new.

[–] RampantParanoia2365 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You downvote the default score in order not to do something you never did?

[–] owatnext 1 points 8 months ago

I remove the upvote, not downvote.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, at least online these are all very common opinions. I think the pineapple on pizza opinion is actually the most controversial take he listed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Pineapple on pizza is just people with different tastes. Everyone has their favorite foods and what they dont like...

[–] ripcord 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] nomous 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I feel about Pizza the way I feel about burgers, put anything you want on there, I'll try it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I've had a burger with pineapple on it. It was delicious

[–] ripcord 1 points 8 months ago

Right. And don't topping-shame, bro!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Slightly hotter, but still quite tame take:

Ham is the problem with Hawaiian pizza. Pineapple is innocent.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What? Ham is like the 2nd best pizza topping after only pepperoni.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The ham used on pizzas around here (northeast US), usually isn't salty enough to work on a Hawaiian pizza. It's often deli ham, which runs the risk of being sweet, but otherwise flavorless.

Bacon or pepperoni work better. Jalapeno also helps.

[–] AA5B 3 points 8 months ago

Gorgonzola works even better with pineapple, than bacon, prosciutto, or pepperoni

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ah, so your objection is only with pineapple. See, I don't do pineapple on pizza not because I think it's unholy, but simply because I don't like pineapple in general. I thought you just objected to ham on pizza on principle; I can't speak to it as a companion for pineapple.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

It's hard to see where I'd choose it over another topping, but I imagine with most pizzas I don't really care about ham's failings.

Pineapple and anchovies might be the two stanard toppings that are really build-arounds. Most other standard pizza toppings seem closer to "do whatever, it'll be fine"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Parma ham and Parmigiano pizza is awesome

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

That does sound great! Ham isn't necessarily a bad ingredient, it's just unusually difficult to tell if it'll be good or it'll suit your tastes, especially with more inexpensive kinds.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

These takes are colder than my dead mother.