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Re: Show HN: Order pizza with random toppings

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That’s the roulette part. Not everyone wins!

Aye hardly seems good spirited when not taking either of those into account would result in unpalatable food a high percentage of time.

It's like Truth or Dare. Sometimes you just have to accept defeat.

Re: Show HN: Order pizza with random toppings

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I don't know where it gets ordered from, but a place in my town has pizzas that are about $30-$40 and they're worth it. For one, they're just amazing pizza, made by an amazing local entrepreneur, with a cool little pizza shop. For two, it's a meal out for 3 or 4 (they don't actually deliver), which isn't a bad price to eat out. If it's Dominos, then I feel your pain.

I don’t probably know WTF is a PIZZA (even a large one), that is worth it, at over $/€ 15-20... seems like we need a new big mac index! Is a $30+ pizza reality? Edit: it’s probably just the common salary & cost level difference here at the play, if in some places even a junior can make over 100k / year..

Honestly, I'm fine eating a nice deep-frozen (almost typed fried) pizza that costs 1,25€, Germany. I eat 2 or 3 per week. I have no clue why people would buy 20$ Pizzas :D

Re: Show HN: Order pizza with random toppings

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$34.61 estimated for my random pizza. That's a hell of an expensive pizza.

Unsurprising for Dominos. In the UK their pizzas are consistently 2x the cost of a good takeaway pizza, or 3-4x the price of something equivalent to Dominos in quality. They only exist because of brand recognition.

I think of it as an additional tax on people who can't make their own cheese on toast.

Re: Show HN: Order pizza with random toppings

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It'd probably be valuable to add settings that consider allergies. Vegetarian and gluten free too. Looks interesting, though!

Possibly, but to be honest Domino's doesn't have a great selection for vegetarians anyway, at least in the UK, so there wouldn't be a lot of ingredients to choose from.

Re: Show HN: Order pizza with random toppings

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As a owner of a dice I don't see a great need for this even if it was available at my location. The dice solution also has a lot more features such as covering allergies, absolutely-not-toppings or just adding drinks. I guess if saving the surprise until you actually open the box is important you could either have a friend roll for you or give your local pizza place a dice (or url) and promise a tip if they roll for…

Back before Netflix decided my address was fake and cancelled my account, and dvds were more relevant, I maintained a 500 length movie queue. When I got a dvd in the mail, it would be something I chose years in advance and I'd not look at the title on the envelope. The surprise from my past self was a great part of the experience.
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