Love it --
Should try a free version with ads to pizza joints all jostling for business.
Pizza Compass
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Re: Pizza Compass
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is really overthinking it, IMO. This app isn't a shot at Yelp or an attempt to disrupt the pizza space... It's a joke. You pay a dollar, you get a pizza compass. I think it's hilarious. The quotes on their page about "life-affirming" and "some people might say this is the most important app... ever" tell me that whoever made this app just wanted to have a bit of a laugh.
Haha, it's so funny! Oh, and look at all this money in iTunes Connect... Yes, totally just a joke!
I'm pretty sure the entire industry of stand-up comedians are laughing with you.
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Be sure to sample St. Louis-style pizza. Being from St. Louis, I'm quite used to it, but my friends from elsewhere claim it's repulsive. The most unique factor is the Provel cheese, which is found almost exclusively in the greater St. Louis area: http://www.andrewmarkveety.com/2010/08/a-brief-history-of-pr...
As someone not from St. Louis, I can confirm that Provel cheese is indeed repulsive. My friend swears that it is manna from heaven. I swear that it is burnt plastic.
> My friend swears that it is manna from heaven. I swear that it is burnt plastic.
What makes you so certain these are different things?
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#54I really like the way the video was done, i.e. the video background keyed exactly to the page background, but IMO the video itself smacks of trying too hard. I think they tried to ape the Dollar Shave Club vibe and I don't think it went over.
Your comment doesn't make any sense.
The comment made sense to me. The technical approach of filming on a white background so there are no borders on the video is neat.
The content of the video felt inauthentic.
Re: Pizza Compass
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is really overthinking it, IMO. This app isn't a shot at Yelp or an attempt to disrupt the pizza space... It's a joke. You pay a dollar, you get a pizza compass. I think it's hilarious. The quotes on their page about "life-affirming" and "some people might say this is the most important app... ever" tell me that whoever made this app just wanted to have a bit of a laugh.
Haha, it's so funny! Oh, and look at all this money in iTunes Connect... Yes, totally just a joke!
Satire can make money, e.g. the Onion
Re: Pizza Compass
#56Ok, HN, I'm obviously missing something so please enlighten me. Why is this on the front page? I thought that it might be a joke as some people suggested , but it's not, there's an actual app that you can download on iTunes. So... I just don't get it. Why is this important?
Re: Pizza Compass
#57Ok, HN, I'm obviously missing something so please enlighten me. Why is this on the front page? I thought that it might be a joke as some people suggested , but it's not, there's an actual app that you can download on iTunes. So... I just don't get it. Why is this important?
PIZZA IS IMPORTANT
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#58"Grimaldi's Pizzeria > 11ft" That 11ft journey will take you 30 minutes in line, but its worth it.
A chef (friend) told me: It's good pizza, but not worth standing in line for. When I lived there, I had it and I thought it was OK.
The secret here is to go to the Grimaldi's in Manhattan (20th and 6th). I have been there many times and have never once stood in line. Whatever the delta is between the Brooklyn location and the Manhattan location, it surely isn't 30 minutes of standing around.
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#59"Grimaldi's Pizzeria > 11ft" That 11ft journey will take you 30 minutes in line, but its worth it.
When I visited New York I went at 11.30am, there was no queue and the pizza arrived quickly. But by the time I was eating it, I looked out the window and the queue was already stretching a whole block!
In terms of quality, it was good, but overhyped.
Re: Pizza Compass
#60Ok, HN, I'm obviously missing something so please enlighten me. Why is this on the front page? I thought that it might be a joke as some people suggested , but it's not, there's an actual app that you can download on iTunes. So... I just don't get it. Why is this important?
Pizza is delicious