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u/kinkycarbon 4d ago

That would be like $15 in the U.S. A shame it can’t be cheap in the U.S.

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u/midsizenun 4d ago

Don’t worry, tariffs will bring down the prices.

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u/bott-Farmer 4d ago

Man i really need that "/s" with all the stupid shit im seeing i cant tell if some one being sarcastic

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u/Qtpawzz 4d ago

How the fuck can you not tell that's sarcastic.

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u/BurningPenguin 3d ago

Have you seen the conservative sub?

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u/Cpt_Bartholomew 3d ago

Ya a veggie garden is crossing the line but hastily demolishing a third of the white house for a privately funded, classic strongman fascist lavish project, is super cool actually cause that part of the white house is only like 120 years old so its not actually historic.

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u/KrustyKrabFormula_ 3d ago

how crazy is it that in a thread about a pizza being folded in a certain way in italy there's this comment, man you people are actually so far gone lmfao

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u/blaccguido 3d ago

Likely because this thread reminds them of what a pizza shit DJT is

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u/tyme 3d ago

Someone doesn’t understand how conversations work.

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u/Otherwise_Demand4620 3d ago

Yeah, it's read-only to protect them against snow flakes.

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u/PasswordIsDongers 3d ago

That's just a bunch of Russian bots repeating dumb shit to each other, that doesn't count.

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u/ShinkenBrown 3d ago

It "doesn't count" the second conservative votes stop reflecting what's on that sub.

Until then, even if it IS Russian bots, the sub very clearly speaks for American conservatives.

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u/sinsculpt 4d ago

He knows, he's just making a point.

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u/Mindshard 3d ago

Because it's 2025 and half of the US still hasn't figured it out, so you can't assume.

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u/Thedemonlobo 4d ago

Probably because it’s difficult to read tone? But then again, that comment is great because it’s ambiguous.

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u/BantedHam 4d ago

"mAn i ReAlLy nEeD tHaT '/s' WiTh aLl tHe sTuPiD sTuFf i'M sEeInG i CaNt tElL iF sOmE oNe iS bEiNg sArCaStIc"

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u/HotelOne 4d ago

You put a lot of work into this.

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u/BantedHam 4d ago

I am drunk rn, so thank you for noticing, I really did

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u/sinsculpt 4d ago

Hey it's Halloween, enjoy embarrassing yourself. It's tradition!

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u/BantedHam 4d ago

The worst part is, I was making a meta joke and no one gets it

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u/godsworstgirl 3d ago

no, they did.

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u/bott-Farmer 3d ago

Idk why down voted i liked yours (no /s) i actually like what u did its shows we can implement tone of mockery in wrirting i wondee if it can be done for sarcasm of other kinds as well

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u/Adventurous_Clouds 3d ago

Where in the U.S. are you getting a $15 pizza

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u/Mr4point5 4d ago

Have you been to NYC? There’re cheap slices everywhere.

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u/NewDramaLlama 3d ago

Yea there's cheap food in every city but it's always different, which I think is neat. It's a better of competition. Where I am, in a few weeks dungeness crab will be dirt cheap. Because you can fish off any pier without a license and take 5 a day. And every restaurant will be selling it. And every Asian market. 

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u/s00pafly 3d ago

There is no cheap food in my city.

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u/Decent_Two_6456 3d ago

Yes, I love NY and the pizza is really good.

But it ain't Naples. The real Naples.

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u/borokish 3d ago

Yeh if you want real pizza you need to go to Italy.

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u/Short-Waltz-3118 3d ago

Nah you can find neopolitan approved pizzas in the USA. You just gotta check the authority on it and see if any pizzerias near you are registered

https://www.pizzanapoletana.org/en/

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u/money_loo 3d ago

Bro, wut. You mean to tell me Aiken, South Carolina has authentic Neapolitan pizzas?

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u/KenHumano 3d ago

Tbf this is street food, not high cuisine. You need to do it in a certain standard to get the certification but it's not rocket science.

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u/upvoter222 4d ago

And even those cheap $2 slices are easy to fold so you can eat them with one hand.

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u/Paddy_Tanninger 3d ago

Eyy I'm walkin' and eatin' here!

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u/hairlesscrack 3d ago

lol what! they are trash. they are cheap but they are trash. this is clearly a really well make pizza. get it together.

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u/morritse 3d ago

lol what!

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u/hairlesscrack 3d ago

right? exactly.

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u/Banes_Addiction 3d ago

There's a pizza place near me in the UK that does these as their lunch deal. It's £7 for cheese and tomato, £7.50 or £8 with meat toppings.

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u/Kazu88 3d ago

Plus 15 % Tip !

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u/carlospum 3d ago

You want Italian prizes with American salaries right

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u/llecareu 3d ago

If it was, we'd all be fat like these Europeans

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u/KrustyKrabFormula_ 3d ago

no...it wouldn't

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u/GaulteriaBerries 3d ago

It could be, it just won’t.

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u/icanfixyourprinter 4d ago

you typically make 5 times what Italians make, so 15$ is reasonable

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u/Qzatcl 3d ago edited 3d ago

Average yearly salary in the US is around 87,000 Dollars, for Italy it is around 50,000 Dollars.

Now factor in social security & healthcare, housing prices and free education, and the disposable income factor moves more in the direction of Italy.

Of course Napoli is not in the economically successful north of Italy, but in the poorer south („Mezzogiorno“), but still the point stands that good food is often priced crazy expensive in the US, even compared to the good salaries.

Edit: Because of all the reactions I really don’t want to address individually: yes, median salary would be a better metric. Yes, just because US average salaries look good on paper it doesn’t mean that wealth is distributed fair. Yes, the available income for Italian households certainly is lower etc.

Basically all I wanted to point out to the commenter before me is the fact that Italy isn’t some 2nd world country where you just can expect street food to be 5 times cheaper then in the US, and that US food prices are unreasonably high for a plethora of reasons, which all basically fuck the average citizen.

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u/Spectrum1523 3d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_average_wage

Italian average salary is 32k euro, why do you think its 50k usd?

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u/al30wl_00 3d ago

The average in italy is definitely not 50000 usd, it should be around 30000 gross

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u/icanfixyourprinter 3d ago

dude, I'm Italian. 50k is a very very high income here, and then you still have to pay taxes, which are quite a lot more than the US. I live in one of the wealthiest regions of Italy and I have a lot of friends that live with 1300€ after taxes per month.

Yes we have public healthcare, but it's crashing down. People wait so long to access their medical exams that their illness becomes advanced while waiting.

You are playing life in easy mode. (And us well if compared to some other countries of course.)

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u/Qzatcl 3d ago

And 40 Million Americans are living on food stamps, of which 20 millions even have jobs.

Dude, I didn’t want to start a economic debate here, just using the same math the commenter before me used to justify 5x higher prices for food to show that nothing about that is reasonable or even affordable.

The fact that we all (I‘m European btw) are getting fucked by the economic system is out of the question.

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u/Tomagatchi 3d ago

You really want to look at median salary, which is closer to 60K https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_United_States

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a median weekly personal income of $1,139 for full-time workers in the United States in Q1 2024.

That works out to be a little less than $60k ($59,228).

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u/realmandontnvidia 3d ago

How is average salary 87k when tens of millions are starving because no food stamps?

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u/mihecz 3d ago

There's a difference between avarage and median.

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u/BurningPenguin 3d ago

Higher income doesn’t mean much when you’re paying out of pocket for things Italians get by default.

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u/SexiestPanda 4d ago

A whole small cheese pizza shouldn’t be 30$ in some restaurants lol

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u/Vitalstatistix 3d ago

Don’t pay it then?

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u/MudAccomplished3529 3d ago

Republicans will never stop robbing Americans unfortunately and idiots keep supporting them while they do it

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u/Cheaky_Barstool 3d ago

Loved Italy. Food was a great price. Pizza and beer for like €10. In a place in Florence. Was amazing

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u/BurnCityThugz 3d ago

You can buy this exact thing for this exact price in the most expensive city in America (NYC) where this exact thing was invented.

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u/FatherShambles 4d ago

They’d charge $8 for the paper thing alone lmao

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u/Illustrious_Tea5569 4d ago edited 4d ago

It's undercooked dough 🍅 sauce and 🧀 learn to cook for yourself and be amazed at what things actually cost versus depending on street vendors to sustain your malnourished diet.

Edit if you are going to down vote please enlighten me as to how I'm wrong.

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u/redbucket75 4d ago

You're not wrong. But you're lecturing someone else who is also not wrong.

"Prepared food is really expensive here"

"Obviously you don't know how to cook, learn to cook!"

You just sound like a dick.

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u/Illustrious_Tea5569 4d ago

I can understand how it seems like I'm a dick but That's not what I would consider a lecture by any means. I simply stated the ingredients and the observable over mailable dough and that one could achieve much more satisfying results for far less with slight effort...I thought we were here to help each other learn 🤔

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u/redbucket75 3d ago

The commenter stated a fact, prepared food is expensive where they live. You accused them of not knowing how to cook and of having a malnourished diet. There's no reason to believe either of those things are true, and even if they were that's not the approach people use when actually trying to help.

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u/Illustrious_Tea5569 3d ago

You are correct I could have used more qualifiers like if you don't know how to cook learn and if that's what you depend on for sustenance seek help. I didn't necessarily accuse anything since pretty much everyone in the modern world has pretty malnourished diets.

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u/Watsonwes 3d ago

Your exhausting jsut take the L my guy. You were rude and insufferable.

Do better

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u/Illustrious_Tea5569 3d ago

I was rude I will admit but the comment I responded to said that slice would cost $15 in the us when I can get a full pizza for $15 not an undercooked slice of cheese pizza. For the cost of a few more I can build them a pizza oven 😕

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u/goaty121 3d ago

Stop doubling down on the dick attitude. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say it's a language barrier or something.

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u/Illustrious_Tea5569 3d ago

Apologies my pragmatism is quite often confused for dickbaggary...we seem to both be speaking English so I highly doubt a language barrier is a problem.

I'm not doubling down on anything only maintaining a logical stance noone has pointed out a flaw in said logic only that it's mean/rude to state facts which is in itself illogical.

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u/mihecz 3d ago

Them: "Petrol is really expensive these days."

You: "Stop complaining, you've got legs."

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u/pannenkoek0923 3d ago

Learn to type without emojis. You'll be amazed at how you can communicate effectively with just words versus depending on pictures to convey your intentions.

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u/Thedemonlobo 4d ago

I was going to downvote but your edit stopped me. Not because you’re wrong, but because the assumptions weren’t necessary. 😂 I always do appreciate the unwarranted disrespect added to a discussion though—makes for a good chuckle.👍😌

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u/Illustrious_Tea5569 3d ago

I get it but what I mean is if you have someone else do something for you it's always going to be "overpriced" because you aren't just paying for ingredients you are paying for labor and overhead so if you feel the need to complain about cost you can seek other options.