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[-] phuntis@sopuli.xyz 71 points 11 months ago

4 DOLLARS!?!??!??!?!? HOW IN GODS NAME DOES A SINGLE SLICE OF PIZZA AND A CUP OF FIZZ COST 4 DOLLARS FIZZ IS SO CHEAP WHEN BOUGHT IN BULK AS SYRUP IT'S PRACTICALLY FREE SO YOU'RE PAYING NEARLY 4 DOLLARS FOR A SINGLE SLICE OF PIZZA NO I CANNOT COMPREHEND THAT THAT'S ABSURD THAT SHOULD COST LIKE A DOLLAR FIFTY TWO DOLLARS TOPS

[-] Player2@sopuli.xyz 32 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Not to worry for you see, the 'single slice of pizza' you mention is actually a Mega Slice, which is probably at least 3 times bigger than a regular slice.

[-] phuntis@sopuli.xyz 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I can see the angle and that's only like 2 times the size of a normal slice and it also looks pretty short compared to the cup and I know american cups are huge but that's in height not width so comparing it to that that slice looks maybe slightly above average to me nowhere near $4 worth also I just noticed it's only a medium fizz so it can probably be compared to a large here yeah that pizzas nowhere near as big as you say

[-] happilybitchycowboy@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Most all American cups are small enough at the bottom to fit in near universally sized drink holders in a car. The bigger ones get bigger on top. My guess is that's about 28 to 32 oz medium. About the size cup to wander around a job site with till ya all hit the Chinese buffet at lunch...😝

[-] phuntis@sopuli.xyz 8 points 11 months ago

oh always wondered why they had that skinny bottom in the us figured it was just sealed off at the bottom like sticking a superfluous bit to the bottom to make it look bigger without giving you more fizz I know you guys revolve around cars but god damn

[-] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Fast food cups pretty much universally come in 32 oz (8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48), having worked places that sold styrofoam 32 oz cups for decades, I'm extremely confident that's the size it is. For Europeans to comprehend, it is essentially 1 liter.

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[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 6 points 11 months ago

Nah, the scale's weird the pizza at these places is actually usually pretty huge

[-] phuntis@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I guess that's better then but it's still pretty pricy pizza here is £25 for a large dominos but there's always some offer for half off so the real price is like £12.50 and that's ten slices so that's £3.75 for 3 slices which sort of lines up with that being $4.65 but at the same time our pizzas supposed to be way more expensive than in the US cause your large is apparently $10 and our real price of £12.50 is $15 so I'dve expected it to be like $2.50 then if it's the size of 3 slices and I don't know about if it still does in the US but dominos used to do free delivery so considering you're at the place to buy it and they don't have to deliver it to you maybe even knock that down to $2 which sort of brings it back to my original gut feeling of what it should cost of $1.50/$2.00 at the upper side but still

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Dominos here hasn't ever done free delivery AFAIK.

A $12 pizza delivered is gonna be like $20 after tip and tax

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[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 7 points 11 months ago

Would go better with a mega pint tho

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 months ago

It's at a gas station, everything is overpriced at gas stations.

[-] Crowd@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

How do you buy it as syrup?

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 7 points 11 months ago

Restaurant supply stores, online, etc. They're called "BiBs" or "Bags in Boxes". Usually $80-100 each. Obviously meant for restaurant use, I don't recommend buying it yourself you couldn't make that much soda before it goes bad. But one of those bad boys will make ~120 liters of soda.

SodaStream has begun selling Pepsi syrups for home use. If they weren't an Israeli company I'd buy them.

[-] Crowd@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the info!

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[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 32 points 11 months ago

Soda and pizza for breakfast, interesting

[-] MrMcGasion@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Breakfast pizza is much more like a quiche than traditional pizza. It's just easier to eat without silverware. I personally wouldn't want soda with it, but considering how many people get a large soda in the morning and sip on it all day, getting breakfast and your day's soda in a combo, appeals to my Midwestern frugality.

[-] Gloomy@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 11 months ago

but considering how many people get a large soda in the morning and sip on it all day,

I am European and this sentence broke something in my soul.

[-] MrMcGasion@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

When I got my first job as an American teen, I remember being surprised by it as well. Everyone at the pharmacy I worked at did that, and some topped-up their soda by pouring in a can from the vending machine in the early afternoon. Not that I wasn't used to American soda drinking, but realizing how much of a habit it was for so many of my coworkers, was my first realization that nobody in the workforce was happy, and they were all just self-medicating with sugar and pre-diabetes.

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 months ago

My dear friend.

Please allow me to expose to you some horrors I have witnessed first hand, so that you may go into the world fully aware of the dread it holds and hides.

For there are things that should not be out there.

Like people that sleep - yes, sleep - with a bottle of Coca Cola by their bedstand and wake up during the night to drink from it. And that see as a proper waking ritual to unscrew the cap of the same bottle - or perhaps a fresh one - take a long swig from it, light a cigarette and smoke it as they put on their bedroom slippers.

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[-] happilybitchycowboy@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

There's a trick to breakfast pizza. I LOVE to make my own. Start the dough the night before. Fry the bacon the night before, save the grease in the pan. In the morning, cook some sausage and scramble the eggs. I like peppers and onions too, maybe tomatoes. I use white sauce, but it's a choice. I don't know how I'm not fat, but I LOVE fat women, so if any read this and want a good man, hmu 💙

[-] saltnotsugar@lemm.ee 25 points 11 months ago

Haben Sie ein…MEGA SLICE?

[-] Johanno@feddit.de 9 points 11 months ago

Neee hamma net abba ich kann ihna a 3m Bratwoschd obieta!

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

I'm not european and I can't comprehend this. Yuck.

[-] FirstMajesticComet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

It's a Midwesterner thing, you wouldn't understand.

Though, I'm sure there are some midwesterners who don't like breakfast pizza, I personally like it though and so do most people I know.

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[-] dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 11 months ago

Healthy meal...for a polar bear.

[-] digger@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago

Polar Bears drink Coke, not Pepsi.

[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

No mind should have to comprehend this.
Leave it to the AI. Let it make four buck midwest pizza breakfast ads for itself to consume, and we can just observe from up here, on the other side of the vacuum-sealed, anti-UV, bulletproof glass hatch.

[-] NoStressyJessie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

HELP ME I HATE IT HERE

[-] juliebean@lemm.ee 13 points 11 months ago

nor should they.

[-] TheSanSabaSongbird 12 points 11 months ago

Well I have to admit that I'm a little intimidated, and I ain't even European.

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago

Casey's Pizza is actually bomb though

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[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

No breakfast pizzas in Europe huh? That's a bummer...

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 11 points 11 months ago

I comprehend it enough to say that is not a good breakfast.

[-] Navarian@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago

I'm assuming we're referencing the absurd price of it? I wouldn't be caught dead paying that much for a slice of pizza and a drink.

[-] rothaine@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago

Where do you live that this would be cheaper? 🤔

[-] Navarian@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I live in Wales, lil' country next to England.

For some extra context — there is a little family run café down the road from me, that will give you a full English Breakfast for very close to that price.

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[-] JuanR@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

I sure hope the pizza is cold. Leftover pizza is the best.

[-] NoStressyJessie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 11 months ago

No, it's hot, with either a milk gravy, or breakfast cheese sauce (think nacho cheese without the sharpness), bacon or breakfast sausage with a bunch of cheese.

I'm assuming the chain that the advert is for is a gas station called Casey's which is known in the midwestern United States for it's pizza and other hot food items.

Link to the breakfast pizzas in question

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[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago

What can't they comprehend? A cheap, high calorie breakfast is on-par with our reputation.

What I can't comprehend is a breakfast pizza. It's not really any different than a breakfast burrito except that it is messier. Just go for the burrito.

[-] nolannice@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Casey's Breakfast pizza is well known for its gravy sauce though, which is peak America and not something found in burritos

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[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Cheap? That’s fine dining here in the Midwest. Bah a donut is like a Buck fifty

[-] GreenMario@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

Breakfast pizza is fucking awesome. Try it.

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[-] julia@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

This is "I wanna die in my 30's breakfast".

[-] moonburster@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

I can understand this is you're a Brooks ass student and just need to survive. Any other way, wtf drinks half a liter of soda before even brushing their teeth.... Tf