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ruiner8850 t1_j8o9urm wrote

Reply to comment by captainktainer in TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint. by SilentWalrus92

Domino's was good in the '80s and got progressively worse over time. They then had those ads saying that they knew their pizza wasn't good so they were changing their recipe. That was awhile ago, but I still hadn't had their pizza in a long time, so last year a friend and I ordered some. It was literally the worst pizza I've had in my entire life. We each ate a piece and then threw the rest in the trash. There's the saying "pizza is like sex because even when it's bad, it's still pretty good." Domino's is like the "two girls, one cup" of pizza in that the pizza tastes similar to the video and I want no part of it. I'm not being hyperbolic when I say that I wouldn't eat it even if I was hungry and it was free.

Edit: I've obviously upset some people who like disgusting pizza. For people who are willing to spend actual money on Domino's, why? Do you not have other options and if so, why not make your own pizza that is actually edible? Have you tasted other pizza so you know what pizza should taste like? I just can't imagine wanting to spend even someone else's money on it.

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Mister-Grumpy t1_j8o9hej wrote

Reply to comment by sanfran_girl in TIL that the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" was the opening line to an actual novel published in 1830, but runs on for another 51 words: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which..." by dylancatlow

Where did you first learn the poem?

Back in the mid 90s I got really into The Crow and poetry and I remember this poem was in the graphic novel comic book of The Crow and it hit like a ton of bricks.

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captainktainer t1_j8o7pm1 wrote

Reply to comment by ruiner8850 in TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint. by SilentWalrus92

I find that opinion fascinating, because I remember the old recipe being quite bad, and only eating it out of politeness when a friend ordered it. Meanwhile I occasionally have cravings for the new stuff - an itch I can't scratch with actual, proper pizza made with care, mind. And I don't think it's just hazy childhood memories, because I remember Papa John's being similarly straight up repulsive at the same age, and it's exactly as bad today as it was then.

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ruiner8850 t1_j8o68yq wrote

Reply to comment by SilentWalrus92 in TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint. by SilentWalrus92

I've never once seen a Domino's commercial with The Noid in it in the past few years. Either way their pizza is still absolutely disgusting. I wouldn't feed it to a dog because I'd consider that to be animal abuse.

Edit: I wouldn't consider this bringing him back.

The Noid returned to television in April 2021. The character first appeared in a series of brief video ads on social media sites, in which the Noid's face could be seen in a disruptive flash of video glitches over a shot of a meal included in a coupon promotion. Domino's officially confirmed the return of the Noid later in the month, and he was subsequently included in the mobile game Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! as part of a tie-in promotion for the restaurant.

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dylancatlow OP t1_j8o46fd wrote

Reply to comment by DiogenesOfDope in TIL that the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" was the opening line to an actual novel published in 1830, but runs on for another 51 words: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which..." by dylancatlow

Sure, but all subsequent usages of this phrase are plays on the original, since it's so well known by now that no writer says it without having heard it first.

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ruiner8850 t1_j8o44wq wrote

Reply to TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint. by SilentWalrus92

They should go back to their '80s recipe and bring back The Noid. Their new pizzas are straight up nasty. I've literally never had worse pizza in my life. I wouldn't eat a piece even if it was free.

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BabyGabe13 t1_j8o3rqg wrote

Reply to TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint. by SilentWalrus92

I mean clearly who ever created the ad campaign was either masterful at interpreting Nostradamus or they met Kenneth at some point and were trying their best to warn the world of a madman in the making

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sanfran_girl t1_j8o1yau wrote

Reply to comment by Mister-Grumpy in TIL that the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" was the opening line to an actual novel published in 1830, but runs on for another 51 words: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which..." by dylancatlow

OMG. Thank you so much for this. I didn’t realize I still had it memorized until I saw the title. Bringing back so many good memories.🤔

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chris_ut t1_j8o1moh wrote

Reply to comment by TheCloudFestival in TIL that the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" was the opening line to an actual novel published in 1830, but runs on for another 51 words: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which..." by dylancatlow

We wore an onion on our belt and wrote several page long run-on sentences as was the style at the time.

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sanfran_girl t1_j8o1fyl wrote

Reply to comment by YramAL in TIL that the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" was the opening line to an actual novel published in 1830, but runs on for another 51 words: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which..." by dylancatlow

Now I have that song stuck in my head. 😁

“Sometimes we writers take hours Finding exactly the right word It, it, it, it It was a dark and stormy morning Packed, flat, trite It was a dark and stormy evening It was a dark and stormy night Night, right!”

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