First, my gripe was with the numerological - i.e. superstitious - underpinnings of these kinds of shenanigans, which I think you'll find is taken more seriously in China, and thus your characterization of "people having a little fun" is somewhat misleading. People actually believe in this stuff having actual meaning, you know? They don't (all) think it's just "for fun". Second, notice my wording: "another little sliver" should have made it clear that I don't think this contributes more than a small incremental amount to my final conclusion, hence I obviously do not think the "whole species should die for it (this)."
In fact, I don't think the whole species should die for anything. You make it sound like I'm advocating for an genocidal extermination campaign or something, as opposed to saying we're often acting in stupid and counter-productive ways that decreases our collective ability to survive, which is what I actually meant. I'm talking about a passive stochastic effect of collective behavior, and not at all limited to this specific instance of it either. It shouldn't be controversial to say the acting foolishly increases the odds of a foolish outcome.
While I can see how you could get the impression you did, it is the absolutely most uncharitable interpretation of my words. Could you maybe chill out a little bit?
What could be more appropriate than Italian in the context of pizza of any kind? It is a beautiful language and thus a little Italian is always welcome, whether pizza is involved or not.
Since it's home made and I haven't got an oven capable of reaching sufficiently high temperatures (and / or a stone) and since it's for the whole family and consequently done in a pan it's slightly more Chicago than I'd like, even if the aim was New York style.
Still tasty though, especially as I used actual ham.
It probably speaks to just how thoroughly sick people are, not just of being relentlessly advertised to at every turn, but also measured, weighed, classified, tracked, predicted and primed to consume. Ads (digital ones in particular) are both central to and emblematic of the late-stage capitalistic enshittification of everything, and it pisses people off.
What I'm saying is that people may get it's a joke just fine, but just don't get what the funny bit about it is supposed to be. Timing and presentation can only do so much to save a joke about something that's fundamentally unamusing to most people.
Yeah. I prefer not externalizing my ability to think.