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shooga
09/23/09

In reply to Pizza Hut Rewards Laziness by Giving 20% Off to iPhone App Orders
This app should be banned because it duplicates functionality already offered on the iPhone. The iPhone already offers you the ability to call and order pizza. Since this app has come out, I've been so confused as to how to order pizza. I really wish Apple would protect me better in the future.
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sharkync
09/23/09

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Pizza Hut sucks sooo bad that even with a 110% discount I wouldn't order.

Plus their grease is sooo bad that you will never be able to completely remove it from your screen.
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HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
09/23/09

@sharkync: Oh, come now. It's not that bad. Don't get me wrong, it's not good, but I've had worse pizza (*coughDominoscough* *coughFamousPizzacough*)
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chefgon
09/23/09

@sharkync: Maybe it's because Pizza Hut is the only Pizza I was ever fed until I was well into my teenage years, but I think it's far and away the best pizza you can get.

Now that I'm older and wiser I totally understand why pizza purists hate it, because it really does stretch the definition of what pizza is, but whatever it should technically be called I think it tastes better than real pizza.
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HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
09/24/09

@chefgon: Eh, I won't sit here and scream about how "IT'S NOT AUTHENTIC~!" because we're not in Italy. But honestly, Pizza Hut has always struck me as kind of bland. I mean, I'll eat it if it's offered, but for my money, you can definitely do better.

Hell, if you want some really good pizza for ultra-cheap, and you don't mind picking it up, stop by your local Costco.
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ddmeightball
09/23/09

In reply to Pizza Hut Rewards Laziness by Giving 20% Off to iPhone App Orders
You know, I see some usefulness of this app. I travel for work often and dont know the phone numbers of the local PH. If it could automagically order the pizza you created from the nearest PH to your iPhone, it would be useful. Or, be able to set a default PH to order from...
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badhatharry
09/23/09

@ddmeightball: But your iPhone has a map app where you can find the Pizza Hut nearest to you. And then the local branch of the poison control center when you finish your pizza.
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senatormayer
09/23/09

@badhatharry: Hey! What's with the anti-Hut sentiment? Their pizza's good. It really is. It really is. It really is. Whoa. I just blacked out for 15 seconds.
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badhatharry
09/23/09

@senatormayer: I've seen this before. It appears you had fallen into a meat lover's coma. They're temporary, but can cause the victim to so some pretty extreme things. Like eat more meat lover's pizza.
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tande04
09/23/09

@ddmeightball: Won't work. Which is part of the reason the app sucks.

That was my thought too. I thought since I moved recently it would be a flawless solution. I was wrong.

1. You don't get any special pizzas. No "the edge" when they were running that. No "cheese crust pan". Nothing but run of the mill pizza hut pizza, which frankly I don't care for.

2. It wanted me to change my location in my profile but there is no way you can do that from an iPhone. The app won't let you do it. You can't even do it on an iPhone because the pizza hut web page only loads their iPhone specific page. So I had to get on a computer to do it.

The whole app pissed me off the first and last time I tried using it. Pizza Hut in general pissed me off that day. Even the real web site sucks. It only gave me the one Pizza Hut that was closest to my zip (which was closed).
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GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
09/23/09

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Make sure Chris Mascari has this for the Gallery Show. So he can order pizza and not let anyone who isn't a VIP have any.
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I Party With Smoot
09/23/09

In reply to Pizza Hut Rewards Laziness by Giving 20% Off to iPhone App Orders
Of course, the downside is that, you know, you're ordering Pizza Hut...
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tande04
09/23/09

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They need to do it because the app is pointless.
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DaveExile (SimANT for iPhone NOW!)
09/23/09

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I'm only using this if it is compatible with my dialing wand.

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Edited by DaveExile (SimANT for iPhone NOW!) at 09/23/09 11:35 AM

PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
09/23/09

@DaveExile (Starless since 2006!): Dialing wand? I don't know if I should click on that link.
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GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
09/23/09

@Purple Monkey Dishwasher: It's from the episode of the Simpsons where Homer gains weight to be able to telecommute.
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PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
09/23/09

@GitEmSteveDave_woot'sOffSoHard: Oh haha, fair enough! I do remember that now.
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Hiphopopotamus
09/23/09

In reply to Pizza Hut Rewards Laziness by Giving 20% Off to iPhone App Orders
I thought they were just The Hut now... did they abandon that already?
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Eavangel
07/15/09

In reply to Pizza Hut's iPhone App Makes Pizza Ordering Easier, More Gimmicky
I want an app for Garlic Jim's or Hungry Howie's... ::sigh:: i guess pizza hut will have to do. I have to admit that stuff crust is pretty much the bees knees.
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bosskev
07/15/09

@Eavangel: "...that stuff crust is pretty much the bees knees."

Hmm, I think you might be mistaken. Let's see...

rodent droppings, .001 PPM

cockroaches, .3 PPM

employee fingers, 1.5 PPM

Nope, don't see "bees knees" anywhere on the list of approved fillings for stuffed crust pizza.
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OMG! Ponies!
07/15/09

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Why not have an "Avoid the 'Noid" minigame?
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tande04
07/15/09

@OMG! Ponies!: 'Cause then Domino's would sue them.
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OMG! Ponies!
07/15/09

@tande04: I coulda sworn the 'Noid was Pizza Hut. I defer to you on this point.
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Geisrud
07/15/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Domino's indeed. There was actually even an "Avoid the Noid" game for Commodore 64!
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JackElliotsMustache
07/15/09

@Geisrud: NES game as well
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mat
07/15/09

@Geisrud: ...and for the NES also.

Than there was that Genesis game based on the 7up spots...goddammit.
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92BuickLeSabre
07/15/09

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I sooooooo wish there were a Pizza Hut within delivery distance.

I miss you Pizza Hut.

*holds arms out*

*cries*

*turns away*

Oh, and obligatory, I live in NYC, local pizza rulz, my obscure slice place (Gotham) is the best, Papa John's sucks, blah, blah, blah.
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bosskev
07/15/09

@92BuickLeSabre: Pizza Hut has always held a special place in my heart. Growing up in Kansas, my parents were friends with the guy that started the chain. No, I don't remember him or his name, but I did get to eat in the very first Hut.
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OMG! Ponies!
07/15/09

@bosskev: Are you two done reminiscing about Pizza Hut? Because if you are, you can get back to promoting comments. Buick, you're promoting comments tomorrow from 1PM - 6PM. Kev, I gave you the 6PM-11PM slot.
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jcrockerman
07/15/09

@bosskev: Your parents knew Pizza the Hut?

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bosskev
07/15/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Yeah, "buddy"? I'll tell you where you can slot that assignment.

Now, 92BLS, back to our little "Hut"-to-heart. Do you remember how they used to make their crust? Crunchy like a cracker, but really thick so not cracker in a bad way. Oh, wow, THAT was a great foundation for toppings!
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badhatharry
07/15/09

@bosskev: I have disgusting fond memories of the Pizza Hut we used to go to in high school after the football games. I was in the marching band. After we all extracted our underwear and uncomfortable wool uniforms from our asses, we would go to the Pizza Hut on Brundage. The fact that they had a rather casual relationship with clean dishes never dissuaded us. In fact, I was sitting at that very Pizza Hut, wondering why my glass that was full of Coke tasted like I'd put half Root Beer in it, when I watched the most significant moment in my young teenaged life: Magic Johnson on Arsenio talking about HIV. That moment was later surpassed by Dr. Dre releasing The Chronic, and then seeing Pink Floyd at the Rose Bowl. Point is, Pizza Hut sucks.
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bosskev
07/15/09

@jcrockerman: In Soviet Kansas, pizza sends out for you.
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nutbastard
07/15/09

@bosskev:

once when i was 16 and very, very stoned, my buddy and i walked into a pizza hut, realized we didn't have any money, said some kind words, and walked out with 3 large pepperoni pizzas that had been neglected to be picked up.

not the best pizza, but the price was right.
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Geisrud
07/15/09

@bosskev: Kev, check your email.
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lpranal
07/15/09

@92BuickLeSabre: It's weird, pizza hut is good. Just really, good. But whenever I think to get pizza, pizza hut is not even close to being on the short list. Saying something isn't "true" pizza doesn't mean it's not valid, its just a bastardization, like tex-mex, or kraft mac and cheese.
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92BuickLeSabre
07/15/09

@lpranal: Yes! Well said. Hearted! Promoted! Other internet signs of affection!

Some of my closest friends/children are bastards, that doesn't mean that I don't love them as much or more than their non-bastard kin!
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92BuickLeSabre
07/15/09

@bosskev: Yeah, what's he think he's doing "handing out assignments 'n' shit.

There is no relationship between number of followers and level of authority last I checked.*

* Last time I checked was when I had more followers.
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lpranal
07/15/09

In reply to Pizza Hut's iPhone App Makes Pizza Ordering Easier, More Gimmicky
now if only you could do this with REAL pizza, you'd be set.

also, the pic for that video reminds me of WonkaVision™

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bosskev
07/15/09

@lpranal: Could be worse. You could have a Palm Pre where all you can order is Dominos.
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Cordfucious of Tech Clan
06/18/09

In reply to Pizza Hut Delivering Limited Edition 'Fight Night' Xbox 360
Nice. Not to go to far OT but I am making my first Vegas trip next month and I am super excited. Anybody know anything about the Stratosphere and where is the best buffet for the price?
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
06/18/09

@Cordfucious of Tech Clan: Stratosphere is at the ass end of the strip a ways away from any of the "good" places for the most part. Everything smells like cigarette smoke. Doesn't matter if you have a non-smoking room or not.

The pinball hall of fame is there too.

Haven't been there since 2007 so don't know about the buffets. But AZ Charlie's used to have like 2 am steak and eggs for $3.
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Cordfucious of Tech Clan
06/18/09

@Six Demon Bag: Lite: MMMM The lovely smell of Nicotine Ash. My sister is getting married at the Mandalay Bay and the Stratosphere was the most economical choice for my family. I was damn sure not doing Circus Circus... the reviews were scary. I am just need a place to feed my crew without too much financial damdage
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
06/18/09

@Cordfucious of Tech Clan: Mandalay Bay anchors the far other end of the strip... Good luck...
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