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renate

(13,776 posts)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:33 AM Aug 2012

CNN editorial... and if this is a picture of a Papa John's pizza, it's the saddest pizza in history

CNN calls BS on Papa John's claim, but mainly I am mesmerized by the patheticness of this pizza.

From the editorial accompanying this story (which isn't a transcript of the video):

Even Americans who get their insurance from their employers pay for their care. No one should be under the illusion that their "bosses" are generously picking up the tab. There are many studies that show that premiums and wages offset one another. Employees (read: individuals) pay for their health insurance themselves through lower wages.

So let's stop attacking the Affordable Care Act because it will mean that we -- meaning individual Americans -- are paying for health care. We always do.

Let's circle back around to Papa John's, though. Part of what the act does is mandate that companies start providing health insurance to their employees or pay a penalty. Since some don't do that already, this will cost them money. They could take this out of profits or reduce the salaries of their executives, but they will probably do what every business does: They'll pass it on to the consumer.



Okay, but mainly... is this an actual Papa John's pizza? Because if it is... damn. That's just sad.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/09/opinion/carroll-health-care-act/index.html

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CNN editorial... and if this is a picture of a Papa John's pizza, it's the saddest pizza in history (Original Post) renate Aug 2012 OP
That is not the pizza I remember from college. mattclearing Aug 2012 #1
why? it just looks like a pizza to me- and one without cali Aug 2012 #2
Yeah, that looks like real mozzarella and a little sauce and fresh basil Bolo Boffin Aug 2012 #7
hate papa johns much prefer dominos loli phabay Aug 2012 #3
You should try pizza sometime RandiFan1290 Aug 2012 #9
rofl for the win, i just like dominos no idea why but i do so do my kids loli phabay Aug 2012 #11
Isn't Dominos run by the crazy religious Catholic? CanonRay Aug 2012 #27
Dominos is a seriously RW fundie company. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #32
Other than local pizza places, Round Table seems to be the only one that's 100% employee owned. progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #36
Pizza for people who think that spaghetti is exotic foreign food. baldguy Aug 2012 #4
good article Angry Dragon Aug 2012 #5
My guess is that pizza tastes better than the Papa Johns crap. Drunken Irishman Aug 2012 #6
I think that's a stock photo LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #8
Yeah It's Very Small and less quantity loansstore Aug 2012 #10
I know I should focus on the article but you focused on the pizza cali Aug 2012 #12
have you ever had a Papa John's pizza? Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #15
It looks like a homemade pizza Quantess Aug 2012 #16
this eShirl Aug 2012 #20
That's Papa's "Cheese and Dog Shit Special" Ken Burch Aug 2012 #13
Papa John's pizza sucks. Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #14
No, THIS has to be "the saddest pizza in history". no_hypocrisy Aug 2012 #17
Cheese clumps in a tomato sauce swamp Scootaloo Aug 2012 #18
I make my own pizza HockeyMom Aug 2012 #19
Glad I'm from New York where real pizza isn't hard to find. RedCappedBandit Aug 2012 #21
Same here. As a NYer I couldn't bring myself to eat that pizza. What is that, ketchup? JaneyVee Aug 2012 #22
Yep. Their pizzas are just gross. AngryOldDem Aug 2012 #23
My pizza obsessed husband has long avoided Papa Johns FedUpWithIt All Aug 2012 #24
I had it once and couldn't figure out what the big deal was all about? truebrit71 Aug 2012 #25
that actually looks kind of good Enrique Aug 2012 #26
That actually looks like a hand-tossed, gourmet, brick-oven pizza... pnwest Aug 2012 #28
Colbert: Papa John's is like eating the ass off a dead raccoon that drowned in your bird bath. Initech Aug 2012 #29
I have never had Papa John's RebelOne Aug 2012 #30
No, theirs don't look like that. That one looks homemade. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #31
In a business with so much competition, it's sheer idiocy to risk offending any potential customers. qb Aug 2012 #33
To be fair, that's their hot turd pie shown in the video. SirRevolutionary Aug 2012 #34
With the major pizza chains its all pretty much ketchup smeared on cardboard, covered in velveeta. Erose999 Aug 2012 #35

mattclearing

(10,091 posts)
1. That is not the pizza I remember from college.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:37 AM
Aug 2012

It looks like they've been nickel and diming since long before the ACA.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
2. why? it just looks like a pizza to me- and one without
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:41 AM
Aug 2012

all the crap too often loaded on pizza. And the crust looks decent. Oh, and I doubt it's a PJ's pizza.

Bolo Boffin

(23,796 posts)
7. Yeah, that looks like real mozzarella and a little sauce and fresh basil
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 05:05 AM
Aug 2012

And it's too small for any Papa John's pizza I've seen.

CanonRay

(14,084 posts)
27. Isn't Dominos run by the crazy religious Catholic?
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 02:12 PM
Aug 2012

he opened up some religious school in Florida...can't remember the guys name.

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
36. Other than local pizza places, Round Table seems to be the only one that's 100% employee owned.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 03:04 PM
Aug 2012

instead of these corporate giants that care more about stockholders than pizza.

LadyHawkAZ

(6,199 posts)
8. I think that's a stock photo
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 05:08 AM
Aug 2012

The last time I had Papa John's it looked more like a Pizza Hut "pizza" than the pic in the article.

ETA gotta love mobile browsers sometimes, that's a video not a photo... but no, it's not one of theirs.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
12. I know I should focus on the article but you focused on the pizza
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:05 AM
Aug 2012

that is what a real pizza looks like. It appears to me fresh mozzarella, tomato sauce and fresh basil on a thin crust. No bullshit cheese stuffed crust or gobs of crappy toppings like the chain products.

Real food doesn't look like the plastic food in kiddie kitchens.

That looks like real food.

I think it's sad that people are so conditioned to fake food.

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
16. It looks like a homemade pizza
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:47 AM
Aug 2012

that someone whipped out in their own kitchen. The person who made it doesn't like a lot of cheese or sauce, apparently.

 

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)
14. Papa John's pizza sucks.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:40 AM
Aug 2012

They had some give away over the winter and I got a coupon for a free pie online. It wasn't worth the gasoline it took to go pick it up.

no_hypocrisy

(46,021 posts)
17. No, THIS has to be "the saddest pizza in history".
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:49 AM
Aug 2012

Less than a month ago, I was in Virginia Beach. The pizzeria took a frozen Frisbee, put thin tomato sauce on it, and sprinkled cheese on it. That's it. My school made better pizza when I was eight.

False advertising as it wasn't pizza.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
18. Cheese clumps in a tomato sauce swamp
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:59 AM
Aug 2012

Less sauce and it'd be a decent-looking pizza.

Instead it looks like tomato bisque that's been on the counter for a week and a half.

 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
19. I make my own pizza
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:43 AM
Aug 2012

including the sauce from scratch. Apparently other people like it too because I have had orders for it. The cost to make it has gone up in the past few months not because I have to pay anybody's health insurance, but because grocery prices have gone up with higher shipping (gas) charges. No, I don't charge them any more money for the pizza. I am not out of make a huge profit on it. It's just a little something I do because I like doing it and make a little extra money.

FedUpWithIt All

(4,442 posts)
24. My pizza obsessed husband has long avoided Papa Johns
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 01:52 PM
Aug 2012

The tasteless board they pass off as pizza insults him in some way...

Truly, he is a man who would eat pizza every single day if i wouldn't fight him on it.

I was telling him about the hissy fit being thrown by CEO John Schnatter and suggested that he avoid the place and he shrugged and said it'd be no problem since he would never eat "that crap" anyhow.

 

truebrit71

(20,805 posts)
25. I had it once and couldn't figure out what the big deal was all about?
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 01:56 PM
Aug 2012

Better ingredients, better pizza, not so much.

pnwest

(3,266 posts)
28. That actually looks like a hand-tossed, gourmet, brick-oven pizza...
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 02:18 PM
Aug 2012

looks kinda good!

Way back in the day, Papa John's was really good. And the garlic butter dipping sauce for the crust was a new twist. Their quality has faded over time. Just like Pizza Hut. Gone to shit, but used to be really good.

qb

(5,924 posts)
33. In a business with so much competition, it's sheer idiocy to risk offending any potential customers.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 02:49 PM
Aug 2012

SirRevolutionary

(579 posts)
34. To be fair, that's their hot turd pie shown in the video.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 02:56 PM
Aug 2012

Not as popular a product as their raccoon ass version mentioned by Colbert.

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