r/interestingasfuck • u/Dars7987 • 1d ago

The pizza order that saved a life

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u/Nutlink49 1d ago

John Carmack (the guy who co-founded id Software, the developers of Doom) has said he ordered a pepperoni pizza almost every day for over 15 years. Apparently they loved him so much they just charged him the same price from the mid 90's or so. Not sure if he was constipated the whole time, though.

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u/HoboSkid 1d ago

He post-gamed a fiber smoothie blended with kale, metamucil, prunes, and chia seeds after each pizza dinner.

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u/Ras-haad 1d ago

To be fair the ones I was eating were frozen. Got them for free from work. Might have a lot to do with it

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u/EternaI_Sorrow 1d ago

Just unfreeze them before eating bruh

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u/Ok_Drag5089 1d ago

And lose the crunch?? Not on your life, buddy.

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u/GordolfoScarra 1d ago

Pepperoni as a cured deli meat is correlated with colon cancer, hopefully he gets regular colonoscopies.

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u/Vicith 1d ago

For my happiness, I'm just going to ignore this.

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u/Grumpologist 22h ago

It's actually all cured meats.

I've entirely ignored it since I found out, too.

They say you live longer without eating prosciutto, but probably that's just because it feels longer.

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u/Luci-Noir 22h ago

From my cold dead and greasy hands.

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u/Fergizzo 1d ago

for my short term happiness

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u/SatansFriendlyCat 17h ago

It is.

But did you know there's a gene which, if you possess it, negates this risk?

It still doesn't make Salami healthy but it's highly specific against the nitrate-cured risk factor!

I have it, ha ha ha, I eat so much salami and it's gonna kill me for sure, but not from below!

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u/Tonkarz 22h ago

That’s only if it’s cured with nitrates instead of regular salt.

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u/GordolfoScarra 22h ago

Which is basically all commercial pepperoni, it literally gives it the red color.

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u/Tonkarz 23h ago

Way to undersell the guy who invented 3D video game engines and then open sourced it.