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Title: The small pizza is not cost-effective
Post by: MillCreek on July 24, 2019, 12:19:45 PM
https://www.groupon.com/coupons/content/using-pi-reveals-high-cost-of-small-pizza

It's science
Title: Re: The small pizza is not cost-effective
Post by: Ben on July 24, 2019, 12:37:33 PM
If you buy a small pizza, how the heck do you have leftovers?
Title: Re: The small pizza is not cost-effective
Post by: 230RN on July 24, 2019, 01:31:00 PM
I'm getting tired of puns and such with pi.

Why can't we make puns with "e," or phi, or the Kepler–Bouwkamp Constant?
Title: Re: The small pizza is not cost-effective
Post by: Ben on July 24, 2019, 01:35:29 PM
Quote from: 230RN on July 24, 2019, 01:31:00 PM
I'm getting tired of puns and such with pi.

Why can't we make puns with "e," or phi, or the Kepler–Bouwkamp Constant?

That sounds like circular reasoning...
Title: Re: The small pizza is not cost-effective
Post by: bedlamite on July 24, 2019, 01:37:26 PM
Quote from: Ben on July 24, 2019, 01:35:29 PM
That sounds like circular reasoning...

It might limit the sequence of puns too.
Title: Re: The small pizza is not cost-effective
Post by: MechAg94 on July 24, 2019, 02:53:04 PM
The Domino's near me has daily carry out specials for a Large 3 topping pizza for about $8.  If you get the same small pizza, it still comes out to nearly $8.  Might as well get the large and get 2 or 3 meals out of it. 

I didn't need pie or cake to figure that out!!!  :old:
Title: Re: The small pizza is not cost-effective
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 24, 2019, 04:46:32 PM
Geometrist? Is that a word now?

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Little Caesars, true to their Roman theme, wholeheartedly embraces the classical wisdom of πr2 by offering only one size of their traditional pizza—14"—making it impossible to overpay.

If they're embracing the wisdom of πr2, shouldn't they be making square pies?
Title: Re: The small pizza is not cost-effective
Post by: Jamisjockey on July 24, 2019, 08:41:11 PM
But if you're eating in moderation, it sure beats the diabetus.
Title: Re: The small pizza is not cost-effective
Post by: bedlamite on July 24, 2019, 08:54:34 PM
Quote from: fistful on July 24, 2019, 04:46:32 PM
Geometrist? Is that a word now?

If they're embracing the wisdom of πr2, shouldn't they be making square pies?

No. Pizza is round, cut into triangles, and comes in a square box. It is as it should be.
Title: Re: The small pizza is not cost-effective
Post by: Hawkmoon on July 24, 2019, 10:22:42 PM
Quote from: bedlamite on July 24, 2019, 08:54:34 PM
No. Pizza is round, cut into triangles, and comes in a square box. It is as it should be.


No, a triangle has three straight sides. A pizza has two [more or less] straight sides and an arc. The only known geometric description for that is "pizza slice."
Title: Re: The small pizza is not cost-effective
Post by: Ben on July 24, 2019, 10:26:08 PM
Quote from: Hawkmoon on July 24, 2019, 10:22:42 PM
No, a triangle has three straight sides. A pizza has two [more or less] straight sides and an arc. The only know geometric description for that is "pizza slice."

Pizza pooper.
Title: Re: The small pizza is not cost-effective
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 25, 2019, 01:19:33 AM
Quote from: bedlamite on July 24, 2019, 08:54:34 PM
No. Pizza is round, cut into triangles, and comes in a square box. It is as it should be.


I don't care if the pizza is shaped like a moebius strip.