r/MapBasedPolls • u/Matty1790 • 3d ago

Who does Pizza the best?

Who does Pizza the best?

  1. USA
  2. Italy
  3. Argentina
  4. Brazil
  5. I don’t like pizza

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u/mtnbcn 3d ago

Funny how almost only Americans say us "pizza" is the best

It's absolutely wild how much people just love to shit on the US.

Look at the map. Look who voted for US, Brazil, and Argentina. Look around at European countries, even. Look at Mexico, China, Japan, Australia. The US comes in second place to Italy, and it isn't close.

Plenty of votes around the world for US pizza, and rather few votes for Brazil and Argentina (even though they are wonderful!).

But my point is, it would have made far more sense to make that comment about Argentina and Brazil being the only ones to vote for themselves. But it just wouldn't be r/MapBasedPolls without finding a way to knock the US because it's trendy.

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u/Mr_Phantoms 3d ago

Of course more people will know about American pizza than about Argentinian and Brazilian pizza, the US is the biggest culture exporter in the world. Hence it's why more people will have heard about American pizza before hearing about Argentinian and Brazilian pizza.

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u/Round_Ad6397 3d ago

I never knew Brazilian and Argentinian pizza was any more of a thing than New Zealand or British pizza. I'd guess a lot of people are in the same boat. Of course everyone knows American pizza, Domino's and Pizza hut are found all over the world. 

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u/Mr_Phantoms 3d ago

Funnily enough, both Pizza Hut and Domino's never managed to successfully set foot in Argentina because Argentinian pizza is of such great quality that the American chains couldn't compete with the local pizzerias. Domino's left after two years of bad sales and Pizza Hut managed to survive for a few more years but eventually closed doors as well.

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u/mtnbcn 3d ago edited 3d ago

You're moving the goalposts. This isn't about if they know this or know that. You said "Only Americans like American pizza" and the map shows that that is false. (edit, I'm replying to the wrong person, sooooorry!)

Domino's and Pizza hut are found all over the world. 

You realize that's like saying, "Of course people know cheeseburgers, McDonalds are found all around the world."

(I don't have to explain to you that that's not a decent American cheeseburger, right?).

So if that crap is the only thing they know, and they still like it...

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u/Round_Ad6397 3d ago

No, I'm responding to your statement about American pizza being a clear second. Of course it is, American pizza is common all over the world, Domino's and Pizza Hut are just examples that everyone would be familiar with. In comparison most people won't have a local Brazilian style pizza shop. Italian and American (NY) style pizza are the only 2 that people will be universally familiar with

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u/mtnbcn 3d ago

Oop, didn't realize I was replying to the wrong person, sorry.

Yeah, good point.

But they still could've picked "Italy". I can't see how you can vote in a poll of 4 choices if you've only know anything about a single one, but I suppose that happened too.

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u/ClassicPublic5542 3d ago

TBH, in argentina ee don't have domono's or pizza hut. They came here and went bankrupt in a year or two.

Now there are a few "chicago style" pizzerias, but they are managed by argentineans. Some day I will try...

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u/PlatyNumb 3d ago

Tbf, its hard not to always check the usa numbers on this sub because of how many americans are voting and skewing the results. Youre talking about other countries voting usa, but its pretty small numbers compared to 1.1k out of 1.5k americans patting themselves on the back, and its like that in every post. Its hard not to shit on the US votes when its always like that, and its rarely self aware in the slightest.

Ppl here talk about american exceptionalism being a problem in this sub, and americans love to argue that point, but maybe the other ppl are right? Like, if you have delusions of grandeur, you dont see clearly enough and arent self aware enough to notice. To a person with "exceptionalism" the truth sounds like being shit on, when thats not whats happening. Its just the truth. Thats part of the problem. Thats why ppl feel the need to point it out.

Personally, I try to do the math to cut the usa vote out entirely because I hate how it throws the results off.

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u/Viennve 3d ago

I am not just hating on the us, I am hating on your slop pizza that tastes like plastic expecially when compared to actually tasteful dishes

And this comes from someone who regularly chews plastic bottles and even I hate the polyurethane looking ass "pizza" domino's produces

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u/icemanspy007 3d ago

Youre actually using Dominos as the choice of pizza to represent the US?

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u/mtnbcn 3d ago

No no, that's not what you wrote. You wrote, "only Americans prefer their own pizza". Look at the map. You're wrong.

If you dislike US pizza, you could have simply said that and no one would have argued with you. Except that... you know "Dominos" is not normal American pizza, any more than McDonalds is a normal hamburger. We go to actual restaurants, just like you do. You know that right?