Wed. 10/20 - None Pizza With Left Beef: A Slice of History

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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

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🗓️ 20 October 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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A brief history of one of the most famous pizzas on the internet. Surgeons have successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically-altered pig to a human. And how to watch the Orionid Meteor Shower this week, if the big ol’ full moon doesn’t get in your way. Sponsor: Shopify, Get a 14-day free trial at shopify.com/kottke Links: "On this day in history: "None pizza with left beef" was first..." (Adam Quinn, Twitter) The Great Pizza Orientation Test (The Sneeze) None Pizza with Left Beef | Special Delivery Instructions (Know Your Meme) Reflections on the 10th Anniversary of None Pizza With Left Beef (Gizmodo) Sexy None Pizza With Left Beef Halloween Costume (Talia, Twitter) None Pizza With Left Beef's Creator Steve Molaro Interview (Intelligencer) The Truth about None Pizza with Left Beef (Vlogbrothers, YouTube) Pig-to-human transplants come a step closer with new test (AP) In a First, Surgeons Attached a Pig Kidney to a Human — and It Worked (NY Times) October's full Hunter's Moon of 2021 rises tonight! Here's what to expect. (Space.com) Full moon in October will obscure Orionid meteor shower (CNN) Orionid meteor shower 2021: When, where & how to see it (Space.com) Facebook plans to change company name to focus on the metaverse (The Verge) Facebook Plans to Change Its Name Because the Brand is Toxic (A/V Club) A Plague of Nosebleeds Hit Twitch Streamers, But It Was All an Apple TV+ Stunt (Ad Week) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Kotke Ride Home for Wednesday, October 20th, 2021.
0:10.0	I'm Jackson Bird.
0:12.0	Today, a brief history of one of the most famous pizzas on the internet.
0:18.0	Surgeons have successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically altered pig to a human.
0:24.8	And how to watch the Orionid meteor shower this week if the big old full moon doesn't get in your way.
0:32.1	Here are some of the cool things from the news today.
0:37.6	So a history PhD candidate focusing on the history of labor and social movements in the U.S.
0:44.4	tweeted yesterday about the anniversary of a very significant event in our world's history.
0:49.4	The day that Nunn Pizza with Left Beef was first posted to the internet.
0:55.7	October 19th, 2007. Has it really been 14 years already? When None Pizza with Left Beef
1:03.6	first graced our screens, we were still mostly texting in T9. The iPhone had only just come
1:09.9	out. There were only three Fast and Furious movies,
1:13.9	and Uber wasn't even a thing. It was a simpler time. Now, if you have absolutely no idea what
1:20.1	I'm talking about, buckle up because we're about to dive into the history of the meme.
1:25.1	And if you are familiar, well, I hope this stroll-down memory lane,
1:29.0	like an order of fluffy hand-tossed dough topped with loose chunks of meat, is both entertaining
1:34.9	and a little surprising. So none pizza with left beef refers to two joined images, a screenshot of
1:42.5	someone's online domino's order and the resulting pizza.
1:46.2	The ordering form in the screenshot lists all possible toppings you could have on a pizza,
1:51.1	as well as cheese and sauce, with options for whole, left, right, or none.
1:56.8	So, like, if you want pepperoni, but your friend wants olives, you get half and half.
2:00.6	It's a pretty familiar choice to us these days, but the novelty of inputting that so clearly
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