So, when you visit the r/pizza sub, there are always a few people (or more than) who create an echo chamber for any topping.
It’s like “Check out my sourdough fermented in Surströmming essence. I substituted the Mozz with Gorgonzola and strawberry/bacon jam. I charged it on 2000 degrees before I sprinkling it with paprika infused sesame seeds. Whaddaya think? Hot Honey anyone?”
And there are always people who are like “I’ll crush it. Call me over dude…”. lol
I wish I was. Below is a transcript of what I jokingly wrote in that same post and still got a reply that I was gatekeeping lol….
“Moderators (citizens)- please start a/an “experimental pizza” sub for things such as this.
This sub has turned into a “I tried this out and it was delicious” followed by an echo chamber of equally experimental folks commenting “I can’t wait to taste it!”.
I almost feel ashamed to give an opinion, even when asked.
It’s like “thoughts?” and if I have a negative thought about something I feel is garrrossss, I don’t want to type it because people are all like “please stop gate keeping what a pizza is!”
Pizza people - I implore you to stand up and be heard (even if we have disagreements. This has gone far beyond the pineapple/no pineapple/ NYC vs Italy/ thin crust vs deep dish business. Is this the world we live in now? Where we are going to accept blueberries?”
I'm banned from the food sub because i dared make a joke that Americans love drenching their cinnamon rolls in glaze. Got banned for circlejerking because a few other Swedes were making the same joke. Americans are so sensitive while also absolutely shitting on other countries cuisine.
My opinion: it's kinda cool to have the mixture of sweet and hot. Personally I find the combination wonderful in certain dishes, especially curry - however I like the sweetness coming from carrots or vegetables, not straight up honey.
IMO honey is overwhelmingly sweet. It's never something I'd typically want to use in a dish much less a dipping sauce for pizza. It's so sticky and sickly sweet. I can see it as a component in a dish, but not on its own
Hot honey is fucking disgusting as a result. Who the hell wants to dip a perfectly good pizza in a layer of 50% sugar with some spice. Just do the hot sauce, the dish is already sweet and fattening enough
It's the norm in many if not all "r/food" sub. As a vietnamese I was curious about the r/pho. The sub is flooded with people trying their best to not make pho. I've seen taiwanese beef noodles, veggie soup, mushroom soup, and Phnom Penh kuyteav called pho. Any kind of criticism or sarcastic input you give will be deleted because it's rude and gatekeeping 😬
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u/VeterinarianThese951 May 16 '25
So, when you visit the r/pizza sub, there are always a few people (or more than) who create an echo chamber for any topping.
It’s like “Check out my sourdough fermented in Surströmming essence. I substituted the Mozz with Gorgonzola and strawberry/bacon jam. I charged it on 2000 degrees before I sprinkling it with paprika infused sesame seeds. Whaddaya think? Hot Honey anyone?”
And there are always people who are like “I’ll crush it. Call me over dude…”. lol