The Explore-Exploit Tradeoff

[bigbrainbrett2517@lemmy.world]

Oh dayum that sounds flippin' awesome

[stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

it's not that vanilla is a bad flavour, it's that you can get it anywhere

[canadiancarl@sh.itjust.works]

I hate pepperoni, it is just too greasy.

[lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de]

I feel we're missing context. The core question is the utility of the first to the second, either in terms of helping with the quest or at least by dint of providing pleasant company, relative to the effort the second invested for having the first join their journey.

If the first was just a drag, some stranger or acquaintance that heard about the quest and wanted to tag along, made nothing but trouble and the second figuratively carried them all the way out of sympathy or kindness, I'd have some measure of understanding for their frustration. Their outburst would still be pointlessly rash and vengeful, given that the effort is spent already and kicking the other off won't restore it, particularly without knowing the motivation (for instance, the vanilla ice cream being particularly delicious there), but in making someone else haul you along on a difficult quest, apparently with little regard for whether that effort would be worth it or clarifying their stakes from the outset, I'd rule that ESH.

But if the first pulled their weight or even helped, it would be straight up ungrateful and cruel over nothing but personal preference.

Why am I overanalysing the morality of a four-panel comic again?

[monkdervierte@lemmy.ml]

Only if they use concentrate. Though ice shops using real fruits/ingredients are rare, they make the best ice.

[activ8r@sh.itjust.works]

But this just has the same problem. Margherita pizzas are also amazing if done right. There is a great Italian restaurant I go to where I rarely get anything but the Margherita because it's so good. What you are think of is "plain cheese and tomato".

[lime@feddit.nu]

i live in sweden, if a pizza place had less than a hundred different pizzas i'd be weirded out.

[stovetop@lemmy.world]

Even a simple white pizza is amazing on its own if they have a good crust and they use good cheese. There was once a local place where I tried that and loved it, and it's something I'd love to try again...if not for how badly dairy just fucks me up. I love getting fancy with ingredients, but sometimes less is more.

[anarchistartificer@slrpnk.net]

That's why Vanilla is a great litmus-test flavour

[stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

No you are correct, Margherita is great, but I can get that one around the corner. If I'm at a special pizza place, I'm gonna try something new. It might even be not as good as a Margherita but you cannot know that until you've tried it.

[stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Fair enough, but I meant that as opposed to a more general restaurant that has pizza's but doesn't specialise in them. You can probably get a great Margherita there too.

[klemptor@startrek.website]

Worth it tho.

[lime@feddit.nu]

honestly, if a restaurant has many different pizzas their base tends to be bland. i'm not sure the same applies for ice cream.

[klemptor@startrek.website]

How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad?

[bear@lemmynsfw.com]

Of all 2000 flavors there can only be one king.

[prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works]

Vanilla is not plain.

Flavored by the bean of an orchid ….

Vanilla is exquisite

[dogwater@lemmy.world]

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[theloneminon@lemm.ee]

I agree. Hence the quotes.

[budgetbandit@sh.itjust.works]

Good and real Vanilla = best

[fermion@feddit.nl]

An orchid that has to be pollinated by hand with a needle because there's only like 1 fly species that can pollinate it in the wild.