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Jedi Guy

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16. Oh man, Book It. I remember that.

Reply to Sympthsical (Reply #9)

Mon May 18, 2026, 09:12 PM

Monday

Those were the days of book fairs where you'd take your list of books to your folks and be given X amount of money and put in the terrifying position of having to choose which books to buy. Existential crisis at an early age.

Looking at the bullshit kids have to deal with today makes me very, very glad I grew up in the 80s and 90s. Rose-colored glasses and all that, I know, but still.

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Pizza Hut's AI rollout has caused franchisee to lose $100 million, lawsuit claims [View all] Eugene Monday OP

The phrase "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" was created for situations such as this. nt eppur_se_muova Monday #1

Yea But modrepub Monday #3

Well, maybe the shareholders will actually notice a $100M shortfall. eppur_se_muova Monday #14

The Pizza Hut in my small KS town suddenly closed a couple of months ago with no warning... wcmagumba Monday #2

I believe it. I had the same operational problems while ordering my Pizza from long time pizza chain Papa Johns. SWBTATTReg Monday #4

Pizza Hut is still a thing? buzzycrumbhunger Monday #5

It's terrible "pizza" fujiyamasan Monday #8

It's truly, truly awful Sympthsical Monday #9

Ha, book it that's a blast from the past fujiyamasan Monday #10

Bad News Bunny book reports and a personal pan pizza Sympthsical Monday #13

Oh man, Book It. I remember that. Jedi Guy Monday #16

Scholastic fairs turned me into a reader Sympthsical Monday #17

I really miss canetoad Monday #15

Gen X says, stupid is supposed to hurt or it isn't working. OC375 Monday #6

Everybody can be like Trump now! AI - Actual Incompetence. chowder66 Monday #7

Wait until our military goes AI. Or our hospitals. Or our grid. Or our law enforcement. Midnight Writer Monday #11

I thought Pizza Hut went down the drain. lpbk2713 Monday #12