Pizza activity spikes just before reports of Israel attacking Iran

[conuly]

So I guess we can just add this to the Waffle House and Yankee Candle indices.

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[siliconshaman]

Actually, that's the OG of casual indices... we knew about during the 80's.

[conuly]

For a given definition of "we" that doesn't include yours truly :)

[bibliofile]

Oh yeah, that one's been known for a while. The pizza activity also spiked the night before one of the Iraq invasions, possibly even the 1992 one?

[bibliofile]

(Ha! I didn't refresh the page for comments before posting, and siliconshaman beat me to it.)

[frandroid]

I should build a giant board of these, like the rapture index...

[conuly]

And do what with it?

[frandroid]

Build a scarier, more reality-based Rapture Index, obviously. ;)

[foms]

Related? (I may even have gotten this from you)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2024/campaign-spending-fast-food-mcdonalds/

[conuly]

Interesting, anyway. If you did get it from me I've forgotten the details anyway, so thanks for sharing / resharing

[dani_meows]

I am so confused. what does these things have to do with one another? Or is this a joke I don't get?

[conuly]

Prior to the Iran attack, the good folks at the Pentagon ordered a lot of pizza, presumably planning for a long night.

[silveradept]

There's probably quite a few of these indicies not yet discovered, but the one about food runs happening right before major international incidents certainly seems like a reliable one. At least for the ones that are so big that it's going to require a long period of time and a lot of food.