can someone explain this to me? i see people cite it a bunch and idgi
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if shit is going down, people are gonna be staying late at the pentagon. people get hungry.
aug 30, 2025, 10:29 am • 4 0 • view
Pizza stores close by Pentagon experience measurably higher demand when a major event is happening, and this is tracked, often revealing critical incidents before they are announced officially
aug 30, 2025, 10:29 am • 1 0 • view
It's the idea that food delivery orders to The Pentagon spike when "something is happening" geopolitically due to people working late. Historically, that was pizza.
aug 30, 2025, 6:31 pm • 6 0 • view
There are so many more delivery options now
aug 30, 2025, 7:37 pm • 7 0 • view
People are doing data analysis on pizza delivery to the pentagon and tying it to relative def con level
aug 30, 2025, 10:28 am • 68 9 • view
such a fun day
aug 30, 2025, 10:30 am • 1 0 • view
Apparently this has been a thing
aug 30, 2025, 10:30 am • 4 0 • view
I also learned about this today
aug 30, 2025, 10:31 am • 1 0 • view
Oh yeah that's been a thing for decades. Haven't thought about it in ages. There's a bunch of those in journalism, unsurprisingly. Ever local reporter knows which pizza joint to monitor near the statehouse, etc.
aug 30, 2025, 10:46 am • 4 0 • view
Back when there were local reporters.
aug 30, 2025, 10:47 am • 5 0 • view
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aug 30, 2025, 11:48 am • 1 0 • view
Hard same.
aug 30, 2025, 1:43 pm • 1 0 • view
It's truly amazing. Possibly one of the finest uses for data analysis I have ever seen.
aug 30, 2025, 10:52 am • 2 0 • view
lmao wtf what a way to predict major events
aug 30, 2025, 10:34 am • 2 0 • view
I mean but ….
aug 30, 2025, 10:35 am • 1 0 • view
It's a really interesting human indicator of major events bubbling up before they actually hit the news. I think they stopped showing the traffic at the Pentagon Starbucks haha
aug 30, 2025, 10:39 am • 4 0 • view
Every since they used it to predict iraq, you think they would randomly place large orders just to keep it from being accurate.
aug 30, 2025, 10:32 am • 7 0 • view
They actually did that for a while. They also implemented a bunch of policy changes around how things get sourced and delivered that make it a *LOT* less clear/accurate today.
aug 30, 2025, 6:07 pm • 2 0 • view
That would mean feeding hungry people and that’s downright un American
aug 30, 2025, 10:38 am • 18 0 • view
This strategy would work for IR but we also eat international foods
aug 30, 2025, 10:29 am • 28 4 • view
*starts IHOP INDEX* 🤭
aug 30, 2025, 10:31 am • 13 0 • view
Uber eats index
aug 30, 2025, 10:31 am • 9 0 • view
Once it came out that journalists/investors were using pizza as a proxy indicator, The Pentagon made policies about spreading food orders out across vendors and types. There's still a bunch of delivery cars, but it's less obvious than "all the pizza places nearby are sold out" to anyone not on site
aug 30, 2025, 6:26 pm • 8 2 • view
It’s hard to remove people’s implicit biases about foods. Plenty of picky eaters out there.
aug 30, 2025, 11:35 pm • 0 0 • view
That and food options inside almost completely dry up after 4, unless you're down for vending machine sushi. www.whs.mil/Services-and...
aug 31, 2025, 2:02 am • 0 0 • view
So perhaps a "skip-the-dash-eats" index?
aug 30, 2025, 11:29 am • 1 0 • view