Italian Resigns is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Since the first thread appeared at Nov 4, 22:07 UTC, we have counted 8 threads about it in 5 communities, led by r/europe, r/nottheonion and r/australia. Combined, those threads hold roughly 10.1K upvotes and 3.3K comments so far.
What the sources report
These are the reports Redditors are sharing most, in the outlets’ own words. We quote them rather than paraphrase, so nothing is lost or added.
- The Guardian: ‘An insult to his culture’: Italian chef sacked for not putting pineapple on pizza loses bid to get job back
Australia’s Fair Work Commission heard that Davide Tamburella was sacked after refusing to use the controversial topping
- BBC News: Italian chef fired from Queensland restaurant after refusing to put pineapple on pizza
He had told his employer, an Australian restaurant, that pineapple on pizza was "offensive" to Italian culture.
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/europe | 1 | 3,988 | 972 | Nov 5, 08:29 UTC |
| r/nottheonion | 3 | 3,212 | 1,298 | Nov 5, 09:10 UTC |
| r/australia ↗ | 1 | 1,131 | 449 | Nov 5, 07:39 UTC |
| r/worldnews | 2 | 775 | 578 | Nov 5, 08:41 UTC |
| r/soccer | 1 | 953 | 46 | Nov 4, 22:07 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Italian chef fired after refusing to put pineapple on pizzar/europe · 3,988 upvotes · 972 comments · Nov 5, 08:29 UTC · BBC News
- Italian chef fired after refusing to put pineapple on pizzar/nottheonion · 2,167 upvotes · 742 comments · Nov 5, 11:17 UTC · koha.net
- ‘An insult to his culture’: Italian chef sacked for not putting pineapple on pizza loses bid to get job backr/australia · 1,131 upvotes · 449 comments · Nov 5, 07:39 UTC · The Guardian
- ‘An insult to his culture’: Italian chef sacked for not putting pineapple on pizza loses bid to get job backr/nottheonion · 859 upvotes · 365 comments · Nov 5, 17:08 UTC · irishtimes.com
- Italian chef fired after refusing to put pineapple on pizzar/worldnews · 607 upvotes · 313 comments · Nov 5, 08:41 UTC · BBC News
- Lens-Como 1-9: no Italian team had ever scored more than 7 goals in an away gamer/soccer · 953 upvotes · 46 comments · Nov 4, 22:07 UTC · gazzetta.it
- ‘An insult to his culture’: Italian chef sacked for not putting pineapple on pizza loses bid to get job backr/worldnews · 168 upvotes · 265 comments · Nov 5, 18:06 UTC · The Guardian
- No pineapple, no job: Italian chef’s pizza rebellion ends in sackingr/nottheonion · 186 upvotes · 191 comments · Nov 5, 09:10 UTC · theprint.in
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/soccer: “Lens-Como 1-9: no Italian team had ever scored more than 7 goals in an away game”
- First link to The Guardian shared, in r/australia ↗.
- The story reaches r/europe: “Italian chef fired after refusing to put pineapple on pizza”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/europe (3,988 upvotes, 972 comments by our last count).
- The story reaches r/worldnews: “Italian chef fired after refusing to put pineapple on pizza”
- The story reaches r/nottheonion: “No pineapple, no job: Italian chef’s pizza rebellion ends in sacking”
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/worldnews.
How this page is made
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