Italian Resigns is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Since the first thread appeared at Nov 5, 07:39 UTC, we have counted 7 threads about it in 4 communities, led by r/europe, r/nottheonion and r/worldnews. Combined, those threads hold roughly 7.6K upvotes and 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 | 3,341 | 890 | Nov 5, 08:29 UTC |
| r/nottheonion | 3 | 2,499 | 1,125 | Nov 5, 09:10 UTC |
| r/worldnews | 2 | 774 | 578 | Nov 5, 08:41 UTC |
| r/australia ↗ | 1 | 957 | 370 | Nov 5, 07:39 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Italian chef fired after refusing to put pineapple on pizzar/europe · 3,341 upvotes · 890 comments · Nov 5, 08:29 UTC · BBC News
- Italian chef fired after refusing to put pineapple on pizzar/nottheonion · 1,851 upvotes · 667 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 · 957 upvotes · 370 comments · Nov 5, 07:39 UTC · The Guardian
- Italian chef fired after refusing to put pineapple on pizzar/worldnews · 607 upvotes · 313 comments · Nov 5, 08:41 UTC · BBC News
- ‘An insult to his culture’: Italian chef sacked for not putting pineapple on pizza loses bid to get job backr/nottheonion · 489 upvotes · 281 comments · Nov 5, 17:08 UTC · irishtimes.com
- ‘An insult to his culture’: Italian chef sacked for not putting pineapple on pizza loses bid to get job backr/worldnews · 167 upvotes · 265 comments · Nov 5, 18:06 UTC · The Guardian
- No pineapple, no job: Italian chef’s pizza rebellion ends in sackingr/nottheonion · 159 upvotes · 177 comments · Nov 5, 09:10 UTC · theprint.in
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/australia ↗: “‘An insult to his culture’: Italian chef sacked for not putting pineapple on pizza loses bid to get job back”
- 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 (3,341 upvotes, 890 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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