Cheeeeesteak winning a sandwich competition is roughly equivalent to anzac biscuits/hardtack winning a cookie/biscuit competition.

Dude, speak American. I think you mean Oreos and Chips Ahoy.

If there was a beer one, the final would be Bud Lite and Heineken, I'm sure. Not the the ideal ending, but oh well.

It was a fun collection of threads and I enjoyed the journey, the finale be damned.

No that would be more like a vegemite sandwich

it's not an oot contest without butthurt from the losers

great victory for real americans. might go with a cheesesteak tomorrow to celebrate.

I expected nothing less than a handful of nobodies determining the outcome. Well done as always OOT.

and recount sans fake votes plz

This is a great day for real OOTers. Despite being down 41-24, cheesesteak rallied and came back strong in the ninth to take down pinko commie Reuben.

Incidentally, did you know that the term "pinko" is derived from the Russian Dressing (red ketchup, white mayo) that is used to corrupt and pollute the corned beef present in the Reuben?

This is a cause for celebration for all true sandwich lovers.

So why did Reuben lose? Well, it's an inferior fake sandwich that never should have been included in the competition. It's that simple. But if you want to go further, let's look at the sandwich primary against Pastrami. This was a rigged primary, in which complete curmudgeon Pastrami, the party outsider, was brushed aside in favor of classic establishment insider Reuben by out of touch with reality Reubots who were convinced Reuben's time had finally come. These foaming at the mouth Reubots alienated the common man convertible voters by promoting their neosandwichism agenda and an elitist primadonna whose defining characteristic was entitlement.

The FBI, Russia, Facebook, fake news, propaganda, WikiLeaks, Twitter trolls, angry White men, disloyal women, and the electoral sandwich college are among the most notable scapegoats. However, what is not being discussed, and what might be less known to Reuben supporters, is that it was the most unpopular sandwich candidate in modern history.

Simultaneously, counterfactual information poured out through pro-Reuben PACs, surrogates, and paid internet trolls and was then bolstered by Reuben friendly print and televised corporate media. Not surprisingly, all of these forces combined to convince Reuben supporters to ignore any evidence that was inconsistent with their agenda. Which was, of course, to get Reuben elected.

Similarly, Reuben supporters were bombarded with reports of its inevitability and simultaneously inundated with reports of Cheesesteak’s “nincompoopery,” and worse. In their minds, there was absolutely no way that Reuben could lose, and, of course, because this was what Reuben lovers wanted to hear, they did not seek out potentially contradictory evidence. Such is human nature; we simply prefer to hear information that confirms our own biases. Unfortunately, emboldened by this conveyed inexorableness, the oft-repeated message to Pastrami’s supporters from Reubenites was, “we don’t need you” and “we can win without you.” But the fact remains that Reubenites needed real sandwich lovers then and they need them now.

Unfortunately, when you have one group who is loyal to a set of values, and another who is loyal to a sandwich that does not represent those values, division will always be the outcome.

Checkmate, elitist cucks!



In conclusion, MOOTGA!

and none other than OOT's Sweetheart himself, Villian1, agrees:

voting via text is serious WIM

Cheesesteak and coors light being served in the winners lockerroom

El D,

Fret not. You can take solace that you live in a city where everyone can be (is required?) to be an individual and has the opportunity to seek out new eating experiences (I hear saffron Burmese camel tongue hash is the next big thing!) that you can then use to let the rest of the country know how uncultured and base they are so you can feel good about yourself.

Dids aka senile Edgar Friendly.

blockchain voting desperately needed for true sandwich transparency.

Zang,

Chop was prob PMing people to vote like he does in Ms OOT.

It was democracy in it's most classic form.

In the beginning, we had truly inspiring choices, but they fell because the larger population never heard of it, despite the fact that they were clearly the best.

We had some total jokers at first and they fell immediately.

We had an also-ran that didn't know when to quit, but still managed to rally up rabid support.

The entire discussion was laced with accusations of cultural appropriation, ignorance about origins, and local jingoism. In addition, there was the divide between the coasts and the flyover states. The coasts actually complained about "too much BBQ," which fell on deaf ears. At the end, the flyover had the last laugh.

Then the final was two common, boring, uninspired, sandwiches, leaving everyone to vote against more than vote for.

Plato was right.

Dave,

Lol, pretty much!

Reuben lovers - be sure to save all those tears for the next corned beef brining! Capturing all that liquid sorrow and shame into the meat will make your followup Reuben the perfect example of what a Reuben truly is at its core - failure.

Cheesesteak winning is the equivalent of having someone like Justin Bieber or Anna Kendrick win Ms. OOT

Chop,

Did you do a PM campaign for cheesesteak votes?

I have a confession to make. I voted cheesesteak without ever actually having one, but based on steak sandwiches I've made at home.

ED - as much as I would like to lie to you here so you feel better about the loss, no, there was no get out the vote PM campaign. This is also the first vote I've even cast in the competition - was pretty demoralized after banh mi (the Anna Kendrick of sandwiches) didn't advance. Reuben (the Olivia Munn of sandwiches) making it this far mobilized me into action, but that action was restricted to posts in the thread and relaying Villian1's texts (after the polls closed). Cheesesteak (the Kate Beckinsale of sandwiches) wasn't my first choice, but certainly deserves the title far more than fake sandwich lolReuben.

I support this. Reuben is so putrid that any excuse to vote against is good enough in my book.

Chop,

Shouldn’t you be out looking at lions and zebras instead of stumping for lol cheesesteak sandwiches?

I voted cheesesteak and I think he's gotten too much sun.

Dave, after some highly questionable earlier sandwich posting, thats a solid recap.

pokeraz - too busy trying to find a cholera vaccine dose right now and enjoying the last halfway decent internet I'll have for a while.