The most worthwhile comparison is of the surface area, excluding crust. Crust quotient must be disregarded.

Then why did they invent stuffed crust?

I wish I could award you with fake Internet points.

2 12" pizzas are 112.5% the surface area of as single 18" pizza.

Pizza place that just opened up down the street from me only offers one size:

18 inches.

The other option is to purchase by the slice.

I actually liked it better when it sucked more. I have no idea why. Maybe I identified it as college comfort food.

Same. Refi’d into 3% and not going to budge. It’ll be interesting to see if our loan servicer ever changes, because who in the world would want to buy a loan with such a low interest rate?

Just like any other job, entirely dependent on your particular unit/department and manager. In the US Fed gov’t there’s a huge difference between working for CBP, civil Marines, and NASA, just to name 3 random agencies.

The difference with the feds is that you get a basically predictable paycheck (as long as Congress does its damn job), health benefits that make life habitable, the best possible version of a 401k around (TSP), and you’re extraordinarily unlikely to get downsized.

Last I checked, the plurality of civilian federal employees make GS-13, which in 2023 was between $98k and $153k depending on where you were located, and how long you’ve been at that pay-grade. It’s not an overwhelming plurality, butnit’s not unusual to promote into a GS-13, and then hang out there for most of your career.

Retirement is a three-legged stool: your TSP (aka 401k), Social Security, and a small pension. People hired before 1985 were the ones who got the sweet fat pensions, but it doesn’t work that way anymore.

Also, Feliz el año del Niño! Gonna be a great 16 months for weather. Especially in Texas!