True, but what if the toppings were mustard instead of tomato sauce, yogurt instead of cheese, and Skittles and banana chips and fortune cookies for toppings. Is it still a pizza?

On some level my acceptance of the pizza does depend on thematically appropriate toppings which I take for granted. There’s room for a weird topping or two but if you subvert all expectations, one risks not being pizza at all.

But it’s 2024 y’all, the pizza’s orientation shouldn’t matter ;D