Game of Thrones: Jon Snow Invents Pizza

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I found this:

‘The Ending Is That Jon Snow Invents Pizza’: 5 Questions With George R.R. Martin

Obviously, this is a joke, but I wouldn't mind if Game of Thrones ended with Jon inventing pizza.

I almost hope he does it!

I wonder if it'll be baked by dragon fire.

Best way to bake a pizza.

Better Jon than Arya. We've already seen the kind of ingredients she uses

Hound: What kind of pepperoni is this?
Arya: Umm... chicken.
Hound: Do I look stupid to you? This isn't chicken. What is this, pork?
Arya: Nope
Hound: Rabbit?
Arya: Nope
Hound: Mutton?
Arya: Nope
Hound: Don't tell me it's dragon meat.
Arya: It's your brother the Mountain!
Hound: ... I don't know whether to laugh or to puke.

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Winter is coming, officially December 21st but for a loyal cadre winter returns in April when the final season of Game of Thrones airs. A new report in Injury Epidemiology is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek study of the death and destruction of the prior seven seasons. Let me summarize their findings.

Researchers made use of primary data sources, the boxed set of Season 1 to 7 DVDs cross-linking their information with both the Game of Thrones wiki and the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). The primary outcome was the time of death, in hours, from the introduction of the character until their demise. Sociodemographic information was inferred from the primary data source, and all deaths were assigned appropriate International Statistical Classification of Disease (ICD-10) codes, the same system used in clinical research. A surrogate measure of prominence of the individual was calculated.

The data set consisted of 330 characters. 71.8% male, 31.5% highborn (also characterized as silk collar workers), 62.4% were “boiled leather” collar workers, who we might term blue-collar employees. The study itself was limited in considering only “important” characters, and there were cases of missing data, although whether they were “impugned” in the final analysis is unclear.

The Bloody Details

56.4% died, (natural deaths accounted for approximately 1%)
73.7% died of injuries

Primarily open wounds to the neck (14%), chest (11.3%), decapitation (7%) and multiple sites (13.4%)
Burnings 11.8%
Poisoning 4.8%
Deaths were most frequently due to assault (63%), “operations of war” [2] (24.4%), and legal executions (5.4%)
Most deaths occur at home (30.4%) with about 40% indoors and most often during the day (52.7%)
Survival ranged from 11 seconds to slightly more than 57 hours; median survival was almost 29 hours.

As with most studies, the interesting “dirt” is to be found in their secondary analysis. I have reprinted their survival curves on the left. Median survival was reduced for males and those of low born status – mirroring to some degree the toll of violence still present in our society.

In keeping with the series, both prominence and loyalty were found to be independent factors influencing survival. In short, high prominence resulted in an increased hazard ratio (likelihood of dying) of 2.5, moderate prominence resulted in a hazard ratio of 6.5 – so much for the safety of middle management. Switching allegiance was associated with a significantly reduced hazard ratio, 0.35 conferring a bit of protection.

It is of little surprise that most of the deaths were from sharp objects given the implements available. The reduction in poisoning may be due to their less dramatic nature, certainly as compared to the burnings or the Red Wedding.

Source: Winter Is Coming: The 1st Scientific Study Of 'Game Of Thrones'

It will truly unite the Seven Kingdoms! That is, until they introduce a type of pizza called 'Summer Isles Pizza' which has chunks of pricklecones on it:



And War will start again over whether or not Summer Isles Pizza is good.

I'll be on the side of good. Fruit wins.