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Would you drive an extra 20 minutes (10 miles) to get the blizzard on the right?

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  • J [email protected]

    No one said it's not a food item, just that it doesn't quailify as ice cream. Similary Ireland ruled against Subway calling their "bread" bread for the same reason, it doesn't pass the standards to qualify as that specific food item.

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    Sorry I meant to say "quality food item".

    A label for fat content does not determine quality.

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      Better =/= quality. You can prefer things of lower quality. Sure, it's only one component (I'd argue the most important one), but it's still an objective measure of quality. Maybe you can have just of high quality by using better quality ingredients other than that, but if you're skimping on this one then you're skimping everywhere almost certainly.

      DQ is not a fancy ice dessert place. Everyone knows that. They're the bottom tier for it. It's fine to like that. We all have certain low quality things we like; junk food for example. It's OK. You don't need to pretend like it's high quality though.

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      The definition of Quality: "the degree of excellence of something."

      The amount of fat in a food product has nothing to do with its excellence.

      objective measure of quality.

      It is an objective measurement of an ingredient. It says nothing about quality.

      If burgers were traditionally spicy and the FDA declared a burger needed to be Scolville 500,000 to be called a burger, the level of spice still would have nothing to do with its quality. Its a label for consumers to know what they are purchasing. It is not a label about quality.

      I didn't say DQ is fancy. I object to confusing a consumer label about an ingredient with an objective measure of quality. No one would say the Gelato from Cremeria Cavour in Bologna is low quality because Dairy Queen has more butter fat.

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        ice cream. With less it is not cream.

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        It's a label so consumers know what they are buying. It has absolutely nothing to do with quality.

        Gelato from the best restaurant in Italy is higher quality than Dairy Queen despite having lower butter fat content.

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          Aside from the environmental impact of driving 10 (!) Extra miles (or at all) for a tiny bit of extra ice cream, which is neither healthy nor needed. It just doesn't make sense on a personal financial level to waste so much gas to get a cheaper (per volume) treat.
          For a European driving to get ice cream alone is ridiculous as many placed have ice cream shops in the town we live in that we walk or bike to.

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          I was thinking with the petrol expense factored in wouldn't it work out cheaper just to buy 2?

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            I was thinking with the petrol expense factored in wouldn't it work out cheaper just to buy 2?

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            Gas is pretty cheap

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              Gas is pretty cheap

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              I also dont know how much a blizzard is. I imagine theyre basically the same as a mcflurry from mcdonalds?

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                Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.

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                DQ can't stay in business around me with their crap ice cream. Also gas isn't free.

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                  Haven’t seen an open Dairy Queen locally in almost 10 years.

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                  The one by me just closed. They made the image on the left look grand.

                  I went there six months ago and tried to order three separate things off the menu which weren't in stock.

                  A lot of these older franchise style companies don't have anybody at the helm making sure that the franchisees are doing them justice. Dairy Queen only exists because they're making a consistent product with a little fanfare.

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                    Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.

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                    I'd probably just buy the next size up at the closer store if I wanted that much. I usually buy the smallest size & end up throwing about 1/4 of it away.

                    Still, when I go for ice cream(*), I'm going because it's a treat. Getting one overstuffed like the one on the right would certainly trigger more dopamine.

                    So, I guess it's a coin flip depending whether or not it's a nice day for a drive.

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                      Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.

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                      I would travel the first 10

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                        I also dont know how much a blizzard is. I imagine theyre basically the same as a mcflurry from mcdonalds?

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                        Looks like a blizzard is in the realm of $6? I don't go to DQ, but living in a region with many of them I can say gas is generally accessible for ~$2.50 so unless you're driving something that gets 10mpg there's basically no way to make buying two be worth it. I only have to fill up gas once every month or two because my car is a plug in hybrid and I rarely go more than ~40 miles in a trip so it's unlikely I use gas at all. With free nights I don't even really pay much to fill my battery.

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                          Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.

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                          americans really don't have thoughts or feelings, this is their whole culture aside from concentration camps

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                            Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.

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                            No.

                            I wouldn't buy either though because you're paying dollars for something that costs pennies.

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                              some ungodly ingredients and sprinkles of human

                              What an unfortunate line break after this

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                              c/unexpectedcannibalism 😶

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                                No.

                                I wouldn't buy either though because you're paying dollars for something that costs pennies.

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                                1. Let people enjoy things
                                2. factor labor into your cost of goods sold
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                                  1. Let people enjoy things
                                  2. factor labor into your cost of goods sold
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                                  Ah yes, rhetoric for you to justify their profit margins.

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                                    DQ can't stay in business around me with their crap ice cream. Also gas isn't free.

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                                    You say that, but even McDonalds can't keep their blizzard-knockoff machines running. DQ's got that shit locked down. They've been serving air-fluffed-icecream-surrogate the old fashioned way for decades. It's as American as health insurance that costs more than rent.

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                                      americans really don't have thoughts or feelings, this is their whole culture aside from concentration camps

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                                      False, DQ also serves burgers.

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                                        Ah yes, rhetoric for you to justify their profit margins.

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                                        If you wanted one, and someone broke down the logistical costs out for you, what percent of the cost going to profits would be acceptable to you, assuming all the other "line items" on that breakdown were justified (power, wages, raw materials, building maintenance, transportation, etc)?

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                                          If you wanted one, and someone broke down the logistical costs out for you, what percent of the cost going to profits would be acceptable to you, assuming all the other "line items" on that breakdown were justified (power, wages, raw materials, building maintenance, transportation, etc)?

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                                          Whatever is enough to keep me just under the amount to qualify for welfare.

                                          Fuck the ruling class.

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