Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.
No because I probably shouldn't be eating the quantity on the right
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I like the Starbucks here that's better than the other one
'Cuz the other one's not as good
Me? No. My wife? Probably. She'd also drag me along when she went though.
I wouldnt drive 10 seconds to get overpriced, fake ice cream tbh.
No. Never had one. Not interested.
I can’t tell what size blizzard this is thanks to the short cup, they’re usually taller. (Where I am in the US) They’re $4.99 or so for a medium, that’s my best guess. 20 miles round trip for the further “better” blizzard, 40 minutes in the car at that distance means city/town driving, so I’ll guess 18mpg. Extra gallon of gas for that round trip is gonna be ~$3+ USD unless you’re in California, and then it’s probably $4.25 or so.
Your best bet is to not waste gas, time, and wear on the car and order the next size up if your gas is $3-ish, or maybe order two if you’re in California.
No, I would not drive further.
For overpriced aerated ice cream? Just go to the local supermarket and get some good ice cream. It's cheaper it'll taste better.
No, but I’d always get one when I was over there anyway.
No. I'm not driving anywhere (walkable city resident) and I'm not eating that junk. I'm insufferable, sorry.
Respect
Awareness++
Gotta respect the honesty tho
No. No I wouldn't.
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.
As a European just let me say wow.
This is wrong on so many levels. And I assume you're not aware of half of them.
As a Canadian, lol.
I hope I'm aware of at least 3/4's of the levels of wrongness. We're pretty influenced by American culture but still have our own identity. It seems to be fading a bit with time but I remember travelling to the US and thinking why is the yogurt so sweet? Why is the bread sweet?
I went on a work trip, pancakes had so much sugar they did not taste good, then powdered sugar on top, and a large slab of butter. The table syrup was just brown glucose-fructose. It was terrible. For dinner we went to Panerra bread, again everything you expect to be savory was so sweet.
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Nope.
No. I could probably get 3 gallons of ice cream at the grocery store for what one of those costs.
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No but I also wouldn't have bothered going to the closer DQ.
No, I don't need all those extra calories. I also would eat at a local shop instead.
If you're at the lesser DQ, you could pay a couple extra bucks and upgrade it to the next size up. You would save from having to buy a gallon of gas if you're not electric and 20 minutes.
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