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

submitted 2 days ago by mooklepticon@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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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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[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago

So both are wrong.

The one on the left is too low. It needs to be, at the minimum, at about the rim.

The one on the right is too high. You can't put a flat lid on it, and if you put a tall lid and it melts even a little, you end up with a mess on your hands. Blizzards aren't cones with drip rings (the holes in the top of the wafers, which is why they shouldn't be covered up), they're supposed to stay in the cup.

Source: was a DQ Store Manager 20 years ago, went to DQ School (yes that's real... or at least it was).

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What is a DQ? Either way no I wouldn't drive for any of them.

[–] wanderinglurk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Dairy Queen. An ice cream F&B franchise, with this post most probably about one in US

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 62 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

No wonder where the global warming comes from. This looks to me like one of the stupidest wastes of energy.

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[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

Tbh I don’t really need the full blizzard anyway, most of my enjoyment comes from the first several bites then the rest I finish out of inertia. I’d rather have half the size twice as often, from a calorie-counting perspective.

Also you could just buy a bigger size with your gas savings if you really needed it.

[–] Therobohour@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

I would travel the first 10

[–] ChetManly@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

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

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[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

This question is more American than apple pie and an AR-15.

Edit: I've started some shit with the apple pie.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

Trivia: while the phrase "American as apple pie" is a thing, it's something of a misnomer. Apples aren't New World, and apple pie was a thing prior to Europeans heading over to the Americas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple

Apples have been grown for thousands of years in Eurasia before they were introduced to North America by European colonists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_pie

Originating in the 14th century in England, apple pie recipes are now a standard part of cuisines in many countries where apples grow.

Apple pie was brought to the colonies by the English, the Dutch, and the Swedes during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Although originating in England and eaten in Europe since long before the European colonization of the Americas, apple pie as used in the phrase "as American as apple pie" describes something as being "typically American".[31][32] In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, apple pie became a symbol of American prosperity and national pride. A newspaper article published in 1902 declared that "No pie-eating people can be permanently vanquished."[33] The dish was also commemorated in the phrase "for Mom and apple pie"—supposedly the stock answer of American soldiers in World War II, whenever journalists asked why they were going to war. Jack Holden and Frances Kay sang in their patriotic 1950 song "The Fiery Bear", creating contrast between this symbol of U.S. culture and the Russian bear of the Soviet Union:

We love our baseball and apple pie
We love our county fair
We'll keep Old Glory waving high
There's no place here for a bear

Maybe we should use "American as chocolate chip cookies"

those were invented in the US.

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[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

that's $3-5 in fuel and maintenance, so probably not

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 15 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Closer to $7 for the round-trip

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

Uuh let's get some real ice-cream if we're all driving around here?

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No? I got an ice caffee basicly at every corner

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Another ice coffee corner store slut, eh. My people.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, I’d show my local this photo and ask why they were shafting me.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Then the local manager reports the good store to corporate

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

Or the other way round.

Some franchises try to eke out more profits and corporate might not like how that degrades their brand.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 23 points 1 day ago

Honestly dude, just show them the picture, and tip an extra 2 bucks when you go. They’re minimum wage workers, they don’t give a fuck and they do not get tips ever at dq. They will remember that shit forever and do that for you.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 18 points 1 day ago

20 minutes total or 40 minutes total? Honestly probably no to both. Depends how regularly it is.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Take those pictures to the closer one, ask to see the manager, sweep your bangs back behind your ear, and Karen the fuck out of them. Justice achieved

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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

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