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No. I'm not driving anywhere (walkable city resident) and I'm not eating that junk. I'm insufferable, sorry.

No but I also wouldn't have bothered going to the closer DQ.

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.

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.

No, because 40 minutes of gas isnt worth the sub par ice cream.

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.

No. I could probably get 3 gallons of ice cream at the grocery store for what one of those costs.

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

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).

This is a shitty ad.

I wouldnt drive 10 seconds to get overpriced, fake ice cream tbh.

No. No I wouldn't.

For overpriced aerated ice cream? Just go to the local supermarket and get some good ice cream. It's cheaper it'll taste better.

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

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

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

No, I don't need all those extra calories. I also would eat at a local shop instead.

I would report the DQ on the left to corporate. Fast food franchises have standards they meed to follow in order to not damage the brand. The franchise owner will absolutely get spanked for that.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Nope. Costco is closer and ice cream is way cheaper there.

Nope.

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