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Would you drive an extra 20 minutes (10 miles) to get the blizzard on the right? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 1 year ago by 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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[–] 40 points 1 year ago* (13 children)

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.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    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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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (10 children)

    As a Central American I'm... kinda clueless. What's this about? Enlighten me, please!

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    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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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Oh, I thought they were taking about the ice cream itself as if it had some ungodly ingredients and sprinkles of human rights violations. Now I feel silly.

    Thank you!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Gas is pretty cheap

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    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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