Dairy Queen is a fast food chain famous for soft serve "ice cream" which they put bits of other things in it, like oreo, M&Ms, cookie dough etc. for what they call a Blizzard, and part of their promotion is that they're supposed to flip the thing upside down quickly before serving it to you, to show that it is thick enough to not immediately run out and make a mess.
It's a marketing gimmick, that's all, don't think too much on it. If you do want to think too much on it, it's probably also a quality control proof. If your item doesn't pass this test then it obviously wasn't made correctly. Think of it like sailors testing the proof of alcohol to ensure it meet an agreed upon strength. If your DQ Blizzard dumps out all over the counter then it probably wasn't made correctly.
But milkshakes are better when they're thin and runny, because it makes it a lot easier to drink them through a straw. Now I know why Dairy Queen does that but I don't understand why anyone would want a thick milkshake. I want to be able to drink mine, not eat it with a spoon.
it's not a milkshake it's ice cream with candy mixed in to order. it's served with a spoon in a cup so you can get in a drive through and store it in a cup holder.
They have a machine that mixes it. Like McDonalds is supposed to have for their McFlurries (which are either always broken or the employees are too lazy to use)
It's happened so long in my life that I'm mostly unfazed. The ice cream is thick and the cup they use holds it well to the sides so it can stay upside down (unless the machine mixed it wrong, but I've never seen it fall) for a few seconds before any real budging.
It almost fell out on me once. I think the ice cream in the machine was still fresh so it was still a bit too soft. The employee caught it in time and flipped it back up before it spilled out.
Did you do the evil thing and insist that, because it fell down, it was free per the advertisements conditions?
I can never bring myself to call out the fast food worker on a policy like that, like the McDonald's 'window to food in 30 seconds' nonsense they pull out sometimes or the 'if we didn't ask you about wanting fries, get free French fries' shit. Don't make customers into inspectors/watch dogs.
As much as I was tempted to demand a replacement, I didnât want to make the personâs (likely) already miserable work day even worse, so I just laughed it off and took it. Theyâre just trying to make a living.
At the fast food chain Dairy Queen they make very thick milkshakes. Since they consider this a mark of quality, they prove it to the customer by turning the cup upside down with the milkshake still inside before handing it to the customer. These milkshakes are so thick that they do not fall out when the cup is inverted. Since they do this every time, employees get into the habit of doing this without thinking about it.
The first time I saw this, I blurted out "What are you doing?!" and got a lot of weird looks, and my friend group had to explain it to me.
Dairy Queen is a fast food chain that sells hamburgers etc, along with a variety of frozen dairy products. They advertise the thickness of their BlizzardÂź milkshake by having the cashier turn it upside down in front of the customer before handing it over.
Is my note still showing up? The original i posted had the word 'fuck' censored. I found an uncensored version like 2 mins after and ninja edited the post.
Why are people here saying that "Blizzards" are "Milkshakes"?!
It's breaking my brain.
Blizzards aren't MILKSHAKES. They're soft-serve icecream in a cup. ICE CREAM is not the same thing as a MILKSHAKE.
You don't drink a blizzard. You eat it with a spoon. You don't put two straws in and share it with your sweet-heart down at the old malt-shop. It's not a drink!
Sorry. Don't know why this discussion about Blizzard vs Milkshake has triggered me. It's a new discovery about my personality that I'm not proud of....
It's technically not "ice cream" either. Enough of the cream (and fat) is removed that it's officially labelled "ice milk", at least in my dairy-centric jurisdiction.
No might about it, in the US, definitionally, a milkshake is ice cream blended with milk at minimum. It can optionally have mixins or syrups blended in as well, but if there's no milk (or milk alternative)*, it ain't a milkshake
The definition has changed throughout the years, hopefully we can all at least agree on that. Some early "shakes" had no milk whatsoever! I didn't know this either, but apparently the US has no legal definition of what constitutes a milkshake, leaving it up to the individual states to decide.
I also found this little snippet particularly interesting for this conversation:
As an ice cream drink, the 20th-century milkshakeâs only serious contenders have been its legions of imitators. United States federal code defines ice cream down to the amount of air it may contain, but is silent on milkshakes, leaving their parameters to states. For restaurants with regional or national reach, the simplest way to sidestep dozens of statesâ conflicting milkshake definitions within their territories is not to sell milkshakes. Many, instead, offer âshakesâ or milkshake-adjacent frozen dessert drinks with branded names that suggest creamy coldness, but avoid the legal entanglements of calling them âmilkshakes.â
This is why you end up with Blizzards and Frosties apparently!
Depends on the state, apparently. There's no codified federal definition for what constitutes a "milkshake". As opposed to something like ice cream which is very much codified at a federal level.
I posted a link further down, but apparently national chains do this is to avoid dealing with state regulations. "Its not a milkshake, its a Blizzard!"
Dairy Queen famously has no liquid products. You canât buy drinks at Dairy Queen. That person may have never even encountered a beverage in their life prior to the incident described in the tweet. The scenario is plausible.
It is plausible that someone who did things repeatedly for years might do that thing out of context. This is an unlikely extreme, but it is plausible or it wouldn't land as a joke.
Of course it didn't happen to the person who told the joke. Most comedy bits like this are either 'what if' or extremely embellished to the point of being fictional with something real that was vaguely similar. It is still funny to think about how it could happen, because it might remind us of stuff that other people or even ourselves have done that was stupid and illogical due to habits.
Is this an American thing? In Canada, Dairy Queen is a full restaurant with burgers and fries and the best onion rings. They serve drinks as well to go with meals. When I was a kid the kids meal would include a token so you could go get a dilly bar or ice cream cone for dessert.
That person was joking. Dairy Queen serves normal drinks, so there is no reason why a person who worked there would turn every cup upside down.
In fact, there are even some blizzards where it was a risk to turn it upside down. If there is enough stuff in there, it runs the risk of falling out over a marketing gimmick.
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73 Comments
tio_bira@lemmy.world · 103 pts · 235d
Non u.s. citizen here, wtf is a Daily Queen and why this make sense ?
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 171 pts · 235d
Dairy Queen is a fast food chain famous for soft serve "ice cream" which they put bits of other things in it, like oreo, M&Ms, cookie dough etc. for what they call a Blizzard, and part of their promotion is that they're supposed to flip the thing upside down quickly before serving it to you, to show that it is thick enough to not immediately run out and make a mess.
Fleur_@aussie.zone · 26 pts · 235d
That's fucking horrifying
Gerudo@lemmy.zip · 35 pts · 235d
Why?
Knightfox@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 234d
It's a marketing gimmick, that's all, don't think too much on it. If you do want to think too much on it, it's probably also a quality control proof. If your item doesn't pass this test then it obviously wasn't made correctly. Think of it like sailors testing the proof of alcohol to ensure it meet an agreed upon strength. If your DQ Blizzard dumps out all over the counter then it probably wasn't made correctly.
Vintor@retrolemmy.com · -60 pts · 235d
Because why would you do that? Do you also have a chain store where servers pour sulphuric acid over your cup to show that it doesn't melt?
EvilCartyen@feddit.dk · 51 pts · 235d
Yes, that's totally the same thing đ
Gerudo@lemmy.zip · 36 pts · 235d
They do it because a lot of milkshakes are made so thin and runny, or it sits on the counter for a few minutes and melts before getting to you.
Doing the flip shows that it's fresh, still cold, and thick.
Psythik@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 235d
But milkshakes are better when they're thin and runny, because it makes it a lot easier to drink them through a straw. Now I know why Dairy Queen does that but I don't understand why anyone would want a thick milkshake. I want to be able to drink mine, not eat it with a spoon.
waggz@programming.dev · 28 pts · 235d
then you would order a milkshake and not a blizzard
kewjo@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 235d
it's not a milkshake it's ice cream with candy mixed in to order. it's served with a spoon in a cup so you can get in a drive through and store it in a cup holder.
JordanZ@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 234d
SGforce@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 233d
It's an ice cream Sunday. Not a milkshake
usernamefactory@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 235d
Wait until youâve been to a restaurant that serves things flambĂ©.
someguy3@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 235d
To show its thickness.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 235d
You're not too bright, eh?
VitoRobles@lemmy.today · 22 pts · 235d
That's Dairy Queen!
three@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 235d
Yo dawg, we put chili in your ice cream cake so it'll stay frosty.
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 235d
...how?
jack_of_sandwich@lemmy.sdf.org · 0 pts · 234d
How?
They have a machine that mixes it. Like McDonalds is supposed to have for their McFlurries (which are either always broken or the employees are too lazy to use)
WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org · 1 pts · 234d
...why?
jack_of_sandwich@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 233d
Because ice cream with butterfinger mixed in it is delicious.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 233d
... When?
Knightfox@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 234d
...when?
OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 235d
It's happened so long in my life that I'm mostly unfazed. The ice cream is thick and the cup they use holds it well to the sides so it can stay upside down (unless the machine mixed it wrong, but I've never seen it fall) for a few seconds before any real budging.
Still don't like it, though
scytale@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 235d
It almost fell out on me once. I think the ice cream in the machine was still fresh so it was still a bit too soft. The employee caught it in time and flipped it back up before it spilled out.
OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 235d
Did you do the evil thing and insist that, because it fell down, it was free per the advertisements conditions?
I can never bring myself to call out the fast food worker on a policy like that, like the McDonald's 'window to food in 30 seconds' nonsense they pull out sometimes or the 'if we didn't ask you about wanting fries, get free French fries' shit. Don't make customers into inspectors/watch dogs.
scytale@piefed.zip · 15 pts · 235d
As much as I was tempted to demand a replacement, I didnât want to make the personâs (likely) already miserable work day even worse, so I just laughed it off and took it. Theyâre just trying to make a living.
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 235d
They also serve soft drinks which they don't perform this act for those so I call bullshit.
mika_mika@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 234d
Things on the Internet that never happened for 100 Alex!
Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz · 50 pts · 235d
At the fast food chain Dairy Queen they make very thick milkshakes. Since they consider this a mark of quality, they prove it to the customer by turning the cup upside down with the milkshake still inside before handing it to the customer. These milkshakes are so thick that they do not fall out when the cup is inverted. Since they do this every time, employees get into the habit of doing this without thinking about it.
The first time I saw this, I blurted out "What are you doing?!" and got a lot of weird looks, and my friend group had to explain it to me.
tio_bira@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 235d
Honestly, that's a bit odd, but thanks for answer me
starik@lemmy.zip · 25 pts · 235d
Dairy Queen is a fast food chain that sells hamburgers etc, along with a variety of frozen dairy products. They advertise the thickness of their BlizzardÂź milkshake by having the cashier turn it upside down in front of the customer before handing it over.
tio_bira@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 235d
Thanks
someguy3@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 235d
https://youtube.com/shorts/OYQMhpXIOG8 The fail on that one I've not seen them hold it that long.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 70 pts · 235d
Nothing is censored on that post, why would anyone complain?
dxc@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 235d
They talking about the background duh
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 38 pts · 235d
Why would someone put a tweet over the Epstein files?
BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 235d
Maybe they think we should use black pixels from there?
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 235d
New engagement bait: everything is fine, but the OP apologizes for the inconvenience.
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 235d
Is my note still showing up? The original i posted had the word 'fuck' censored. I found an uncensored version like 2 mins after and ninja edited the post.
tpyo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 235d
This is what it looks like for me, I guess the note didn't take the edit
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca · 60 pts · 235d
Why are people here saying that "Blizzards" are "Milkshakes"?!
It's breaking my brain.
Blizzards aren't MILKSHAKES. They're soft-serve icecream in a cup. ICE CREAM is not the same thing as a MILKSHAKE.
You don't drink a blizzard. You eat it with a spoon. You don't put two straws in and share it with your sweet-heart down at the old malt-shop. It's not a drink!
Sorry. Don't know why this discussion about Blizzard vs Milkshake has triggered me. It's a new discovery about my personality that I'm not proud of....
zephiriz@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 235d
I would say a frosty is more of a milkshake than a blizzard and I would still argue with some one who says a frosty is a milkshake.
f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 235d
It's technically not "ice cream" either. Enough of the cream (and fat) is removed that it's officially labelled "ice milk", at least in my dairy-centric jurisdiction.
GalacticQuesadilla@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 234d
kieron115@startrek.website · 1 pts · 233d
This is my favorite response in the entire thread so far.
jack_of_sandwich@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 234d
Same as Frostys at Wendy's. They're not as thick as a Blizzard, but you don't drink them. People would still ask for straws, though.
I guess they're free to suck till their brains fall out though
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 234d
I always let both melt a bit so it can be drank through a straw đ€·ââïž
kieron115@startrek.website · 4 pts · 235d
Blended ice cream is a milkshake in the USA. I didn't know it was weird until I ordered a milkshake in Australia.
ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 234d
A milkshake has milk in it too in the US, wher've you been gettin your milkshakes?
kieron115@startrek.website · 2 pts · 234d
Might have some milk, but when I went overseas a milk shake was literally milk with crushed ice blended intop a drink.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 234d
No might about it, in the US, definitionally, a milkshake is ice cream blended with milk at minimum. It can optionally have mixins or syrups blended in as well, but if there's no milk (or milk alternative)*, it ain't a milkshake
kieron115@startrek.website · 2 pts · 233d
The definition has changed throughout the years, hopefully we can all at least agree on that. Some early "shakes" had no milk whatsoever! I didn't know this either, but apparently the US has no legal definition of what constitutes a milkshake, leaving it up to the individual states to decide.
I also found this little snippet particularly interesting for this conversation:
This is why you end up with Blizzards and Frosties apparently!
https://imbibemagazine.com/american-milkshake-history/
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 1 pts · 234d
So my usual Blizzard is a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup shake?
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 234d
They don't add milk or milk substitute to blizzards. Blizzards are not shakes.
kieron115@startrek.website · 1 pts · 233d
Depends on the state, apparently. There's no codified federal definition for what constitutes a "milkshake". As opposed to something like ice cream which is very much codified at a federal level.
I posted a link further down, but apparently national chains do this is to avoid dealing with state regulations. "Its not a milkshake, its a Blizzard!"
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 234d
I thought that was a thickshake
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 234d
No that's yo mama
Knightfox@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 234d
I feel like I just went on a roller coaster ride of emotion reading this lol.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 235d
littlewonder@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 233d
Actually, everything is salad.
starik@lemmy.zip · 31 pts · 235d
Dairy Queen famously has no liquid products. You canât buy drinks at Dairy Queen. That person may have never even encountered a beverage in their life prior to the incident described in the tweet. The scenario is plausible.
snooggums@piefed.world · 10 pts · 235d
It is plausible that someone who did things repeatedly for years might do that thing out of context. This is an unlikely extreme, but it is plausible or it wouldn't land as a joke.
Of course it didn't happen to the person who told the joke. Most comedy bits like this are either 'what if' or extremely embellished to the point of being fictional with something real that was vaguely similar. It is still funny to think about how it could happen, because it might remind us of stuff that other people or even ourselves have done that was stupid and illogical due to habits.
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 235d
Never let the truth get in the way of a good joke
starik@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 235d
Were it simply an allegory for the folly of man, why, I ask you, is the gentleman still laughing about it?
snooggums@piefed.world · 3 pts · 235d
A strong imagination!
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 235d
The act of making a blizzard vs filling a cup with soda are not comparable.
Statistically, it is more likely this scenario woild happen at a Dairy Queen than a Burger King but that wouldn't be as funny.
albbi@piefed.ca · 9 pts · 235d
Is this an American thing? In Canada, Dairy Queen is a full restaurant with burgers and fries and the best onion rings. They serve drinks as well to go with meals. When I was a kid the kids meal would include a token so you could go get a dilly bar or ice cream cone for dessert.
logicbomb@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 235d
That person was joking. Dairy Queen serves normal drinks, so there is no reason why a person who worked there would turn every cup upside down.
In fact, there are even some blizzards where it was a risk to turn it upside down. If there is enough stuff in there, it runs the risk of falling out over a marketing gimmick.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 234d
Yeah they have the Julius and the givré if you ask for it.
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 234d
All I get is
Contrary to age & humble appearance, text is an advanced technology that provides all these capabilities absent from images. :::
Harvey656@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 235d
We call it Dirty Queen where im from, there's a solid chance you might get a roach with your blizzard for free!
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 235d
Brutal
Harvey656@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 235d
Im not joking sadly. Poverty USA is a hell of a place.