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[–] tio_bira@lemmy.world 101 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Non u.s. citizen here, wtf is a Daily Queen and why this make sense ?

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 170 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

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 24 points 4 days ago (12 children)
[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 35 points 4 days ago (13 children)
[–] Knightfox@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

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.

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[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They also serve soft drinks which they don't perform this act for those so I call bullshit.

[–] mika_mika@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Things on the Internet that never happened for 100 Alex!

[–] Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz 50 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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 points 4 days ago

Honestly, that's a bit odd, but thanks for answer me

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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 Blizzard® milkshake by having the cashier turn it upside down in front of the customer before handing it over.

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 60 points 4 days ago (16 children)

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....

[–] jack_of_sandwich@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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 points 2 days ago

I always let both melt a bit so it can be drank through a straw 🤷‍♂️

[–] Knightfox@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I feel like I just went on a roller coaster ride of emotion reading this lol.

[–] zephiriz@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 days ago

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 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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 points 3 days ago (1 children)

At Krusty Burger milkshakes are called "non-dairy partially gelatinated gum-based beverages"

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 1 points 2 days ago

This is my favorite response in the entire thread so far.

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 70 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Nothing is censored on that post, why would anyone complain?

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

New engagement bait: everything is fine, but the OP apologizes for the inconvenience.

[–] dxc@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They talking about the background duh

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 37 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Why would someone put a tweet over the Epstein files?

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[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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 points 3 days ago

This is what it looks like for me, I guess the note didn't take the edit

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 31 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Dairy Queen famously has no liquid products. You can’t 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 points 4 days ago (4 children)

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.

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[–] albbi@piefed.ca 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Dairy Queen famously has no liquid products

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 points 4 days ago

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 points 3 days ago

Yeah they have the Julius and the givré if you ask for it.

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