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Who are you making the joke to?
by garbagewoman 1y ago
Who are you making the joke to?
- emil-lp 1y agoThese jokes are always of the form "we are in a superior group who know things those outside the group don't". In this case: "allergies and intolerances are made up stuff for weaklings, haha".
- gambiting 1y agoI don't think there's a joke here, or at least I'm not reading it this way. If anything it's not about "weaklings" but about being in an area where people are more likely to sue a business if they aren't warned beforehand - a street vendor elsewhere will not ask because their risk profile doesn't include being sued by someone who bought ice cream from an ice cream truck. Like if you walk into a store and they offer you coffee or even a glass of prosecco, I would also say to my wife "oh we're in that kind of store now" because you know you're about to be ripped off in some way. Not that other stores are for weaklings.
- thaumasiotes 1y agoPossibly something more like "people who have non-imaginary dairy allergies aren't likely to go into an ice cream shop, and even if they do, they obviously won't order without emphasizing their dairy allergy". It's kind of similar to the Whole Wheat Bakery asking you whether you're OK with gluten. If you aren't, you made a big mistake walking in.
- mlrtime 1y agoI think it is ignorance. Affluent areas in general have more variety. The ice cream shop may be a place where you can get all kinds of ingredients that you wouldn't find at other places. This is 100% true for "fine dining" and it's one reason why they ask. They will also have substitutes for an allergy to make the experience just as pleasant, thus they ask.
- thaumasiotes 1y ago> I think it is ignorance. > Affluent areas in general have more variety. No, it's definitely a difference in cultural norms, not something driven by the store inventory. > They will also have substitutes for an allergy to make the experience just as pleasant This is not the case for dairy in an ice cream shop, or for wheat in a "whole wheat bakery".
- morshu9001 1y agoYeah I don't even know why this is a thing, could be lawsuits for all I know, but it's not about the menu.
- array_key_first 1y agoMany ice cream shops literally have dairy free ice cream. Ben and jerrys famously has dairy free ice cream.
- zdragnar 1y agoDo they ask every single customer if dairy is okay? Because that was the original point... not that the ice cream shop also offered non-dairy versions.
- morshu9001 1y agoThey don't. Well maybe in that part of town they do, haven't tried.
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- morshu9001 1y agoYeah like I've never been to a Starbucks
- Auracle 1y agoA dairy allergy is perhaps one thing, but it's always great when ice cream places offer non-dairy alternatives. I'm extremely lactose intolerant and it means I can actually get a treat along with my wife/kids.
- strken 1y agoIn this case, the joke is that someone with a dairy allergy could somehow buy and eat ice-cream without knowing it contained dairy. It's just a completely ridiculous thing to check. Like warning that the boiled peanuts contain peanuts, or that a pencil sharpener should not have fingers inserted into it.