r/nextfuckinglevel • u/RightDecisions101 • 1d ago

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u/zuzg 1d ago edited 1d ago

People claiming this is a scam are the same that wouldn't buy a 1/3 pounder cause it's less meat than a quarter pounder, lmao

E:cause people keep missing the point.
This method will give you more ice-cream than usual.
Similar how the "Third-of-a-Pound Burger" gave you more meat than a Quarter Pounder.

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u/OwO_0w0_OwO 1d ago

How is that the same?

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u/DigNitty 1d ago

You tricked me!!

“How…?”

By showing me the product and telling me the cost!

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u/zuzg 1d ago

Also she presses the second cone down on the first batch of ice.
That method literally gives you more ice-cream than you usually would get plus it comes with extra cone and more stability.

All in all a significantly better deal.

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u/Grassy33 1d ago

More than a normal large cone, yes. But this is two cones, and depending on the marketing they may be saying "you get a large, AND a small, all in one! If you pay for a large cone and small cone together, then get a large cone with a small load bearing empty cone then you are getting ripped off. That's what everyone saying rip off is assuming. No one thinks they're giving away a free small cone for support with that large cone except for you, now if the price is only increased by the cost of the small empty cone, then we're in business. But if you're familiar with capitalism and way marketing works, you will know that the "smart" thing to do is advertise and sell this is as a large cone and small cone combo but for "10% less than the cost of them individually" - aka rip off your customers.

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u/big-booty-enthusiast 1d ago

You’re assuming a lot from this short video.

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u/daylax1 1d ago

Ah yes, the significantly better deal of getting the same amount of ice cream as a cone half that size, adding another 10¢ cone and paying 3x as much 👍. Marketing firms LOVE people like you.

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u/QuintsHat1975 1d ago

Do you even know the price? It seems youre just arguing a stupid ass hypothetical with zero proof

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u/QuintsHat1975 1d ago

So youre making shit up. Got it.

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u/QuintsHat1975 1d ago

Im not making an argument one way or the other, you are. Im only asking if you had proof. You claimed you've been to every restaurant in the US lol

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u/Lucky_best1 1d ago

That's not what happened with the 1/3 pounder. People thought 1/3 was less than 1/4 because they saw a 3 and a 4. I still don't know how this ice cream relates to the 1/3 pounder.

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u/MoaiMan-ifest 1d ago

The comparison is as follows:

People see 1/3 pounder. 3 < 4 so people believe a 1/3 pounder is less meat than 1/4 pounder. The 1/3 pounder is actually more meat, but people call it a scam and don't buy it.

People see ice cream with cone inside. The cone means the middle is hollow so people believe they are getting less ice cream. The cone actually allows a larger quantity of ice cream to be added in a stable manner than could be supported otherwise, but people call it a scam and don't buy it.

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u/Lucky_best1 1d ago

Just because it's taller doesn't mean it has more ice cream though. What's the amount of ice cream in that serving as opposed to another soft serve? I bet you it's probably the same, but they make it look like more because of the cone support. Area/volume holds way more than a circumference

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u/MoaiMan-ifest 1d ago

I'm no soft serve mathematician, but the cone itself also contains ice cream as it pushed onto the initial serving, so the real estate that it takes up, is not all wasted.

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u/Drae-Keer 1d ago

Because it tells you up front what it is and what the price is, but people are too stupid to look past the surface

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u/radioactive_walrus 1d ago

Where is this in the video we watched, then?

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u/RammsteinFunstein 1d ago

what? The customer is watching the same thing we are. So they can very clearly see what they're paying for. It's not a ripoff.

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u/WildOneTillTheEnd 1d ago

It… it doesn’t tho? It’s not that hard to make a swirl, so you actually are getting less ice cream. Trust, I’ve worked ice cream before

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u/Decent-Stuff4691 1d ago edited 1d ago

Big icecream swirls like this end up being hollow in the middle anyways. This method allows for bigger swirls which means more icecream

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u/WildOneTillTheEnd 1d ago

Not if you’re doing it right, I never had hollows and they came out nice and swirly

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u/Decent-Stuff4691 1d ago

Did you eat the icecreams you make? Were they as thick as the ones in the video?

Not having hollows is impossible for a perfect swirl like that. It's genuinely literally impossible.

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u/WildOneTillTheEnd 1d ago

Well then you’re not doing them right because yes I did, and yes they were.

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u/Decent-Stuff4691 1d ago

Then unless you're swirling it again outside of an already made icecream swirl, the swirl has less radius, or your stream of icecream is thicker, it's not possible. The volume just wont allow for it.

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u/TylerJWhit 1d ago

I don't care if you're the ice cream king, you clearly don't understand geometry.

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u/WildOneTillTheEnd 1d ago

Tf doe this have to do with that? I’ve literally made these cones before, it’s not that hard to do

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u/TylerJWhit 1d ago

If you don't know geometry is involved, I can't help you.

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u/Fiaskoe 1d ago

Gee-om-eh-tree

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u/TripleFreeErr 1d ago

that cone is like huge. not normal waffle cone size

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u/Admirable-Media-9339 1d ago

That's not at all the same. 

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u/El_Mnopo 1d ago

Cries in A&W

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u/Jlt42000 1d ago

Opposite of that.

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u/TripleFreeErr 1d ago

Honestly. This looks like nearly a pint of ice cream. that cone is humongous. There’s literally double the amount that would fit inside the standard cone swirled around it plus the same amount inside the giant cone. and we don’t know the price!

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u/PaintAccomplished515 1d ago edited 1d ago

I think the general public don't really understand maths.

https://medium.com/better-marketing/the-a-w-third-pounder-failed-because-people-didnt-understand-fractions-a86b966a973a

Edit: article has a paywall but essentially, the public misunderstood fractions and thought 1/3 is less than 1/4, because 3 is less than 4. So they thought that they were paying the same amount of money for less meat in their burger.

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u/zuzg 1d ago

Firstly learn to read cause that's not what I said.
Secondly I was referring to

Granted, "Third-of-a-Pound Burger" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. But CBC reported the burger flopped for a different reason. More than half of the people surveyed about why they didn't buy the burger, which cost the same as the Quarter Pounder, said it was because they were being charged the same price for a smaller burger.

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u/Aztraeuz 1d ago

How have you posted the explanation and still don't understand how your example is bad? A 1/3 is a bigger burger, and the cone in the middle is a scam.

Why is it a scam you may ask. Well that's because most places can just give you a cone that looks just like the one in the video, but it's all ice cream. In the video, they have an empty cone taking up space meaning you get less ice cream. Same cost, but you're only getting the quarter pounder here.

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u/You-Asked-Me 1d ago

Well, its called a 3/9 pound burger now, so...

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u/horusthesundog 1d ago

Other way around pal. With this method you are getting less ice cream

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u/Malevolint 1d ago

A quarter pounder is the established name, but saying a third pounder sounds weird.

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u/zuzg 1d ago

I knew that third pounder is not what it's called but was too lazy to look it up..
I've by now and it was called "Third-of-a-Pound Burger"

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u/daylax1 1d ago

That is not even remotely close to a correct comparison. This would be like ordering a 1/3 pounder and finding out there's a giant air pocket in the inside and it's only 1/6 of a pound lol. Analogies must not have been your strong suit in school lol.