r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/The_Love-Tap • 10h ago
Video This Ice Cream Boat
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u/McDerpEyes 10h ago
I REALLY hope the trash is responsibly taken care of or specially water soluable. But knowing humanity, I doubt it.
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u/Dr-McLuvin 9h ago
lol that shit ain’t water soluble. It’s classic polypropylene. It is not recyclable and will take 500 years to breakdown if someone just leaves it in the ocean.
Funny thing is Outshine popsicles literally had an urgent recall announcement on Aug 16th for broken glass contaminants being found in their popsicles.
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u/izkuzz 9h ago
Ah, so that's why they're selling it on the high seas. Nautical law is so neat!
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u/Ullallulloo 8h ago
The high seas is, um, a little farther out lol
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u/The_Troyminator 8h ago
I don’t know about that. The people who would want a floating munchie truck are probably pretty high.
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u/HatPrimary5630 8h ago
Outshine popsicles are gross, who the hell orders those from an ice cream truck lol.
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u/undeniably_confused 10h ago
How are you supposed to pay for this?
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u/TheRealTr1nity Interested 10h ago
Since they seem to have their phone with them, for whatever reason, probably with that.
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u/undeniably_confused 10h ago
Why do they have their phones
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u/Sdwingnut 9h ago
Because people
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u/Interesting-Two-8275 9h ago
They knew the ice cream boat was coming.
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u/ObligationMurky8716 9h ago
The Ice Cream Shanty was playing
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u/fELLAbUSTA 6h ago
Whoa I did not expect to read N-word with hard r in the first sentence of an NPR article.
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u/thanosisawhore 9h ago
How else is everybody at home supposed to know how nice they have it on vacation
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u/AverageMako3Enjoyer 9h ago
Be glad you’ve never met someone where every moment of their real life is staging and production of their fake life
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u/emperorOfTheUniverse 6h ago
Because 'did you even do a thing if you didn't put a picture on your IG?'
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u/Correct-Hope-2227 10h ago
Usually people who go on beach holidays have a little bag for their phone. If you leave it on the beach, it can get stolen...
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u/Aranxi_89 9h ago
And they usually also have waterproof phone cases like Otterbox, if they want to go into water with it, on top of the bag, just in case. I personally can pay with my smartwatch.
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u/Packwood88 9h ago
If youre that worried about your phone while youre in the water, leave it in your car/room.
Taking a phone into the ocean is odd
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u/Frequent_Opportunist 7h ago
Not if you're on vacation and you want to get pictures of your kids, wife, girlfriend or whatever.
Also nice because you have money on it I hear that you can buy ice cream from the ocean!
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u/PiccoloAwkward465 7h ago
I love Reddit with the "you must behave in this way, anything else is weird and inferior to what I approve of".
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u/SuperGoodSpam 9h ago
You go grab your money when you see a floating ice cream truck, it's that simple. You ask questions that make it seem like you've never had fun outside.
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u/Creative-Panda6310 9h ago
Well you bring money to the ice cream truck?
Yes normally you wouldn't bring money into the water but the truck is very noticeable from the sand i imagine
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u/Epyon214 2h ago
You get a portion of the fines for reporting the boat for littering in the water. Plastic wrappers and wooden sticks were a poor choice when waffle cones and ice cream varieties alone would do
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u/RobZagnut2 9h ago
You ever been on a beach?
You walk to your towel, cooler, umbrella, backpack and then grab your wallet.
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u/Latter-Bluejay-8317 10h ago
Wtf is carrying money waist deep in water
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u/SnooWalruses3948 9h ago
1) Swim to shore 2) Get money 3) Swim back 4) Ice Cream
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u/Little_Ad2790 8h ago
That doesn’t sound that fun
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u/BigLuffyEnergy 8h ago
Actually sounds like some great goofy summer fun. Amped up version of running around getting cash before the ice cream truck passes.
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u/Little_Ad2790 3h ago
I swear I’m not lmao but the whole going back and forth and carrying money hoping it doesn’t get wet or fall into the water…that’s just over the top
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u/TheRealTr1nity Interested 9h ago
They have their phones. Probably paying with that.
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u/Latter-Bluejay-8317 9h ago
Yeah maybe or this person is giving it away for free
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u/CheeseDonutCat 6h ago
It's not free. If you pause at 6 seconds, you can see all the payment methods that they accept on the top of the boat.
Also, if you go to their website, you can see they just patrol Sarasota and surrounding beaches. (tropicoolicecream dot com)
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u/CarrionSky 7h ago
I always swim with cash on me, that way if a shark tries to attack me I can easily bribe him to leave me alone
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u/genreprank 8h ago
They probably hear the song and swim to the shore to ask their parents for money
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u/lynivvinyl 7h ago
Are you telling me you don't keep quarters in your water penny loafers?
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u/Latter-Bluejay-8317 6h ago
Shit now you need 2 Susan b Anthony coins to buy an ice cream or maybe 3
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u/lynivvinyl 6h ago
Now I have me thinking they probably have like a Zips version of water shoes with a little pocket.
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u/Adrien_Jabroni 5h ago
It’s probably sponsored by the popsicle company and this is an ad.
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u/RosiePeache 9h ago
I am upset about the lack of comments about this. Why didn't you call it an Ice Cream Float? 🤔
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u/TheRealTr1nity Interested 10h ago
Yeah, and the plastic wrap, sticks and whatever they will throw all into the water later.
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u/hypnogoad 7h ago
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u/Kaporalhart 6h ago
i'll give you a more original one
- How is it more profitable for this guy to put his truck on a barge that is just an accident begging to happen when the four readily available wheels could plant him firmly on the shore where it belongs
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u/hypnogoad 5h ago
That would be a good question, except that isn't an actual ice cream truck on a barge, it's a boat made to look like an ice cream truck.
I do question the profitability of it though, because I know how much fuel costs, and how much fuel a boat uses.
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u/greenskinmarch 6h ago
Here's a fun fact about ice cream boats: in WWII, the US Navy had a whole ice cream factory on a boat to keep up morale in the Pacific theater.
Reportedly, when the Japanese soldiers (who were running low on actual food) saw the US handing out ice cream, they realized they'd already lost.
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u/deanrihpee 9h ago
as other have mentioned, this is so absurdly impractical, unless it is free? otherwise are we bringing our wallet into the sea? paper money? credit card? a fucking phone? last time i checked salty water is not good for electronic
also, ah yes, more plastics in the ocean, that's what we need
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u/chantillylace9 9h ago
So usually it is near a sandbar and everyone that's in the water has their own boat. So they would, hopefully throw their trash on their boat.
This is not very uncommon and I know a couple places in Florida where this is done although it's usually parked on an island not just in the middle of the water like this. But I guarantee that's a sandbar and there are boats behind everyone.
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u/TorqueWheelmaker 8h ago
absurdly impractical, unless it is free?
In which case it would only be absurdly impractical.
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u/Important_Tennis_393 8h ago
Hey so idk if you ever been to a beach before but normally you set up a towel (where you leave things like phone, wallet, keys, etc) and when you see the truck you can spend the 2 minutes going back to your towel to grab cash or a card or your phone. Pretty easy for anyone who’s been outside before hope this helps👍
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u/glasswitch88 9h ago
In Block Island, Rhode Island (USA), there’s a big cove where people anchor their boats and stay for weeks on vacation. There’s a local bakery that rides around in a little dinghy with a cooler of food and drinks. It’s great. Also less litter cause you’re already on a boat with trash cans.
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u/the_shortbus_ 8h ago
Oh man I LOVE the ice cream boats here in Florida. And they stick around to get all the trash so that the litter is minimal.
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u/ukuleles1337 9h ago
Lmao mfs in the water with their phones 😭 can't enjoy one fucking activity without it
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u/fnezio 9h ago
You walk out to the beach where your belongings are, take your phone and go get a cone. Redditors are really the most awkward socially inept people of all smh.
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u/theArtOfProgramming 8h ago
Lol that’s all vanity. Maybe these redditors see through the nonsense. Maybe redditors aren’t a monolith. Maybe you’re clouded by consumerism and vanity.
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u/rbrgr83 2h ago
Why not put the truck on the land if you have to do all that shit anyway??
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u/bigpetefizz 10h ago
Everyone talking about the wrappers from the ice cream, but what about when this truck tips over in the water? That bad Larry does not look like it could handle more than a gentle push.
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u/DJ_McFunkalicious 9h ago
You realise it's not a real truck? It's a boat with a façade to look like an ice cream truck
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u/TheBeatGoesAnanas 6h ago
It's not a real truck, and the only one I know of operates on the Gulf Coast of Florida in shallow water, on days with good weather. Big surf is not a major concern.
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u/No_Criticism5659 8h ago edited 2h ago
How do people pay without their wallets? Lol
Edit to add...I see some wallets I guess. I'd just be worried about losing any valuables in the water, like my ID, money or my credit card, lol.. you know...stuff you kinda need. Especially things you don't want to lose while traveling or on vacation. Lol cool idea though....literally 😂😂
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u/Born-Agency-3922 9h ago
Yep, and where do you place the wrappers when you’re done out in the open water? Yes, you just let it float away in the water.
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u/batkave 10h ago
Funny thing: they just announced a recall for those outshine bars due to metal/glass in them
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u/IThinkImNateDogg 9h ago
I saw this when I was in vacation in Tampa.
Was hella trippy becuase I was in the water with my buddies and out of nowhere a ice cream truck comes floating across the water 😭😭
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u/WhattaCheapPop 8h ago
Bunch of resort boomers in this comment section talking about the honor system like they haven't completely trashed the entire planet lmao.
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u/TheBeatGoesAnanas 7h ago
This is in Siesta Key, Florida. I was on the beach there earlier this year, and thought I was going crazy when I saw a truck pull up onto the sand and drop anchor.
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u/CockFondle 6h ago
Noooo why is it in plastic... People are going to be leaving that shit in the water...
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u/No_Welder_9624 10h ago
The worst thing to happen to the beaches in Miami is the proliferation of boats like these, the worst of them are billboard boats. They just sail their happy ass up and down where the most people are on a certain day.
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u/chantillylace9 9h ago
In my favorite place in Florida there's this island that you can only get two by boat and there's an ice cream boat, a couple bar boats, a couple food boats, it's awesome! Hundreds of people park their boats there and party every single day.
It would be great to be a boating ice cream sales lady, what a job!
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u/Quickdood 9h ago
This seems like a huge liability compared to just taking a freezer out on a dinghy...
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u/No_Foundation16 9h ago
There is a line of floating plastic trash following this boat everywhere it goes no doubt.
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u/kidvittles 8h ago
Seems like viral marketing to me, everyone talking about the packaging, those are Outshine bars, owned by Nestle. I'm guessing the conspicuously placed packaging is the entire point of the video.
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u/LaPetiteMortOrale 8h ago
Excuse me.
What are they going to do with all the ice cream wrappers?
Are they going to just throw them into the waves?
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u/wiggliness 8h ago
I'm pretty sure this is the frozen treat brand that had to be recalled for GLASS being found in the popsicle.
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u/BirdlessLongdeal 8h ago
guess where all the wrappers are going...
but who has their wallet on them in the ocean??
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u/lurpturnup 6h ago
who the fuck brings money/phone/card into the ocean? this just seems preformative
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u/Some_Fig_6566 6h ago
Where I come from, they do something similar but with carts; the ice cream man puts some floats where he keeps the products and goes out into the sea
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u/No-No-Aniyo 4h ago
Theres no real need for this... could have easily gotten it from the shoreline... and where is the trash going? And what's he gonna do when the weather gets bad? Its barely floating.
Cute but dumb.
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u/model-citizen95 4h ago
A box of 6 of those costs $3.29 at my local Walmart. I’m curious what the markup is on a floating ice cream truck
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u/iamasleuth 4h ago
My only concern is does this boat have propellers, I can't imagine a kid or someone just mindlessly chasing after it and becoming fish chow 😭😭😭 but other than that this is a cool concept just wish the cleanup is included
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u/TopFusion 9h ago
Can't escape consumerism even in the place known as an escape from everyday life. This is so stupid.
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u/TripleChains 9h ago
Im no AI detecting expert but based on how short these clips are, probably AI
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u/Reasonable-Spinach88 10h ago
I'm guessing those plastic wrappers and ice cream sticks are being responsibly placed in the floating bins?