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Tasting at ice cream shops should not be allowed. Getting the wrong flavor of ice cream is not a high stakes enough decision to justify multiple swings at it. Pick a flavor.

Tim Johns

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Given how much I love ice cream -- and enjoy the experience of going out for it -- it's pretty clear I'm missing something important here. Or maybe I am just getting old, and just no longer attuned to the ice cream zeitgeist. TL;DR: Wait, what? People regularly taste ice cream at ice cream shops?

Tim Johns

@timjohns.com

I mean, I'm not naive - I HAVE seen the little spoons and cups, but I thought folks using them was like...a rare and uncommon occurrence, like when a new flavor comes out or something. I find myself ever-so-slightly ill at ease over my lack of awareness of the modern ice cream shop experience.

11/10/26, 6:39 am0 reposts0 likes

Tim Johns

@timjohns.com

On the one hand: Have I become that out-of-touch old man everyone politely accommodates (or worse, ignores) as I try to figure out the "right" way to order? On the other hand: I'm still getting ice cream. Who cares about rules, let's go!