Dude could’ve gotten vanilla anywhere, but instead spent his time and energy to go on a quest with his friend to get the ice cream he really wanted. Then he booted him for wanting a “plain” flavor. YTA.
Vanilla is not plain.
Flavored by the bean of an orchid ….
Vanilla is exquisite
An orchid that has to be pollinated by hand with a toothpick because there’s only like 1 bee species that can pollinate it in the wild and they only exist in Mexico.
I agree. Hence the quotes.
I feel we’re missing context. The core question is the utility of the first to the second, either in terms of helping with the quest or at least by dint of providing pleasant company, relative to the effort the second invested for having the first join their journey.
If the first was just a drag, some stranger or acquaintance that heard about the quest and wanted to tag along, made nothing but trouble and the second figuratively carried them all the way out of sympathy or kindness, I’d have some measure of understanding for their frustration. Their outburst would still be pointlessly rash and vengeful, given that the effort is spent already and kicking the other off won’t restore it, particularly without knowing the motivation (for instance, the vanilla ice cream being particularly delicious there), but in making someone else haul you along on a difficult quest, apparently with little regard for whether that effort would be worth it or clarifying their stakes from the outset, I’d rule that ESH.
But if the first pulled their weight or even helped, it would be straight up ungrateful and cruel over nothing but personal preference.
Why am I overanalysing the morality of a four-panel comic again?
if you don’t like vanilla, that’s because you’ve never tried an actually good ice cream.
Of all 2000 flavors there can only be one king.
As if vanilla is the same at any two craft ice cream shops
I’d say the measure of an ice cream shop should be their vanilla. No gimmicks. No cover ups. It’s the industry standard.
If your vanilla slaps, that’s all I need to know.
Bonus: the ice cream machine is broken and waiting for parts
Good and real Vanilla = best
VANILLA IS NOT PLAIN
VANILLA IS A COMPLEX FLAVOR
I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL
Not plain, just basic. It’s in a lot of other flavors.
So is chocolate, yet no one complains about it.
“Vanilla”, for some reason, has come to mean “plain” in English. That is a specific linguistic quirk. It doesn’t exist in my native language, and not coincidentally no-one who I share this native language with would think to give me shit because my favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla, because it’d be just as nonsensical and out of the left field as making fun of someone for preferring chocolate flavor.
Same thing happened to salt. Things like potato chips flavoured with salt are considered plain.
Meanwhile salt and vinegar are the best flavour combination and will burn a hole in your mouth because you ate too much.
Worth it tho.
Although salt has a flavor, it’s more so a flavor enhancer because of the positively charged properties of the sodium after dissociation. So, it’s pretty fair to call it plain given the myriad of options, and that potatoes are trash without it.
They’re trash without it because they are actually plain without it.
Plain or not, vanilla is common. According to this comic, you will die when your body hits the bottom.
Vanilla (flavor) may be ubiquitous, but it’s not “plain” or boring. Certainly not if made right! That’s the false equivalency…
Which is fascinating because it used to be very rare until we figured out how to make a 100% equal replica chemically for cheap.
Still prefer real vanilla for cold things. There’s more flavors in it than just vanillin. Most of that gets destroyed at higher temps. So for baked goods, artificial vanilla is indistinguishable.
Vanilla extract became expensive, many ice cream makers used less, end result vanilla is considered the bland flavor because there is never any vanilla in it.
It’s fucking milksugar.
Find a vanilla with actual vanilla in it and it’ll grow hair on your tits, sweetie.
Yes vanilla is not plain. The plain flavour is Rabri. It’s just you don’t have rabri in the west that’s why you all think vanilla is plain.
Also rabri ice-cream >> vanilla ice-cream
Ice cream boneheads, the lot of you!
Ice cream is three basic ingredients: cream, sugar, salt.
Anything other than that cannot be considered “plain” ice cream!
Also, I make my own ice cream and I agree that cardamom is top-tier. Shockingly good with a few drops of brewed espresso as well!
I WILL STAND WITH YOU, BERATNA
VANILLA ICE CREAM IS BEST ICE CREAM
How well an ice cream shop does vanilla will be an indicator of how well they do the other 1999 flavors. Is it quality ice cream or a whole lot of chemicals to get your flavor?
Exactly this. Establish a baseline before trying the more exotic offerings.
Haha when I want to try a new brand or location, I judge it by how good their vanilla is.
Thank you!
same, but chocolate
Dude made the climb. Gets whatever flavor they want.
High quality vanilla ice cream slaps beyond belief, I don’t know where sushi shops source it
Did bandana kid do this against their will? Did they sacrifice everything to get their friend to this? Were they led to believe that friend was going to get something more complex up until this moment? Did they not care at all about the ice cream?
Why are they so invested on their friend getting something complex? Seems like bandana kid is judging their friend based on criteria that deeply personal, and is kind of a tool.
If I want to see what craftsmanship went into the ice cream: Vanilla
If I don’t care (like I do usually):
Apple, Tempura, Black Thai Tea = Heavens
Vanilla is unironically the best flavor, chocolate based ones are not refreshing an fruit based ones taste like food dye no. 6.
Sounds like you just buy shitty ice cream
yea try fruit sorbets made from fruits that you like. you can even do it home. cut up some banana, freeze it, take it out and wait a couple minutes so it can be blended, blend it with some tahini and cinnamon. can repeat similar stuff with strawberries, seedless grapes etc.
Only if they use concentrate. Though ice shops using real fruits/ingredients are rare, they make the best ice.
That’s why Vanilla is a great litmus-test flavour
Guess you never had good fruit flavoured ice cream then
Guess not, I don’t feel like playing flavour roulette every time I feel like having ice cream.
People are being kind of snotty but there’s a difference between the stuff in stores that is portrayed as ice cream but it’s actually not.
There are all kinds of “frozen desserts” and “iced treats” etc that use vegetable oils, emulsifiers and such to simulate the ice cream experience, and those tend to also use lower-grade flavorings.
Real ice cream is pretty expensive because it uses mostly real cream and tends to use much higher quality ingredients overall. In a real ice cream product, you’re more likely to get actual cocoa vs chocolate-y flavor. Red from actual fruit vs a food dye mixed into corn syrup.
I think it’s reasonable to go for a pretty standard flavor in that setting to have a reference point. I kind of do that with pizza, pepperoni the first time I try a new restaurant and if it’s good I’ll try other toppings the next time.
Yes! That’s what I usually do as well. Unless there is some house specialty I’ve been recommended and I came for, I will try a “reference dish” to get a baseline.
I hate pepperoni, it is just too greasy.
Quattro fromagi for me, see how well they do it and if they try to cheap out on the cheese.
I’m rather fond of pistachio myself
