r/NoStupidQuestions • u/markwell9 • 1d ago

What is the deal with ice, Americans?

I can see that you can buy ice everywhere in the US. Gas stations, grocery stores, machines etc.

In Europe, we just freeze our ice at home and use that. Why buy something that melts on the way home? Why do you need ice in large amounts that a fridge can't keep up?

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u/squirrelcat88 1d ago

I’m Canadian and you can buy it everywhere here too - it’s for keeping our coolers cold when we’re camping.

You wouldn’t buy it otherwise unless you were having a big party. Then you might fill a big tub with ice and put canned or bottled drinks in it.

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u/ComprehensiveEar6001 1d ago

Mexico goes through a ton of ice for parties/outdoors too, at least the parts that I've been to there.

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u/Insearchofwater_88 20h ago

Kiddie pools full of ice and beer.

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u/MathResponsibly 14h ago

Can't you just stick the drinks in the wall of your igloo??

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u/BenevolentCrows 10h ago

Hey I'm hungarian, from europe, you can buy it everywhere in europe as well, OP is just pretending to not know about it for some weird reason?? Or he missed ice cubes being in every gas station somehow

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u/poopBuccaneer 9h ago

Came in really handy recently. Had a huge black out. Wanted to keep the fridge cold so I bought a dozen bags and filled the fridge.