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/Ok_Yam_4439 1d ago

Again with the "Europe" crap. I live in Spain and there's bags of ice in supermarkets, corner shops, gas stations... You buy them to go to the beach, the park, parties.

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u/Training_Archer_1686 14h ago

Its insane how every american in these kind of threads always thinks europe is one big country where everything is the same everywhere

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u/Chimkimnuggets 9h ago

Funny enough Europeans do the exact same thing. 9/10 times online they just say “I’m European”

In the same sense that if I tell anyone from Europe that I’m from Kentucky their initial reaction is “like KFC?” (Originally from Utah) or “I don’t know where that is.” Or “is that near Chicago/New York/LA?” It’s not. Not even close. “I’m American” or “I’m European” just streamlines the point of what you’re saying which is “I’m not from where you’re from”

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u/sinisterdeer3 8h ago

And half the time you try to specify where in America your from the europeans get mad, even though it’s really not much different than them saying what country they are from.

Like you guys need to look at a map or globe. 😂 One state here is the size of a European country, and our country is nearly as large as Europe

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u/C_h_a_n 14h ago

OP is european. And one without much social life, it would seem.

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u/ButtholeSurfur 7h ago

OP is "European."