At the strange little ice cream shop down the street.

[mcc@mastodon.social]

@futurebird maybe it's for the ice cream shops birthday not yours

[stevegis_ssg@mas.to]

@futurebird

Hilarious. Women just crossing their legs til June. Babies born at 14 months gestation.

[clew@ecoevo.social]

but also!:

https://mathstodon.xyz/@oantolin/116110824706836157

@joewynne @futurebird

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@mcc

With this shop... that would make sense.

They have a bunch of strange rules:

* cash only!
* you can only taste flavors AFTER paying for a cone
* they have milkshakes but won't put them on the menu and act like they are secret?

And their hours are just... IDK. I went in since I just go in there when I see they are open.

Sometimes they just have two flavors, sometimes ten.

[australopithecus@mastodon.social]

@futurebird
Oddly enough, "birthday season" is real, and spans late summer to early fall
https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/heatmapbirthdays1.jpg

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

@catflyhigh @futurebird
What do we want?
Birthday cake ice cream!
When do we want it?
Year round!

[llewelly@sauropods.win]

@futurebird yep. Born in February, occasionally reminded that isn't birthday season. I hate birthdays, thanks.

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@oberonsghost

This place used to be a Carvel but they have long since gone "rouge" they do still have some of the signs up though.

[parsingphase@m.phase.org]

@futurebird They may have just exposed themselves as an alien species with a limited breeding season.

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@oberonsghost

Though Carvel is pretty strange even when they are a legit branch. My husband showed me some of their old commercials and I was surprised they put that to TV. Creepy stuff.

[tthbaltazar@chaos.social]

@futurebird @mcc
what does tasting flavors mean?

do they just give a tiny bit of the ice cream? never seen that being a thing

[tobybartels@mathstodon.xyz]

@lienrag @futurebird

Yes, February had 84% as many births as August in the USA in 2023 (compared to 90% as you'd expect from the number of days alone). So it's a noticeable effect, but hardly a dramatic one. We still have plenty of winter birthdays!

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@tthbaltazar @mcc

Most ice cream shops will give you a little spoon or wooden stick with a taste of a flavor to help you make up your mind.

I thought that was the whole point of having a "parlor" and not just going to buy a pint.

[australopithecus@mastodon.social]

@futurebird
(for those who don't wanna count it back, that puts "fuckin' season" in late fall to early winter, ie holiday season)

[helplessduck@beige.party]

@futurebird

Regnal birthday season?

[akamran@indieweb.social]

@futurebird Sweeney Todd. I'm just saying ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[tthbaltazar@chaos.social]

@futurebird @mcc
wow 🤯

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@akamran

IDK. it's REALLY good ice cream.

[c0dec0dec0de@hachyderm.io]

@futurebird are the proprietors human?

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@c0dec0dec0de

I think so?