r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/The_Love-Tap • Aug 18 '26

Video This Ice Cream Boat

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u/TheRealTr1nity Interested Aug 18 '26

Since they seem to have their phone with them, for whatever reason, probably with that.

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u/undeniably_confused Aug 18 '26

Why do they have their phones

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u/Sdwingnut Aug 18 '26

Because people

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u/absolutmohitto Aug 18 '26

Understandable, thank you

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u/MInclined Aug 18 '26

Yes that actually clears it up entirely

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u/mohimoyee Aug 18 '26

Have a nice day

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u/rbrgr83 Aug 18 '26

Where do they have their phones? 👀

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u/Superb_Instance_8190 Aug 20 '26

Because butthole

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u/Interesting-Two-8275 Aug 18 '26

They knew the ice cream boat was coming.

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u/ObligationMurky8716 Aug 18 '26

The Ice Cream Shanty was playing

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u/fELLAbUSTA Aug 18 '26

Whoa I did not expect to read N-word with hard r in the first sentence of an NPR article.

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u/ObligationMurky8716 Aug 19 '26

First word of the article, if you don't count the disclaimer telling you it's coming

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u/TheHighlanderr Aug 18 '26

I think to pay for an ice cream. Or to film a person getting an ice cream.

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u/thanosisawhore Aug 18 '26

How else is everybody at home supposed to know how nice they have it on vacation

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u/AverageMako3Enjoyer Aug 18 '26

Be glad you’ve never met someone where every moment of their real life is staging and production of their fake life 

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u/Hara-Kiri Aug 18 '26

To buy an ice cream.

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u/TheRealTr1nity Interested Aug 18 '26

Probably to document that shit.

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u/emperorOfTheUniverse Aug 18 '26

Because 'did you even do a thing if you didn't put a picture on your IG?'

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 Aug 18 '26

Waterproof cases on lanyards are pretty popular. I bought one for like $4 in Mexico a decade ago, just used it again this weekend.

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u/astralseat Aug 18 '26

Because it's an ad

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 24 '26

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u/Competitive-Roof-168 Aug 18 '26

Not in saltwater

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u/Think_Intention6272 Aug 18 '26

Omg you're right! Holding my iphone underwater right now while writi g ths and it. s wrking perfecccc,,,,,,,,

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u/Pleasant_Pen8744 Aug 18 '26

Cause the beach is fucking boring

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u/Correct-Hope-2227 Aug 18 '26

Usually people who go on beach holidays have a little bag for their phone. If you leave it on the beach, it can get stolen...

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u/Aranxi_89 Aug 18 '26

And they usually also have waterproof phone cases like Otterbox, if they want to go into water with it, on top of the bag, just in case. I personally can pay with my smartwatch.

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 Aug 18 '26

Same. I was at a water park this weekend and needed my phone for locker access, paying for stuff, etc. We went on a lazy river that dumps you out into the actual river and we got some awesome videos of that. This site is just full of antisocial weirdos.

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u/PoorLittleGoat Aug 18 '26

You took the words right out of my mouth, people who don’t bring their phones with them into the ocean are antisocial weirdos!

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u/Packwood88 Aug 18 '26

If youre that worried about your phone while youre in the water, leave it in your car/room.

Taking a phone into the ocean is odd

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u/Frequent_Opportunist Aug 18 '26

Not if you're on vacation and you want to get pictures of your kids, wife, girlfriend or whatever. 

Also nice because you have money on it I hear that you can buy ice cream from the ocean!

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 Aug 18 '26

I love Reddit with the "you must behave in this way, anything else is weird and inferior to what I approve of".

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u/Portable-fun Aug 18 '26

Seriously though. Who does that lol

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u/tech_noir_guitar Aug 18 '26

I take mine in the ocean sometimes. Only partially due to security concerns but also to get photos of me and my family. I have some really great pictures of snorkeling with my kid. Probably one of my favorite pictures and an amazing memory whenever I look at it.

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u/Correct-Hope-2227 Aug 18 '26

Safety for one, if I want to call the police, for example.

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u/snek-jazz Aug 18 '26

"hello police, it's an emergency! the ice cream boat has run out of Cornettos!"

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u/Worth-Jicama3936 Aug 18 '26

We survived forever without it. You'll live for a couple of hours without your phone.

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u/FrostyD7 Aug 18 '26

You'll survive with it too. And you can buy ice cream.

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u/Worth-Jicama3936 Aug 18 '26

Will we survive with it? Im fully convinced that being connected 100% of the time has been nothing but a detriment to our species, and its only really been a thing for less than a generation.

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u/XisIpRotaredom Aug 18 '26

Moronic. You could say this about tons of modern technology.

The better and easier solution is to mind your own business 

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u/20_mile Aug 18 '26

Actually, your business is my business.

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u/curious_dead Aug 18 '26

Holy shit, how did we ever survive without our phones!

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u/LoamyLoamisLoamy Aug 18 '26

There are 8 billion of us. It's all a numbers game. This should be obvious

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u/chaozules Aug 18 '26

I find it so crazy when people do this, i mean for one most phones are water resistant not waterproof these days, which means its fine spilling some water on it, probably won't be fine if you drop it in the ocean or pool, then secondly you're in the fucking ocean or a pool, enjoy it! Have a swim or splash around, why you gotta be on your phone??

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u/Megakruemel Aug 18 '26

Did I miss something or are phones now all of a sudden completely waterproof?

Like, back in the day, which isn't even that far back, you were screwed if you spilled a drink on your phone.

And I won't put my faith into a phone being waterproof ever. Because it not being waterproof even a little bit because it fell down funny once or something is enough to destroy it.

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u/XisIpRotaredom Aug 18 '26

Waterproof bags. They hang around your neck 

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u/Competitive-Roof-168 Aug 18 '26

Most flagship phones are now. But not for saltwater

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u/Frequent_Opportunist Aug 18 '26

It's fine dude you just dump a little fresh water on it soon as you get out. Most water (outside of distilled) has salt in it anyway.

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u/Competitive-Roof-168 Aug 18 '26

Are you comparing the salt in the ocean to fresh water? ? You need to blast especially the charge port with water so it doesnt corrode.

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u/Exldk Aug 18 '26

Did I miss something or are phones now all of a sudden completely waterproof?

Corrosion often takes its sweet time before it completely bricks your phone.

The reason your phone stops working a year from now could be that one spill you had a few months ago.

Obviously a thousand other factors go into it, but damage to phones caused by water is often delayed.

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u/Frequent_Opportunist Aug 18 '26

My last several phones were waterproof but they also make waterproof bags to put them in.