Submitted 11 hours ago by WeebLife@lemmy.world to [deleted]
My neighborhood still has an ice cream truck. I’m curious how many other cities still have ice cream trucks. They seem outdated at this point.
The ice cream truck stopped coming to our estate about 5 years ago though there are plenty of kids about.
I do see them parked near playgrounds etc. quite a bit but not doing the rounds like they used to.
My neighborhood has them. There are adult versions now, they are just called food trucks.
Still got them here in Australia. They’ve always been a rarity and somehow they’re always somewhere else where you can’t see them yet they sound close by but they seem about as common now as my childhood in the 90s.
What’s outdated about it?
People like ice cream, and with global warming even more, , so a truck strategically parked (at the school exit, in the park, in front of that tourist hot spot) will drag an audience. It may be a bit harder for the ones going from neighborhood to neighbourhood but it’s still a thing. We even have one stopping at my work parking, which is the opportunity for informal discussion with coworkers I see less
Where I’m at in Texas, the ice cream truck runs almost year-round. I’m fairly certain they’re selling drugs, because the amount they charge for ice cream is too expensive to be worth it.
Do you just straight up ask for meth or is there a code word?
Na I get it. It’s hard to say no to something so special for a kiddo
Perth Australia, we still have one frequent us in summer. Its why people ask me why do I have a tenner stuck to the back of my front door.
there’s an old guy who drives an icecream van around my area nearly everyday during the summer
We have a bakery truck that drives around playing the ice cream truck music. Does that count?
Absolutely that’s where I buy my weed.
We have one going B2B in the industry area around lunch time. I’ve got coworkers literally running down to get some on some days.
I think there’s one that comes through my neighborhood. I’ve never actually seen it, just heard it, and it never seems to… actually stop. When I was a kid, the ice cream trucks would stop and play their music for a while so people had time to grab their money and run outside. This one just seems to play a few bars of a song as it drives through, makes me wonder if it’s actually an ice cream truck at all.
We have two different ones that come through our neighborhood and drive me crazy because they both play an ice cream truck version of Stereo Love by Edward Maya and have been doing so for close to a decade now. Get a new song already!
I thought it was kinda mandatory for ice cream trucks to play Greensleeves.
I've worked repetitive, hot, boring jobs before, but I don't know how the people working those trucks can keep their sanity with that music on repeat. I get sick enough of Christmas music in stores after hearing them like twice, and the blaring of an ice cream truck is 100x worse!
Mister Softee has an app to track the truck’s whereabouts. I have absolutely used it to find his ass and hunt him down. Ice cream trucks have evolved into the 21st century. No one has decent soft serve anymore in my area. DQ closed like 5 years ago, and this dude is just driving around potentially bringing it to your door. Mister softee is the goat.
Yeah and it’s honestly super creepy.
Occasionally hear the jingle during summer
We do sometimes? Like there’s no route, maybe twice a summer an ice cream truck will stroll by with music and all.
One just started coming through my neighborhood like 2 weeks ago, and there's a kid a few houses down who seems to always be ready to run out and stop the truck. Takes easily 10+ minutes for the music to fade out. Like, I hate to be a grumpy old man, but that music drives me fucking nuts! I'm on the verge of trying to beat the kid to the truck just so I can bribe the guy to drive away as fast as possible
Our ice cream truck seems to also do coffee. I haven’t bought anything from it but I’ve seen it around
There was one that came around my old house on occasion before I had kids, and it sold amazing elote
We have dueling ice cream trucks around here.
even as an adult i would still rush out for an ice cream sandwich at the sound of that sweet sweet music
It’s the middle of winter, haven’t seen one for a few months, but they’re common in summer.
Just had one in my cul de sac today, for the first time since we moved here over 5 years ago, so yeah, they’re around, but a bit rare, like a nice classic car, or an Oscar Meijer Weiner mobile
Oscar Meijer Weiner
That’s not how you spell my bologna’s second name
Haven’t seen the Weinermobile in like 20 years. Is that still a thing?
Yeah, we have one that covers this side of town during early spring until late fall.
I’ve even seen them out in winter, but I suspect they’re selling warm products, not frozen, then.
Knossos@lemmy.world 25 minutes ago
Usually when you hear the typical ice cream truck songs in Germany, it’s a dude rolling around looking for old metal.