The Explore-Exploit Tradeoff

[staticfalconar@lemmy.world]

How well an ice cream shop does vanilla will be an indicator of how well they do the other 1999 flavors. Is it quality ice cream or a whole lot of chemicals to get your flavor?

[obstreperouscanadian@lemmy.ca]

Exactly this. Establish a baseline before trying the more exotic offerings.

[tikiporch@lemmy.world]

Vanilla is the finest of the flavors.

[crusty@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I'm rather fond of pistachio myself

[robust_mirror@aussie.zone]

Same thing happened to salt. Things like potato chips flavoured with salt are considered plain.

[hehehe@lemmy.world]

Yes vanilla is not plain. The plain flavour is Rabri. It's just you don't have rabri in the west that's why you all think vanilla is plain.

Also rabri ice-cream >> vanilla ice-cream

[magnyusg@lemmy.world]

Meanwhile salt and vinegar are the best flavour combination and will burn a hole in your mouth because you ate too much.

[slackassassin@sh.itjust.works]

Although salt has a flavor, it's more so a flavor enhancer because of the positively charged properties of the sodium after dissociation. So, it's pretty fair to call it plain given the myriad of options, and that potatoes are trash without it.

[chessmasterrex@lemmy.world]

I think it's reasonable to go for a pretty standard flavor in that setting to have a reference point. I kind of do that with pizza, pepperoni the first time I try a new restaurant and if it's good I'll try other toppings the next time.

[robust_mirror@aussie.zone]

They're trash without it because they are actually plain without it.

[theloneminon@lemm.ee]

Dude could've gotten vanilla anywhere, but instead spent his time and energy to go on a quest with his friend to get the ice cream he really wanted. Then he booted him for wanting a "plain" flavor. YTA.

[fuglyduck@lemmy.world]

In the US, it’s probably Browns.

[slackassassin@sh.itjust.works]

Salt is in everything for a reason beyond flavor, is all.

[cheesyfox@lemmy.sdf.org]

if you don't like vanilla, that's because you've never tried an actually good ice cream.

[rooty@lemmy.world]

Vanilla is unironically the best flavor, chocolate based ones are not refreshing an fruit based ones taste like food dye no. 6.

[wizard_pope@lemmy.world]

Guess you never had good fruit flavoured ice cream then

[wizard_pope@lemmy.world]

Nah even just milk is a good flavour.

[hammocks4all@lemmy.ml]

The place is also hard to get to, must not get great ingredients often

[elephantium@lemmy.world]

You can order your eggs any way you want. No matter what, you're getting them scrambled!

[excessshiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Sounds like you just buy shitty ice cream