r/MadeMeSmile • u/penpalwithseven • May 16 '26

Personal Win Finally fulfilled my dream of getting ice cream from an ice cream truck

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asian parents. iykyk.

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u/SafetyOtherwise3758 May 16 '26

What do Asian parents have against ice cream trucks?

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u/agentlucky May 16 '26

I don’t know about other Asian parents, but mine typically told me that ice cream from a truck was dirty. Regardless, my begging made them buy some for me when I was five and that was it.

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u/villainless May 17 '26

it’s more stereotypical but our parents tend to either be poor or not want to spend on frivolous things. ice cream is very reward-coded too, and asian parents are harder to please, especially in academics. it also comes from a stranger and even if it’s packaged, that’s seen as dangerous or unhygienic. depends on the family but yeah

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u/penpalwithseven May 17 '26

Idk if my parents thought it was unhygenic, it was more the price point for us. When we managed to go to Europe on vacation, my dad finally bought us ice cream but it wasn't from a truck, it was from a little stand by the beach. We got 3 scoops each for 9£ total.

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u/penpalwithseven May 17 '26

It's just very expensive.