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Re:Americans Are Using Less Steel, Paper, Fertilizer, and En... by CapitalistCartr on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @07:40PM (#21209386)
A half-gallon is slightly less than two liters, and is not intended to be one serving. Its a bulk purchase to serve a family, usually multiple times.

(Although I have eaten one in one go when I was a young man.)

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Re:Americans Are Using Less Steel, Paper, Fertilizer, and En... by chrisseaton on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @08:05PM (#21209543)
But why are people buying a rare treat like ice cream as a bulk item to eat repeatedly? Seems like something we want to discourage?
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Re:Americans Are Using Less Steel, Paper, Fertilizer, and En... by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @08:39PM (#21209773)
Because

a) when you split it over four people it's only ~two evenings worth of desert.

b) don't tell me what to do with my body.

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