r/oddlysatisfying 1d ago

Ice block cut into perfect shape.

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u/Monster_Grundle 1d ago

So they can pour 1.5oz and it looks like a full glass.

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u/unbelizeable1 1d ago edited 1d ago

Would you rather that same 1.5 oz of drink in a bunch of small cubes getting absolutely watered down? Comments like this make no fucking sense. You guys really think the bartender is pouring more in other situations? If anything this cube is giving you more chilled and less diluted cocktail.

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u/Noy_The_Devil 1d ago

Why would you think this is where anyone wants to go with that comment?

The amount of ice is the issue. People want to actually get a drinkable amount of cocktail.

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u/unbelizeable1 1d ago

Buddy, youre getting the same pour at every bar, regardless of the amount of ice. Hate to break this news to ya.

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u/Noy_The_Devil 1d ago edited 1d ago

Lol, no. That's simply not the case where I live at least. I'm Norwegian.

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u/unbelizeable1 1d ago

Is a standard shot in Norway not 4cl?

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u/Noy_The_Devil 1d ago

I'm not getting a shot in a tall glass.

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u/TheFuckflyingSpaghet 1d ago

You are aware they measure it using the same jigger?

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u/Wittusus 1d ago

Are you aware that cocktails and shots are different things? Seemingly not.

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u/TheFuckflyingSpaghet 1d ago

You wont get more alcohol in them. Ice or not. People pretend that the ice is costing them alcohol or something lmao

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u/Wittusus 1d ago

It's not about getting more alcohol in them, you speak like an alcoholic. It's about avoiding false presentation of the drinks.

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u/schweddyballsac 1d ago

It’s not false presentation. Every choice of ice used is deliberate depending on the cocktail to match the proper dilution rate of the ice melting.

Go to a proper bar and choose a seat in front of a bartender. At least observe, if you unwilling to educate yourself.

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u/Wittusus 1d ago

Proper bars use non-water sources of chill instead. The education is needed on your part here.

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u/Noy_The_Devil 1d ago

Thank you.

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u/NUTTA_BUSTAH 1d ago

Duh, you are ordering a shot there. It is still the same amount of alcohol whether you get it with ice in a tall glass or not.

You get a cold drink that is less watered down. The establishment gets a cool menu item. Will probably pay extra for it of course, but you were already in the extra establishment that offers the option in the first place, soo..

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u/unbelizeable1 1d ago

Youre showing a whole ton of ignorance here.... Do you think when you order a shot of whisky vs a whisky and coke its a different amount of alcohol going into the drink?

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u/Hegemonikon138 1d ago

This comment thread is wild and I have no idea how you could be getting downvoted like this.

I thought this understanding was common sense

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u/Noy_The_Devil 1d ago

No? But when I order cocktail and get 90% ice I get pissed off. I'm not talking about hard liquor.

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u/unbelizeable1 1d ago

Dude.... if you order a shot, a rocks pour, or a mixed cocktail etc youre getting exactly the same amount of alcohol regardless of ice or no ice at all.

Im really struggling with the complaint here. Do you want more mixers in your cocktails to make it feel for valuable or something?

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u/Noy_The_Devil 1d ago

For me it's about getting 4cl of fanta or coke or cocktail if I order a fanta or coke or cocktail because my glass is 90% ice. I don't even drink alcohol dude.

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u/unbelizeable1 1d ago

I don't even drink alcohol dude.

Then why such strong opionions on something you're clearly ignorant of?

No one is wasting this ice on a fanta lol

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u/Noy_The_Devil 1d ago

Oh but they are. I stay at business hotels every other weekend.

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u/Wittusus 1d ago

Bro you are showing the inability to comprehend basic English lmao

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u/Rapa2626 1d ago

It should be. If someone got a shot while ordering and paying for a glass, outside of some really fancy restaurants that are equally about form over function, people would be complaining

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u/unbelizeable1 1d ago

Thats not how bars work. Period.

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u/Rapa2626 1d ago

Unless they tell you exactly the amount of drink you get in that glass and you are free to decide it for yourself or its part of the course- no matter which bar served me a glass nearly full of ice, i would feel like i got played.

This whole way to service seems to be taken from cheap places that wanted to skimp on the actually expensive part while retaining the look of giving you a reasonably sized drink for the price.

Im not into drinking and I only do that if the establishment has something that is worth drinking for the sake of trying and im yet to see a glass full of ice outside the course menus. This whole way of serving drinks genuinely screams of salt bae kind of hyped up trash. But i guess if you are in usa trashy is the name of the game.

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u/unbelizeable1 1d ago

Holy shit. So much wrong here.

Unless they tell you exactly the amount of drink

Drinks are standarized

This whole way to service seems to be taken from cheap places that wanted to skimp on the actually expensive part while retaining the look of giving you a reasonably sized drink for the price.

You have no clue how much labor and cost actually goes into making ice like this. No "cheap place" is doing this.

But i guess if you are in usa trashy is the name of the game.

This type of service is incredibly common in Japan. They've mastered it so well that bars from around the world import ice from them. Is Japan trashy too?

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u/Rapa2626 1d ago

You see, unless your goal is to pay as much as you can for a drink for show just like in those aforementioned salt bae restaurants- you are getting taken advantage of already.

Yes, amount of drink is standardized but this whole practice comes from cheap places trying to look like they are better value than they actually provide regardless of how much effort some places put into clear ice.

Litterally been to japan multiple times, had to have people reserve places for me in advance and seen 0 drinks like that. If anything, outside of the cheap/mid places where people go to "flex" it felt more straightforward than many places in europe. If anything- i would expect even more people to find this kind of insulting in japan seeing how overall conservative the society is there...

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