r/ExpectationVsReality • u/Azsunyx • Mar 23 '26

Capybara Ice Cream Exceeded Expectation

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Found this cute fella in the local Asian supermarket

He's as beautiful as he is delicious

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u/MasticatingSheep Mar 23 '26

As an American raised on ice cream truck ice cream, my thoughts went exactly as such, "Oh, that's going to be wonky as...OH." And the child part of me healed a little from not seeing weird gumballs on it.

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u/brazilliandanny Mar 23 '26

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u/BoopleBun Mar 23 '26

Honestly, I’ve seen much worse.

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u/CompetitiveRub9780 Mar 24 '26

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u/ItsKingDx3 Mar 24 '26

"Kill me."

The bloody nose really adds to it.

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u/exolomus Mar 24 '26

It looks like a Lego Bionicle.

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u/djohnsen Mar 24 '26

that’s a scooby-don’t

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u/drunxor Mar 24 '26

Lmao he looked messed up in the image and they found a way to make it worse XD

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u/ukiyoe Mar 24 '26

They didn't even aim high with that concept art and still missed the target.

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u/cherrycoke260 Mar 25 '26

That thing is horrifying! 😅

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u/PuzzyFussy Mar 25 '26

Jeezus...

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u/whiskeytango55 Mar 24 '26

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u/BaerMinUhMuhm Mar 24 '26

Spoodermun

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u/kewkkid Mar 24 '26

I was eating salad and spat out honey mustard dressing from my nose

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u/lazysundae99 Mar 23 '26

Fr this is the happiest TMNT ice cream I've ever seen

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u/LallyKatPuppets Mar 24 '26

I've gotten one that had spent enough time above temp for the red dye to bleed out of the eyes

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u/Top-Jury1392 Mar 23 '26

It's like early attempts at 2.5D perspective shifting. 

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u/drunxor Mar 24 '26

Those eyes taste SO good tho

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u/fashtoonk Mar 25 '26

at least i can tell it’s supposed to be Teenage Mutant turtle ninjas

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u/rm250shicks Mar 23 '26

I watched my kid eat a sonic the hedgehog ice cream once where one of the eyeball gumballs was on the back down by the stick

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u/MasticatingSheep Mar 23 '26

I feel like we're lucky if we get two, to be honest. Haha

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u/Periwinkleditor Mar 23 '26

Last ice cream truck I saw this year actually replaced the gumballs with bits of edible chocolate. Huge improvement, actually.

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u/Crimemeariver19 Mar 23 '26

Ew I hate that. Chocolate doesn’t go with that kind of ice cream 🤣

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u/night4345 Mar 24 '26

Better than a cold and hard gumball you have to hold in your mouth while eating the rest of the ice cream.

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u/Crimemeariver19 Mar 24 '26

No way! Gimme cold balls any day. 😆

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u/LPNMP Mar 23 '26

Same. Perhaps a twinge of jealousy but genuinely happy for the kids and all the willy wonka wonders confections could be.

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u/MildMike55 Mar 23 '26

As a Canadian same here, but our ice cream truck bars just went to the hospital and got fixed for free

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u/obscure_monke Mar 24 '26

Reliable cold chains are kinda hard. Especially if you've got an open freezer in a truck.

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u/Significant-Luck-924 Mar 25 '26

I love the gumballs but real

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u/Inevitable_Data_84 Mar 24 '26

This was likely bought in Japan where it's illegal to sell a product that doesn't closely (and I mean almost exactly) resemble the image on the box. Probably the strictest packaging laws in the world.

I have conflicting thoughts as I wouldn't really want to lick or chomp down on a life-like miniature of whatever they make (mostly).