Isn’t it supposed to be ice creams and milkshakes and stuff?

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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    12 hours ago

    Once upon a time there were two types of Dairy Queens. Some were just ice cream, but the ones called “Dairy Queen Braizer” sold hot food too. Eventually they all sold hot food.

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        12 hours ago

        I mean, it’s not an actual answer. It’s just a historic fact.

        The actual answer is that diversifying your product offerings gets you more business. People like desserts after eating a meal, so it makes sense to also sell that meal.

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            12 hours ago

            But it’s not the answer to your question. The answer to your question is business/financially related.

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              Not necessarily. It could be “Why does Dairy Queen sell food (unsaid part: when I expect it to only sell ice cream?”)

              A: because it used to only sell ice cream in the past.

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                That’s not an answer to why, though. Only selling something in the past doesn’t explain why they do it now. Making more money is the real explanation.

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                  Why can just mean explain something that is unexpected. Which you did with the history lesson. It doesn’t have to answer causality.

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                    The question “why” inherently requires reasoning as a response, though. If the answer had been, “DQs used to only serve ice cream, but the founder wanted to…” blah blah blah, that would be an answer.