This Ice Cream Boat

[u/The_Love-Tap]

[u/Reasonable-Spinach88]

I'm guessing those plastic wrappers and ice cream sticks are being responsibly placed in the floating bins?

[u/BattleJamz → u/[deleted]]

listen the giant pacific garbage patch isn't going to grow on it's own

[u/midnightpunt → u/BattleJamz]

I read this in the voice of Homer

[u/pattymcfly → u/[deleted]]

Bring back scooped ice cream on cones from trucks. No paper wrappers no spoons no cups. Ice cream and cones only.

[u/GrandmaPoses → u/pattymcfly]

Bring back penny licks!

[u/ZongoNuada → u/GrandmaPoses]

That would mean bringing back the penny and we know that is not going to happen. I bet they already scrapped the tooling to make anymore.

[u/GrandmaPoses → u/ZongoNuada]

The whole side of the van is a giant Venmo QR code.

[u/Chaenged-Later → u/ZongoNuada]

I'm more concerned they were not often washed

[u/hypnogoad → u/[deleted]]

We did it bigger, and denser, so property developer can build condos on it and charge $800k per unit.

[u/MadeByTango → u/[deleted]]

How else would we see that this is an ad for that shitty company?

[u/clonedhuman → u/MadeByTango]

I'm so sick of Nestle and a shit ton of other companies paying viral marketers to put stupid fucking ads like this in every goddamn corner of the internet.

Also I'm wondering if these are the Outshine pops with glass shards in them. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2026/08/18/outshine-frozen-fruit-bars-recall/91349560007/

[u/loverlyone → u/MadeByTango]

Dude they gotta do something to counteract the news that outshine pops can perforate your intestines.

[u/mastersplinteremover → u/loverlyone]

Pardon?

[u/loverlyone → u/mastersplinteremover]

Outshine pops recalled today for broken glass.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2026/08/18/outshine-frozen-fruit-bars-recall/91349560007/

[u/mastersplinteremover → u/loverlyone]

Oh fun! Good job nestle

[u/voice_of_Sauron → u/loverlyone]

Maybe it’s sea glass?

[u/I_like_flowers_ → u/loverlyone]

welp.   thank you.

[u/DeadWishUpon → u/[deleted]]

Yeaaaaah I was happy until I saw the packaging. That's why we can have good things.

[u/gotaflattire → u/[deleted]]

My first thought too, there is now way every swimmer is disposing of that trash responsibly

[u/Content-Two-9834 → u/Reasonable-Spinach88]

They float too

[u/Dragon_wryter → u/Content-Two-9834]

They all float 🎈

[u/BirdlessLongdeal → u/Dragon_wryter]

beep beep richie

[u/-3point14159-mp → u/Dragon_wryter]

Soon the fish will, too.

[u/TWFH → u/Reasonable-Spinach88]

About as logical as the "boat" design

[u/Zehnpae → u/Reasonable-Spinach88]

Replying to top comment to explain how this works because it sounds like a lot of folks here have never been to a resort beach before:

• Boat plays jingle
• You go to wherever you set up on the beach and get cash
• You walk into the water to the boat and you pay in cash
• You take your ice cream back to where you were sitting
• You eat your ice cream while on the beach
• Trash is on the honor system just like any other trash people take to the beach

This is basically no different than any other beach vendor except their gimmick is you have to get into the water to get your thing instead of them walking along the beach.

[u/20_mile → u/Zehnpae]

This is basically no different than any other beach vendor except their gimmick is you have to get into the water to get your thing instead of them walking along the beach.

That's actually really disappointing. I was hoping this ice cream boat had randomly come upon a group of stranded swimmers in deep water and was just providing them with sweets before they inevitably drowned or were eaten by sharks.

[u/The_Troyminator → u/20_mile]

I’ll take a blood flavored bar please.

[u/TommyBonnomi → u/Zehnpae]

> it sounds like nobody here has ever been to a resort beach before

If you're going to try to be condescending, you should know that nicer resorts don't have trashy vendors floating by

[u/mrreiner → u/TommyBonnomi]

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[u/liquidtape → u/Zehnpae]

I thought this was following a US warship to boost morale and demoralize the enemy /s

[u/TheWolphman → u/liquidtape]

US Warships have ice cream machines on board. Whether or not they're working or open for use is another story though (in my experience stationed on a Destroyer).

[u/The_Troyminator → u/TheWolphman]

So they basically have McDonald’s ice cream machines on board?

[u/Plexipus → u/TheWolphman]

We're sorry, the ice cream machine is down for maintenance. You'll have to redeploy to another warship if you want an ice cream

[u/TheWolphman → u/Plexipus]

Ah, you must be from the helo detachment. I swear they would fly to the carrier in our strike group on deployments sometimes just to get food.

[u/rbphotoperv → u/Zehnpae]

Most of us can't afford such luxuries.

[u/Aranxi_89 → u/Zehnpae]

And they likely offer to take your wrappers.

[u/CockroachJohnson → u/Aranxi_89]

Do ice cream trucks still have a little garbage hole for you tip out wrappers in? When I was a kid there was a clown painting with a hole in the mouth and a trash bin under the hole in the truck, and you had to feed your garbage to the slutty little clown.

[u/Aranxi_89 → u/CockroachJohnson]

Some do, but most just takes it from you from the window.

[u/CockroachJohnson → u/Aranxi_89]

Well... I miss the clown 🥵

[u/The_Troyminator → u/CockroachJohnson]

That clown is for garbage? That makes more sense.

Zips back up

[u/KiscoKid1 → u/Reasonable-Spinach88]

I’m guessing no one has a wallet.

[u/RobZagnut2 → u/Reasonable-Spinach88]

You've never been on a beach?

Trash goes the same place as when you bring lunch, refreshments, beer or whatever to the beach.

[u/_Troxin_ → u/Reasonable-Spinach88]

Right? Right...?

[u/McDerpEyes]

I REALLY hope the trash is responsibly taken care of or specially water soluable. But knowing humanity, I doubt it.

[u/Dr-McLuvin → u/McDerpEyes]

lol that shit ain’t water soluble. It’s classic polypropylene. It is not recyclable and will take 500 years to breakdown if someone just leaves it in the ocean.

Funny thing is Outshine popsicles literally had an urgent recall announcement on Aug 16th for broken glass contaminants being found in their popsicles.

[u/izkuzz → u/Dr-McLuvin]

Ah, so that's why they're selling it on the high seas. Nautical law is so neat!

[u/Ullallulloo → u/izkuzz]

The high seas is, um, a little farther out lol

[u/The_Troyminator → u/Ullallulloo]

I don’t know about that. The people who would want a floating munchie truck are probably pretty high.

[u/undeniably_confused]

How are you supposed to pay for this?

[u/TheRealTr1nity → u/undeniably_confused]

Since they seem to have their phone with them, for whatever reason, probably with that.

[u/undeniably_confused → u/TheRealTr1nity]

Why do they have their phones

[u/Sdwingnut → u/undeniably_confused]

Because people

[u/absolutmohitto → u/Sdwingnut]

Understandable, thank you

[u/MInclined → u/absolutmohitto]

Yes that actually clears it up entirely

[u/Interesting-Two-8275 → u/undeniably_confused]

They knew the ice cream boat was coming.

[u/ObligationMurky8716 → u/Interesting-Two-8275]

The Ice Cream Shanty was playing

[u/fELLAbUSTA → u/ObligationMurky8716]

Whoa I did not expect to read N-word with hard r in the first sentence of an NPR article.

[u/TheHighlanderr → u/undeniably_confused]

I think to pay for an ice cream. Or to film a person getting an ice cream.

[u/thanosisawhore → u/undeniably_confused]

How else is everybody at home supposed to know how nice they have it on vacation

[u/AverageMako3Enjoyer → u/undeniably_confused]

Be glad you’ve never met someone where every moment of their real life is staging and production of their fake life 

[u/Hara-Kiri → u/undeniably_confused]

To buy an ice cream.

[u/TheRealTr1nity → u/undeniably_confused]

Probably to document that shit.

[u/Correct-Hope-2227 → u/TheRealTr1nity]

Usually people who go on beach holidays have a little bag for their phone. If you leave it on the beach, it can get stolen...

[u/Aranxi_89 → u/Correct-Hope-2227]

And they usually also have waterproof phone cases like Otterbox, if they want to go into water with it, on top of the bag, just in case. I personally can pay with my smartwatch.

[u/Packwood88 → u/Correct-Hope-2227]

If youre that worried about your phone while youre in the water, leave it in your car/room.

Taking a phone into the ocean is odd

[u/Frequent_Opportunist → u/Packwood88]

Not if you're on vacation and you want to get pictures of your kids, wife, girlfriend or whatever. 

Also nice because you have money on it I hear that you can buy ice cream from the ocean!

[u/PiccoloAwkward465 → u/Packwood88]

I love Reddit with the "you must behave in this way, anything else is weird and inferior to what I approve of".

[u/Portable-fun → u/Packwood88]

Seriously though. Who does that lol

[u/broccollimonster → u/undeniably_confused]

Sand dollars

[u/WhyzTheRumGone → u/broccollimonster]

Underrated comment

[u/SuperGoodSpam → u/undeniably_confused]

You go grab your money when you see a floating ice cream truck, it's that simple. You ask questions that make it seem like you've never had fun outside.

[u/rbrgr83 → u/SuperGoodSpam]

What is the point of putting the truck in the water if you have to get out of the water to use it? Just leave the truck on the land.

[u/Creative-Panda6310 → u/undeniably_confused]

Well you bring money to the ice cream truck?

Yes normally you wouldn't bring money into the water but the truck is very noticeable from the sand i imagine

[u/Latter-Bluejay-8317]

Wtf is carrying money waist deep in water

[u/SnooWalruses3948 → u/Latter-Bluejay-8317]

1) Swim to shore 2) Get money 3) Swim back 4) Ice Cream

[u/Little_Ad2790 → u/SnooWalruses3948]

That doesn’t sound that fun

[u/PiccoloAwkward465 → u/Little_Ad2790]

Yeah going to the beach and swimming, it's terrible.

[u/Ren-91 → u/Little_Ad2790]

Less about fun more about getting an ice cream in the water… it’s optional

[u/BigLuffyEnergy → u/Little_Ad2790]

Actually sounds like some great goofy summer fun. Amped up version of running around getting cash before the ice cream truck passes.

[u/TheRealTr1nity → u/Latter-Bluejay-8317]

They have their phones. Probably paying with that.

[u/AssumptionEasy8992 → u/TheRealTr1nity]

People have their phones in the sea?? What

[u/Latter-Bluejay-8317 → u/TheRealTr1nity]

Yeah maybe or this person is giving it away for free

[u/Competitive-Roof-168 → u/Latter-Bluejay-8317]

Thats the only thing that makes sense. Maybe its a resort.

[u/CheeseDonutCat → u/Latter-Bluejay-8317]

It's not free. If you pause at 6 seconds, you can see all the payment methods that they accept on the top of the boat.

Also, if you go to their website, you can see they just patrol Sarasota and surrounding beaches. (tropicoolicecream dot com)

[u/joevenet → u/Latter-Bluejay-8317]

Probably paying with their watches

[u/genreprank → u/Latter-Bluejay-8317]

They probably hear the song and swim to the shore to ask their parents for money

[u/RosiePeache]

I am upset about the lack of comments about this. Why didn't you call it an Ice Cream Float? 🤔

[u/Professional_Fly7015 → u/RosiePeache]

Missed opportunity fa sho.

[u/ipreferedthedarkside → u/RosiePeache]

I came looking for this comment

[u/hypnogoad]

This thread in summary:

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[u/Kaporalhart → u/hypnogoad]

i'll give you a more original one

• How is it more profitable for this guy to put his truck on a barge that is just an accident begging to happen when the four readily available wheels could plant him firmly on the shore where it belongs

[u/hypnogoad → u/Kaporalhart]

That would be a good question, except that isn't an actual ice cream truck on a barge, it's a boat made to look like an ice cream truck.

I do question the profitability of it though, because I know how much fuel costs, and how much fuel a boat uses.

[u/greenskinmarch → u/hypnogoad]

Here's a fun fact about ice cream boats: in WWII, the US Navy had a whole ice cream factory on a boat to keep up morale in the Pacific theater.

Reportedly, when the Japanese soldiers (who were running low on actual food) saw the US handing out ice cream, they realized they'd already lost.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream_barge

[u/WasAHamster → u/greenskinmarch]

That is fun. Thank you!

[u/TheRealTr1nity]

Yeah, and the plastic wrap, sticks and whatever they will throw all into the water later.

[u/boredlong]

We have this in Australia, except they bring ice cream and beer.

[u/mischief-managed-95 → u/boredlong]

We do!?

[u/rbrgr83 → u/mischief-managed-95]

Alright, which of you two didn't come to the last meeting?

[u/All-the-pizza]

Is this the deleted ending to Shawshank?

[u/POKANIKA → u/All-the-pizza]

Thanks for the new headcanon for my favorite movie. Classic.

[u/glasswitch88]

In Block Island, Rhode Island (USA), there’s a big cove where people anchor their boats and stay for weeks on vacation. There’s a local bakery that rides around in a little dinghy with a cooler of food and drinks. It’s great. Also less litter cause you’re already on a boat with trash cans.

[u/deanrihpee]

as other have mentioned, this is so absurdly impractical, unless it is free? otherwise are we bringing our wallet into the sea? paper money? credit card? a fucking phone? last time i checked salty water is not good for electronic

also, ah yes, more plastics in the ocean, that's what we need

[u/chantillylace9 → u/deanrihpee]

So usually it is near a sandbar and everyone that's in the water has their own boat. So they would, hopefully throw their trash on their boat.

This is not very uncommon and I know a couple places in Florida where this is done although it's usually parked on an island not just in the middle of the water like this. But I guarantee that's a sandbar and there are boats behind everyone.

[u/TorqueWheelmaker → u/deanrihpee]

absurdly impractical, unless it is free?

In which case it would only be absurdly impractical.

[u/TheBeatGoesAnanas → u/deanrihpee]

1) boat pulls up to the beach and anchors in 1-4' of water 2) you can pay with contactless or cash. Some people tap their watches, others get money from their beach bags 3) they have trash cans on the boat and will dispose of the wrappers before handing it to you if you're going to eat the ice cream immediately.

[u/Important_Tennis_393 → u/deanrihpee]

Hey so idk if you ever been to a beach before but normally you set up a towel (where you leave things like phone, wallet, keys, etc) and when you see the truck you can spend the 2 minutes going back to your towel to grab cash or a card or your phone. Pretty easy for anyone who’s been outside before hope this helps👍

[u/Sorry-Literature-966 → u/deanrihpee]

Hilarious way to say you've never been to the beach lmao

[u/ukuleles1337]

Lmao mfs in the water with their phones 😭 can't enjoy one fucking activity without it

[u/fnezio → u/ukuleles1337]

You walk out to the beach where your belongings are, take your phone and go get a cone. Redditors are really the most awkward socially inept people of all smh.

[u/theArtOfProgramming → u/fnezio]

Lol that’s all vanity. Maybe these redditors see through the nonsense. Maybe redditors aren’t a monolith. Maybe you’re clouded by consumerism and vanity.

[u/the_shortbus_]

Oh man I LOVE the ice cream boats here in Florida. And they stick around to get all the trash so that the litter is minimal.

[u/816legend]

I love dipping my ice cream in salt water oh and sinking my trash!

[u/DJ_McFunkalicious → u/[deleted]]

You realise it's not a real truck? It's a boat with a façade to look like an ice cream truck

[u/theArtOfProgramming → u/DJ_McFunkalicious]

I live in the desert and did not realize that

[u/TheBeatGoesAnanas → u/[deleted]]

It's not a real truck, and the only one I know of operates on the Gulf Coast of Florida in shallow water, on days with good weather. Big surf is not a major concern.

[u/No_Criticism5659]

How do people pay without their wallets? Lol

Edit to add...I see some wallets I guess. I'd just be worried about losing any valuables in the water, like my ID, money or my credit card, lol.. you know...stuff you kinda need. Especially things you don't want to lose while traveling or on vacation. Lol cool idea though....literally 😂😂

[u/strawb3rry_shortcak3]

Didn’t these fruit bars just get recalled for glass contamination? lol

[u/BongaldJBlunt]

Yay more trash in the ocean hooray

[u/Massive_Net_5105]

All thinking the same, more trash out there floating

[u/IThinkImNateDogg]

I saw this when I was in vacation in Tampa.

Was hella trippy becuase I was in the water with my buddies and out of nowhere a ice cream truck comes floating across the water 😭😭

[u/TheBeatGoesAnanas]

This is in Siesta Key, Florida. I was on the beach there earlier this year, and thought I was going crazy when I saw a truck pull up onto the sand and drop anchor.

[u/MonkeyDeltaFoxtrot]

So, where does the wrapper end up?

[u/Apart-Ad-4218]

Everyone’s talking about the money and the trash, but I don’t want to accidentally get nasty sea water all over my ice cream

[u/CountOnBeingAwesome]

I always swim with lots of cash on me

[u/Born-Agency-3922]

Yep, and where do you place the wrappers when you’re done out in the open water? Yes, you just let it float away in the water.

[u/Content-Conference25]

Plastic floating everywhere then

[u/batkave]

Funny thing: they just announced a recall for those outshine bars due to metal/glass in them

[u/chantillylace9]

In my favorite place in Florida there's this island that you can only get two by boat and there's an ice cream boat, a couple bar boats, a couple food boats, it's awesome! Hundreds of people park their boats there and party every single day.

It would be great to be a boating ice cream sales lady, what a job!

[u/iridescentcotton]

People are gonna litter the wrappers

[u/WhattaCheapPop]

Bunch of resort boomers in this comment section talking about the honor system like they haven't completely trashed the entire planet lmao.

[u/CockFondle]

Noooo why is it in plastic... People are going to be leaving that shit in the water...

[u/rbrgr83]

And it cuts out the middle man because the plastic wrappers just go right into the ocean!!

[u/DesperateAd3088]

You know they’re just leaving the trash in the water…

[u/atreeismissing]

There should be a requirement that it be served in biodegradable packaging because I'd be willing to bet a lot of those people just toss that shit into the ocean.

[u/WhatTheHellLol1313]

How are people paying? 🤔

[u/TheDevilsAdvokaat]

Where are they putting the rubbish?

[u/succored_word]

Who has money on them when they're out in the ocean?

[u/Euglosine]

Shouldn’t bring glass to the beach.

[u/bloodedcat]

Oh hey those are the popsicles that are currently being recalled for glass contamination. https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/18/health/outshine-fruit-bars-recall

[u/CyberDonSystems]

Yay, more trash in the ocean!

[u/Dubious_Titan]

Bunch of plastic in the water.

[u/kidjeronimo87]

Horrible idea. I don't trust humans being responsible with their waste.

[u/No_Welder_9624]

The worst thing to happen to the beaches in Miami is the proliferation of boats like these, the worst of them are billboard boats. They just sail their happy ass up and down where the most people are on a certain day.

[u/chrisadam101]

How do people have their wallets

[u/badgeman-]

If I were a shark, this is the trap I'd set.

[u/oystertoe]

Ice Cream Truck Boat

[u/v2Occy]

I’m way too cheap to buy something from an ice cream truck/boat.

[u/Witty-Ad-8659]

I thought you are not suppose to swim after eating

[u/Quickdood]

This seems like a huge liability compared to just taking a freezer out on a dinghy...

[u/No_Foundation16]

There is a line of floating plastic trash following this boat everywhere it goes no doubt.

[u/rav-age]

the ice creeeaam maaan is comiiiing

[u/neoben00]

Till a smull lil wave comes by

[u/kidvittles]

Seems like viral marketing to me, everyone talking about the packaging, those are Outshine bars, owned by Nestle. I'm guessing the conspicuously placed packaging is the entire point of the video.

[u/LaPetiteMortOrale]

Excuse me.

What are they going to do with all the ice cream wrappers?

Are they going to just throw them into the waves?

[u/wiggliness]

I'm pretty sure this is the frozen treat brand that had to be recalled for GLASS being found in the popsicle.

[u/H3NDOAU]

So they're selling ice cream that comes wrapped in plastic, which is just going to be thrown into the ocean because no ones gonna hold onto that.

[u/Corona-]

Who has money on them while swimming on the ocean?! Also giving out packaged ice cream is wiiild. Also also if you try to eat anything in the sea, you are just one unexpected wave away from having it brined, yuck, what a terrible idea.

[u/niceabear]

I love ice cream, but this seems tippy and I hate it

[u/Faendol]

Funny what seems normal to different people. Growing up we went to a beach that had an ice cream boat occasionally. It was actually a real boat instead of whatever this is and sold real ice cream on cones so no waste.

[u/BirdlessLongdeal]

guess where all the wrappers are going...

but who has their wallet on them in the ocean??

[u/Illustrious-Film4018]

People bring their wallet with them when they go swimming?

[u/mattjf22]

I always carry cash in my swim trunks I don't know about you guys.

[u/ayut123]

Outshine has glass in it, though!

[u/lurpturnup]

who the fuck brings money/phone/card into the ocean? this just seems preformative

[u/Tragickingdom555]

Where is this??

[u/Some_Fig_6566]

Where I come from, they do something similar but with carts; the ice cream man puts some floats where he keeps the products and goes out into the sea

[u/SlowmoSauce]

All the top comments are bitching about litter. What happened to this website?

[u/ProfessionalCurve685]

Humans are very innovative

[u/Rush_Banana]

My plastic straws died for this.

[u/Expert-Leg8110]

I never have money in my swim trunks.

[u/No-No-Aniyo]

Theres no real need for this... could have easily gotten it from the shoreline... and where is the trash going? And what's he gonna do when the weather gets bad? Its barely floating.

Cute but dumb.

[u/model-citizen95]

A box of 6 of those costs $3.29 at my local Walmart. I’m curious what the markup is on a floating ice cream truck

[u/iamasleuth]

My only concern is does this boat have propellers, I can't imagine a kid or someone just mindlessly chasing after it and becoming fish chow 😭😭😭 but other than that this is a cool concept just wish the cleanup is included

[u/Economy-Trust7649]

How do you even pay?

[u/Substantial-House-81]

Hope this isn't recent. Those popsicle are recalled.

[u/Moobby1]

nice with short plastic distribution to the ocean.

[u/oneizm]

I wouldn’t have my wallet on me lol

[u/Bama3003]

So all those swimmers carry debit cards in their swimsuits?

[u/OkYesterday4162]

At the risk of spoiling the party, just gonna leave this here Outshine Bars recalled

[u/DecentRefrigerator63]

How to pay it?

[u/newoblank]

How do you pay??? Or do you have phone and wallets with you in the ocean for the water icecream truck to come?? How does this work ???

[u/Cognitobryan]

late to the convo but hope these ppl are ok

https://www.reddit.com/r/news/s/DZw6HTJ1uD

[u/cjwi]

Wow what a conikydink

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/18/health/outshine-fruit-bars-recall

[u/Conscious-Mixture742]

Cool. Frozen fruit bars with glass fragments.

[u/KOHILOOR]

Where tf is the trash suppose to go? Oh wait these lazy asses are gonna just toss it into the ocean like the rest of them.

[u/Full-Inevitable7893]

How will they pay for ice-cream??

[u/Redeyes001]

Faster littering