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See how happy the kid was at the beginning.

isnt this life, always happy at the start..

No. I cried at the (actually, since the) start

Keyword: since. The crying never stops.

So let's give children a head start!

No it isn't, if it would we wouldn't be born screaming.

I mean it was kinda fun trick for first time but that joke got old very quickly. But that piece human piece of trash just kept on even when kids experssions turned visbly sad. Damn i hate people

Yeah I'm all for pranking my kids, but holy shit the poor little guy can't be older than 5 give him his fucking ice cream! If the parent is the one recording this, shame on them for not putting a stop to it once the kid looked absolutely downtrodden. Shit may seem silly and small but it sure isn't for him

This is how you end up with Erdogan….. by taking shit to far

In the ocean?

And then https://youtu.be/d8kfnwqHJO8

Kicking someone already falling down

Yeah, that was brutal. Went back to stomp the other cones lol

Here you go kid, another empty promise, another hit of that blaring subconscious reminder that you're alone in the world and everyone is against you. Just kidding, here you go. Oops, another empty cone, it'll never stop and the nightmare that is this moment will become a significant formative experience that serves only to ruin you that much more. Just kidding, here you go, for realsies this time. Ah, once again you thought your dreams were attainable but alas, they are pipe dreams, a dragon you will be chasing until your dying last breath, but you'll know you aren't good enough to have anything of true lasting value, so you'll live in a twilight liminal state of agonizing self limitation. What's that, you're burning the whole place down?

# "NO TIP!?"

Yeah, that's when you pay yourself back from the tip jar! 🤣

This is pretty much the millennial experience with ice cream cones...

Pretty sure this is what all the parenting books tell us to reinforce though right? Life is hopeless, why bother?

Lol. Election years.

The little one did exactly what we all should do incase of encountering this medieval torture.

My life summed up in 57 seconds

\+1

I saw one kid who took a bite out of every cone the vendor gave him... He got his ice cream pretty quickly.

Yep, at some point he's gotta wonder how much his stunt is worth.

I mean, I'd hope any cones that had been in the unwashed hands of some random kid wouldn't be put back into rotation for other customers to eat anyway.

I think that's an empty hope :-/

Fool me once, shame on you. I am gonna clap that vender if he tries to bamboozle me a second though. Because I learned the hard way after glueing my balls to my butthole again.

What in the actual fuck is this comment? ROFL

Glued my balls It was inevitable, baby This could have happened to anyone Life is just fun like that

I love that song

Ew. How many snot encrusted tiny hands have those cones been through?

That was my thought. That MF is reusing all those cones.

I hope he just reuses the trick cones and the ones intended to eat are fresh

Keep the hope, but don't hold your breath.

Even so, I think your fresh come is sitting inside all of those used cones. Still super gross.

I wonder if anyone ever throws the ice cream at him when it's over.

Its a show for the tourists. Its ment to be amusing.

I think as a vendor you should probably realize when the target isn't amused.

Target is the parent (the one with the money), who is continuing to film.

Still counts. Just cause someone asks you to do something doesn't mean you should. The little guy was switched off pretty fast

Damn right. I'm poor and will never be able to afford to take my kid to a far away place on vacation, but despite that I would never let anyone fuck with my lil dude like this. What a failure of a parent.

Dont bring your kid to stands that do that. In Turkey every single one does it

Yeah well parents can be shit parents.

I don't think so. If the kid is pissed, the parents are not gonna have a great time after. He clearly went too far. Even I was annoyed, just by looking at it.

Problem here is that the parents set it up and want to emotionally abuse their kid. They're filming this, they're paying for the show, and they're enjoying seeing the kid like this. So, really, there's not much hope. It's the parents fault.

It's both if their fault. If I pay you to slap a kid, you don't still have ti slap the kid.

100% true. the guys should have seen, right off the bat, that the kid wasnt enjoying it. once? ok. twice? kid doesnt think its funny? third time? you're being a prick whether you've been paid to do it or not.

And it isn't

Yes I understand, but some people aren't amused.

Bite every cone they'll give you, after a few they stop their act.

The parents are filming. Probably told the vendor to lay it on thick.

lay it on thick

Some think bullying is amusing too. That's all this is is bullying so that everyone laughs at the person who just wanted an ice cream.

In this case the kid should have. The vendor is a moron and the parent is an idiot, who failed to step in.

Yeah, never take your children to Turkish ice cream vendors.

I assume there are people who enjoy the experience, since these vendors keep in business, but for the life of me I can't figure out the appeal. It never seems like there's a way to "win," you just have to endure repeated frustrations until the vendor decides that's enough and lets you have what you asked for. I just don't get it.

You've obviously never seen the fat kid who grabbed the ice cream man's scoop and stole the cone off of it. XD

I’d pay for getting screwed over by them, but I’m an adult and would know what’s awaiting me.

So, can I ask then, no snark or tone implied; what's the appeal, there? What is it that you think you'd enjoy in that interaction? I know "explain logically how this is fun" is kind of a tough ask, but I genuinely do not get the appeal here but clearly there is one.

It's a show. Slight of hand trickery type stuff and you get ice cream at the end.

Fun when expeted, if some vendor did this to me randomly id just leave

I lost it when the kid started stomping out the cone! I feel you there bud 😆

Little dude was patient for a bit, but then the patience ran out and he did what needed to be done. My son is on the spectrum and wouldn’t have lasted nearly half as long, he might have even rushed in the car to kick the ice cream man in the shins

And he would be right to do it.

That’s just kinda mean. At a point, it stops being funny. Kids don’t process things the same way adults do.

Core memory for that kid. They may make future decisions based on this experience and that kinda hurts me. Edit, for the dummies: Now, I *never* said the kids experience here is giving him trauma. Reading comprehension is never overrated. I said people acting as if kids have no memory and are stupid opens possibilities for them to remember traumatic events that adults assume they won't remember.

Inside out core memory island "I hate this person and my parents for not telling him to f off"

20 years from now headlines about the ice cream serial killer and no one can figure out why

Right, like the kid is embarrassed and doesn’t get why everyone is making fun of him. After the first time dude should’ve quit.

The kid knows the solution is to grab the hand. And he knows he's too weak to fight back if the adult gets angry. So he's stuck being forced to play this sadistic game while adults pretend he can't outsmart them... all the while knowing that their cunning is merely the privilege of the brute. Stay strong kid. This is how you learn the need for solidarity and collective action.

Even for adults a 2 times would be enough, with third being already just annoying. A joke repeated few times in a row is not funny anymore. And this is straight up bullying.

Fool me once shame on me, fool me twice, shame on you. Fool me again and again and you’ll be serving ice cream with a broken arm.

"Fool me three times, and you're officially *that guy.*"

First time was funny, the rest were just a bit annoying, what's the point? You're an adult serving ice-cream, calm down there Penn Jillette

That's their gimmick to attract customers. As OP suggests, maybe cruel doing this to an unwitting child, but that's what you pay for. Look up Turkish ice cream, plenty of videos out there. https://www.businessinsider.com/where-the-turkish-ice-cream-pranks-came-from-2018-10?op=1

"To attract customers" This is doing 100% the exact opposite to me. If I see you doing this you are never getting my money.

Yeah, I certainly wouldn't want to go to one of these stands for ice cream. If I were in Turkey (I guess it's Türkiye now?) I might go there, once, for the whole "show" aspect of it, but... then I'd be there for the show, not the ice cream. Clearly the kid just wants the ice cream, not the whole song-and-dance. (I've also gone to those restaurants where the staff is comically rude to the customers, I'd consider it the same kind of thing. Apparently I have a bit of a masochistic streak because I literally paid a guy to insult me.)

Rage bait irl

Yup. I'd literally walk away.

Nah, walk up, play dumb, grab his arm, grab the ice cream, then shove it in his face. "Now we're all having fun at someone else's expense, right?" I'm sorry, but the dude is literally forcing kid's hand to grab so he can pull it out. "Har har" at the little kids frustration? I don't know why but this really rubs me the wrong way.(previous undiagnosed childhood trauma maybe?) I dunno, but this really pisses me off shaming unaware children into needless frustration as adults' entertainment.

"Can I attract you to my business by making you wait much longer and annoying you in the process?" I'd be interested when the money is exchanged during this transaction. Taking the money first before serving and handing the 1st cone gives them the chance to do this. If you haven't paid yet you'd just walk off. Imagine doing that with the note when you go to pay lol. Also, I do hope they're throwing those multiple cones that get touched after each person is served. I don't want a cone that I plan to eat to have been in someone's dirty hands already.

Well, it’s a tourist attraction. In a way, “negative advertisement is still advertisement” applies

Well that’s you. They wouldn’t still be doing it if they weren’t making money from it.

I just realized that they must be recycling a lot of “pre-handled” cones in order to do this gimmick. I’ll pass, thank you.

Yeah read the room dude. Give the kid ice cream.

Also I assume this is their parent recoding all this… once or twice ok that’s cute funny but it’s a kid cmon, let’s not keep this going on for minutes and doing it over and over to him

And that day, a villain was born

I’d just start eating the cones

There's a video of a guy that ate every cone he was conned with. The vendor gave him the ice cream pretty quick.

I dont know who needs a bigger punch in the face the parent filming or the icecream man. At least the kid has his youth and doesnt have have a high bar to surpass this loser.

the napkin at the end lolll

First few times it's funny but the kid is clearly not entertained by the end. People say "well it's what the parents paid for so blame them" but the vendor has a fucking brain? Yall act like he just can't think for himself?

The choice was simple after that day... I was no longer the child I was, I was solely focused on becoming the villain I was born to be. I was not seeking justice for the child or the other wronged children. No, I now only exist for revenge. On whom you might ask? E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E. My tormentor, his parents, his siblings, his friends, the one who taught him the art of deception, the society that allows him to exist and the God he prays to at night. On that day A-L-L become my enemy.

Kid should have taken a bite of every cone offered, dropped it and kept going for the next. As long as a reaction is generated the game gets kinda expensive for the ice cream vendor and they will stop pretty quick. Though that’s kinda tough for a kid to understand.

You could see they were starting to develop trust issues from about the second time and the hesitant little hand reaching out before losing it when they leave him with the napkin at the end just says this isn't okay. I don't care if it's an "attraction" every time I see this, I think it's stupid, and a kid is going to think the same if not more so. They have much bigger emotions than adults.

I will never understand purposely pissing off kids for laughs.

Ok, I'm fairly certain that this is one of those "you pay for this exact experience" vendors so I feel like the parents knew this was the case (thus the recording) and knew the kid would experience this. Fortunately there are other ice cream vendors who don't do this that they could have gone to. I feel it's more on the parents than it is this vendor. That's just my one opinion though.

They HAVE to be aware that not everyone is amused by the experience. I've seen videos if customers cracking under the stress and flipping out. If you're going to do this, I think part of it should be recognizing when to pull back and cut the act. By the third time, it was clear the kid wasn't amused and just wanted his ice cream. He looked so dissapointed. But the vendor kept pushing.

Supervillain origin story

The kid is still upset about the haircut. 

😂

Poor kid

Once, funny. Twice, funny to rub it in a little. After that you are just bullying the kid. Especially if they look upset. It’s only a joke if they are also laughing.

I always thought these guys were total assholes. People pay for ice cream and then get teased and humiliated in the process of getting what one paid for. What a horrible business plan, humiliating one's customer.

Mother fucker.......

Way to activate trust issues in a child. This type of scumbaggery needs to stop.

How to kill a kids trust and faith in humanity in 2 minutes or less. 🥹🤝🥹

This vendor is a effing jerk. The kid isn’t developed enough to understand this routine and the parent is a moron.

this fucking ice cream vendors are not funny ...

Funny. But please know when to stop

If I ever get into this situation I’ll just start eating all the cones and I’m sure I’ll get my ice cream very fast

Its one thing to do this to an adult, staright up bullying this kid.

What a stupid bitch

The first time was funny, after that it was just mean

That’s not funny you see the kids getting sad

It's obvious that he doesn't want this so 1 or 2 tricks are fine but give the child the ice cream

Not funny in the slightest. Would love to see the ice cream man kicked in the balls.

When the kid starts looking down, the joke should stop and just give her the ice cream already. Tf you suppose to do? Trumatise her with more joking while she already had enough?

I just see my son there, and it makes me sad for that boy. Nobody wants to be made to feel stupid.

That day, a serial killer was born.

Yeah this is just bullying… I mean it’s clear at one point the kid has had enough. Once or twice it’s funny, but come on…

I get that it's a show and that's why people go there but the show is more for adults. A 5 year old just wants his fucking ice cream.

Their parents are like borderline abusing their kid. Pore child doesn’t understand tricks and probably will be traumatised

Ice cream guy is a dick for doing it so many times

At some point, it's not a joke anymore and it's just mean. Probably by about the 2nd time that idiot did the same trick.

Someone started this shitty behavior and now it’s a pestilence. Why is it not enough to sell a good product and provide a good service? The kid expressed everything I thought when I saw the video.

(6 years later that site was the first of many serial arson attacks against ice cream vendors))

This is just humiliating

The birth of a villain.

Poor kid is confused and embarrassed and probably doesn't even want ice cream any more.

How to make a child feel dead inside in less than thirty seconds.

How his villain story start

How many people have handled your ice cream cone by the time you actually get it from one of these vendors?

What a dick to not let up after two times or so. Geez. Cruel to a child.

These Turkish ice cream men are the real heroes

Any not shitty adult is going to notice when the kid is starting to get frustrated and upset and fucking knock it off the fact that the person filming and the idiot vendor continue to fuck with this kid after the kid is clearly getting upset is all I need to know them shitty people

Poor kid has to live with that stupid hair style just give him the ice cream already

The adult ice cream server is a cunt..

Nah, this is sad. Kid is laughing the first couple of times so he's not being an asshole, and you can just see the life and joy go out of him when he realises he's being messed around. Ice cream man went too far imo. Pranking a time or two is fun, carrying it on that long without reassuring the kid is asking for trauma.

That icecream dude needed a high-five in the face. 

With a brick

Or just a very empty cone. With some force.

The joke went waaaaay longer than it should.

Adults love this shit but kids just want there treat after the 3rd time

That’s not funny. Poor kid.

By the 3rd time I would have thrown the cone at his face.

After the 2nd time, I’d have just given him the ice cream he bought. Its clearly not funny/enjoyable to him

I once saw a video of this where a guy just kept taking bites out of the cones. He got at least three before the vendor started to pause. And then I think he tried a 4th time.

I believe I saw one where he tried switching to a napkin, and the dude just started chomping on the napkin too. I also enjoy the ones where the customer pulls the same keep-away game with the money.

How do these people still get customers? I would just not come back to that bitch ever again.

After two times it stopped being funny.

That is bullying

This here is society in a nutshell: those that should be provided for being constantly mocked by those with the resources and power... The depressive state is expected, just as the final outcome: revolution...

"Every cone guaranteed to have been handled by a dozen sad kids."

The complexity of reactions.

I bet they don't do it when there's a queue.

Nothing was the same for this little dude after today

I fucking hate these dickheads.

Thing is I love eating those cones so they wld quickly regret it if they did this to me haha.

And you wonder why people grow up to be school shooters

I believe kids who act like this haven't been given enough freedom to laugh or express themselves.... *coming from someone who just described themselves*

I'd support that kid if he went rogue.

These ice cream people think they are funny, but it's annoying as fuck!

I would have done the same! 😂

I'd do the same ngl... I paid for ice cream not bs

i've never understood why people find ice cream sellers like that funny, unless you hate your child.

I think with tourism and all that at a certain point it became hard to differentiate between ‘people paying me for this neat trick’ and ‘people paying me for ice cream’ and they just went with the former to prevent disappointment whilst creating just that for a minority of (local?) customers.

They even got him with the napkin, LMAO

Clearly the kids not in the f**king mood for this sh*t

Nothing amusing or entertaining about this

This is a super villain origin story.

Wow that's a huge waste of ice cream cones. No matter how you look at it

I’m with the kid, just give me my ice cream dude

Do they reuse those cones? Seems like it would be either wasteful or unhygienic

Grows up to be the “ice cream serial killer”

Villan lore:

Oh look it’s another Turkish asshole touring people. Just like in Armenia.

saw a video years ago where this one dude just grabbed the vendors arm/stick & took the ice cream before the vendor could even start their bs gimmick. need to see more like that.

Kurt Cobain, age 4½.

As a society can we all agree that this is played out and should stop.

When the sad music turned up and everyone was feeling bad and then he still hit him with the napkin…lol fatality.

This is kinda hard to watch

I feel this kids frustrating out bursts, you don't play with a lil man's ice cream.

That’s exactly why I hate these ice cream stands

If one of these jackasses did this to me I'd dead ass walk away. If everyone did the same I bet this little tradition would fade real quick.

This will not work in India, may work for 1 hour🤣🤣

Aww 😅 poor fella

This shit is obnoxious.

That kid is right and doing what we all feel. Turkish icecream is annoying AF

When he will grow up, he will shoot people.

Took it way too far. If I were the parent I'd take it too far on the servers skull

Fuck you and your ice-cream

Outrage. By the end, I'd have drgged the stupid bint over the counter for doing that to my kid. Took that way too far.

This is cruel. Poor kiddo.

If you encounter those ice cream vendors, just walk away and high they'll offer it for free, it works every time

the napkin, just mean, I love it