sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 days agoWhy does Dairy Queen sell food?message-squaremessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareentwine413@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoI 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.
minus-squareentwine413@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoBut it’s not the answer to your question. The answer to your question is business/financially related.
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-29 days agoNot 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.
minus-squareentwine413@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoThat’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.
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoWhy can just mean explain something that is unexpected. Which you did with the history lesson. It doesn’t have to answer causality.
minus-squareentwine413@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoThe 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.
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-29 days agoI disagree with your premise. Why? It didn’t used to be, but that’s how it is now. I see what you mean though.
Thanks for the actual answer!
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.
Historic facts can be an answer.
But it’s not the answer to your question. The answer to your question is business/financially related.
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.
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.
Why can just mean explain something that is unexpected. Which you did with the history lesson. It doesn’t have to answer causality.
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.
I disagree with your premise.
Why?
It didn’t used to be, but that’s how it is now.
I see what you mean though.