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

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      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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          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.

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                    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.