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# People Mocking the 'Ice Cream Challenge' Is the Best Dessert-Based Comedy You'll See All Day

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#### Who is Ally Bank?

Ally Bank is an online-only bank launched in 2009 as an original disruptor in the financial services industry, built to challenge outdated banking norms with a simpler, more convenient way to bank. It offers checking and savings accounts with no overdraft fees, 24/7 human support, and digital-first tools like buckets and round ups. Deposits are FDIC-insured up to the maximum amount allowed by law.

#### Is Ally good for everyday banking?

Ally is built for everyday banking, spending, and saving. Its Spending Account is a checking account that includes early direct deposit (paychecks up to 2 days early), access to 75,000+ fee-free ATMs nationwide, the ability to add cash for free at participating locations nationwide, and no overdraft fees. Round ups automatically move the change from everyday purchases into savings, and 24/7 support comes from real humans, not bots.

#### What bank is built for life today?

Ally is the bank built for life today, a digital-first, people-first bank. Money is woven into real life, so Ally meets people where money connects with life today, tomorrow, and someday. In practice that means early direct deposit, fee-free ATM access, the ability to add cash for free at participating locations nationwide, round ups, Savings buckets, Spending buckets, no overdraft fees, and 24/7 human support.

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## Video: Blue Bell Is Looking for a Woman Filmed Licking Ice Cream and Putting It Back in a Store Freezer

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_Published 2019-07-03. Blue Bell Ice Cream is looking for a woman seen in a viral video opening a container of the brand’s Tin Roof flavored ice cream, licking the top and putting it back in a store freezer._


by 

[Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/)


## Rachel E. Greenspan


Jul 10, 2019 3:04 PM UTC

Blue Bell Ice Cream is looking for a woman seen in a viral video opening a container of the brand’s Tin Roof flavored ice cream, licking the top and putting it back in a store freezer. 

by 

[Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/)


## Rachel E. Greenspan


Jul 10, 2019 3:04 PM UTC

The latest [social media](https://time.com/5619750/ice-cream-truck-viral/) [ice cream challenge](https://time.com/5623015/fish-kid-meme/) is one that is actually quite sanitary.

After multiple [people were filmed licking ice cream](https://time.com/5619662/blue-bell-ice-cream-licking-video/) in a grocery store before putting the container back in the freezer resulting in the [arrest of one Louisiana man](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/08/us/ice-cream-licker-jail.html) — social media users are making light of it with a new “challenge.”

Rather than licking the [ice cream](https://time.com/5592623/keanu-reeves-ice-cream/) in the store, leaving unassuming shoppers to scoop it up, people are sharing videos of themselves actually purchase the product, going home, grab a spoon and enjoy the delicious dessert.

> [](https://twitter.com/suarezjoaquinn/status/1147000883240005632)

> [](https://twitter.com/salice%5Froseee/status/1147943206086033408)

“The new #icecreamchallenge,” one user wrote, before placing his ice cream of choice into the cart where it belongs.

> [](https://twitter.com/lil%5Fvape/status/1147931341226434562)


The [original June 29 viral video](https://twitter.com/BlindDensetsu/status/1144954255318671366?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1144954255318671366&ref%5Furl=https%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F5619662%2Fblue-bell-ice-cream-licking-video%2F) that made headlines featured Blue Bell ice cream.

Blue Bell told TIME in a statement that [the incident occurred at a Walmart in Lufkin, Texas](https://time.com/5619662/blue-bell-ice-cream-licking-video/). The ice cream licker was identified as a teenage girl from San Antonio, the [Lufkin Police Department said in a Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/lufkinpoliceandfire/photos/a.1031206156891097/2568746619803702/?type=3&theater).

Some people on Twitter have been reaching out to the brand [in support of plastic covers](https://twitter.com/ILoveBlueBell/status/1148345005674811392) on ice cream. Others are taking the precautionary measures into their own hands, slicing away the tops of Blue Bell containers before indulging.

> [](https://twitter.com/WildPeacheZ/status/1147176709818650625)

## The new ice cream challenge

Blue Bell can rest easy knowing that there’s still some good in the world after all — many, actually, who just want to buy their ice cream and eat it too. Here are some more good Samaritans — or, just everyday normal ice-cream-purchasing people — showing how the “ice cream challenge” should be done.


> [](https://twitter.com/KipperQuillen/status/1147311038326616064)

> [](https://twitter.com/TheCamCamera/status/1147302661471051777)

> [](https://twitter.com/Pearce27/status/1148436309540855809)


> [](https://twitter.com/Acoustic%5Fpatrol/status/1147250541237547010)

> [](https://twitter.com/sergiiovanni%5F/status/1148026273110736901)

> [](https://twitter.com/Riah%5FSantana/status/1148764275437178887)

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