Man reinvents how to eat ice cream with clever thermos hack

We owe him a lot.
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Samantha Scelzo
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If you thought a cone and a bowl were the only two sensible vessels to eat ice cream out of, think again my friends.

Ice cream is wonderful and delicious and the best thing ever, but it has one fatal flaw -- it melts.

So what do you do if you want to keep that entire pint you're about to eat from melting into a pool of lukewarm mush? Do what Twitter user and human genius Donald Li did, and stick that bad boy in a damn thermos (or in his case, a giant Yeti cup).

The trick is, he lines the bottom of the big cup with ice, keeping the treat extra, extra cold. Then the pint slides perfectly in the top. Brilliant!

People on Twitter bowed down to Donald and thanked him for his service to the world. This invention will surely change humanity.

One small step for Donald, one giant leap for ice cream-lover kind.

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Samantha was a Watercooler Web Culture & Lifestyle intern at Mashable. Follow her on Twitter @samiscelz.

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