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In the Fascist States of America, a McDonald’s techbro named BigBallz voice will serve you a burger with no beef, charge you double, and call it freedom.
You ask, where’s my Mcplayground? Well, it is outsourced, replaced with a sad bench on which a crying Ronald McDonald sits, holding a sign about liability.
Jesus Christ you lot need to get out more. You lot are seriously over analysing changes in marketing, and using it to stroke your ego's.
The shit looks depressing. How does that stroke one's ego?
Dystopia is when boring burger.
Even the architecture of their fast food joints is fascist.
What do y'all expect from an industry based on torture and murder, destroying the planet, wrecking your health, and supporting genocide? Fun for the kids?
CONSUME
That's because the nature of the marketing model has changed. Mcdonald's has shifted their marketing demographic to exclusively adults due to the decades of growing backlash and lawsuits over the nutritional value and predatory practices of targeting children. Among many other controversies. Of all the businesses in any industry, this is probably one of the worst examples to give.
Yes, their's truth from an architectural stance that does show a shift to contemporary minimalism. But McDonald's, while perhaps not the most inherently evil company in the world, at least by the amount of true harm they purposely do or the product they provide and those who voluntary choose to consume it. Is still a reflection of many of the United State's problems. Everything from issues concerning wages, labor relations, nutritional literacy, and lifestyle practices, to name a few.
McDonald’s, while perhaps not the most inherently evil company in the world,
It's a grift based on destroying the planet, torturing and murdering animals, destroying people's health, and supporting genocide.
So perhaps it is among the most evil capitalists on the planet.
yawn You really had to throw in your vegan soapboxing in there alongside other valid reasons, didn't you? Blocked.
Well this adult wants a colorful, fun, whimsical eatery to forget the humdrummery of daily life, is that too much to ask?
At this time in history and with this state of the world, yeah. But you can make your own whimsical, happy and lively! (and there's some more expensive restaurants that are still themed)
As an adult, when I entered a redesigned MacDonald's it did not appeal to me at all. It was like being inside the architectural embodiment of depression.
Not that it matters. MacDonald's didn't seem to mind Trump associating himself with their brand, so I won't be eating anything from there ever again anyway (ignoring the myriad of other reasons to avoid them as well).
Typical family with kids can no longer afford to eat here since the business model is to maximize shareholder value. So it makes sense to rebrand to the only people who can afford it.
the menu prices are insanity.
last time i was in there, they wanted 3 bucks for the shitty little burger they used to sell for 99 cents.
Not even getting started on 10 dollar bigmacs and other stupidity.
Dude those ball pits were special, they don't exist anymore. Disease infested suffocation hazards, but special.