I usually hate the removal of fun from public spaces, however not having a horrifically unhealthy place designed to attract children is probably a good thing.
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The death of Skeumorphism, the rise of brutalist minimalism.
Personified into the real world.
What is the skeuomorphism here? Because I don't think that word means what you think it means.
In this case literally a Zoo.
But I was speaking for the physical manifestation of the transition of our software personified onto McD buildings.
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There really is a lack of kids-themed restaurants. Rainforest Cafe, Old McD with play places, You'd think they'd be able to keep a place that caters to families open.
They'd need to charge amounts that families can afford for that to work.
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Look at how they mascaraed my boy. Enshitfication in its best example
And it also just got more expensive
For laughs, I checked out how much the meal cost in my city. It's $12.
For two dollars more, I can get a better burger at my neighborhood bar.
Last time I ate mcdonalds we paid 15 euros a person which is quite a price for the garbage quality
It's far worse in the states. Trust me, I had McDonald's in the UK once because it was the only thing open, and I was shocked at the quality.
Isn't the business model based on getting people to love it when they're kids and become addicted then, before they're able to critically think about food, and then coasting on the people that have fond memories of it?
The adults going there now were kids in the 80s and 90s, and remember the old style. No kid gives a rip about a place that looks like this, with no characters or colors. Even today when I see red and yellow together it makes me think of them, but now it's all gray, brick, and beige, with a dollop of yellow just for the logo.
Personally I like this boring look fine. But damn if it's not gonna take a huge hit from being loved by generations that have no memory of fast play places and mascots.
Getting rid of the play area is probably good though because I mean really they are gross if you just think for a few seconds. But capitalism does dictate wringing every drop of injury money from anyone whenever possible.
Now while I support draining the bucks from corporations, ruining opportunities for kids to have fun memories too. If only having fun wasn't so injury-prone.
I'm my country they made it illegal to market fast food directly to kids. It may not be a choice, it may be regulatory.
This is about the US, the undisputed capital of the fast food world. That is definitely not the case.
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This was in Dallas. There was another one in Brownsville that this happened to.
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One is makeup the other one is the ugly truth
Not entirely, the food and price was also way better back in the day, especially the 90s
It was just as unhealthy back then though.
Not exactly though, I mean yeah sure it is fast food but you dont get it that the quality of food there was way better back then
Unhealthy, sure, but better quality and yet cheaper. Now it's expensive, but made really cheaply
Code enforcement in cities and towns, especially more are more to blame for this than any other factor. Where I’m from the more affluent suburbs, barring in any kind of real individual expression or even signage.