'90s-'00s McDonald’s primarily appealed to kids, as the colorful characters and Happy Meals were a big part of the draw.
'10s-'20s McDonalds has pivoted to marketing towards adults, in part because they had come under fire for marketing greasy, oversalted calorie bombs to children as the US obesity epidemic took off. The other reason is that mid-to-low income adults became a much more lucrative demographic after decades of wage stagnation basically created an entire generation that’s too tired and overworked to cook for themselves but too poor to go out to eat anywhere else.
Also those grease bomb refugees that were 5-15 during the 90s?
They were 25-35 for the '10-'20 pivot.
They never had a chance…
No, it doesn’t look like a prison. It looks more like a school or a factory.
…wait a minute.
I’ve don’t think this person has seen prison.
Old MacDonalds was a trip gone bad
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I grew up with this McDonald’s, it had a jukebox. My sister had life threatening food allergies, so we only ever went there to get orange juice, but I still loved it.
The Rock 'n Roll McDonalds in Chicago was pretty cool when I went to it as a kid. Looks like it’s gone now.
Your sister risked death so you all could hang out at a place with a shark’s head biting a surfboard. Respect.
If there were ever anything worth risking death over, it would be to hang out at a place with a shark’s head biting a surfboard.
Also, that was like all we had to do back in the 80s when cartoons weren’t on.
That’s rad.
I miss everything having distinctive features, personality, and allowing themselves to use colors and shapes.
Restaurants, business logo and branding in general, apps, everything getting normalized to the death. I know a large part of that is accessibility and cost reduction, but it’s a bit sad.
In my town, subway stations where all themed around what’s above them. No two stations where the same (there isn’t a lot, so there’s that). Now that the network is getting extensions and the old stations are remade, they’re all flat, white walls with square lights, flat uniform labels (harder to see, since they’re lined with the walls). If you were dropped in one without indication, it’d take some time to even know where you are.
And just none of it is fun anymore. Noble Roman’s Pizza, before it became gas station pizza, had windows where kids could watch them make the pizza and they showed old silent movies and cartoons on the wall. It was awesome.
Now? Even the McDonalds playgrounds I’ve driven past look depressing.
Tbh I’m finding that to be quite the trend for everything today as a car guy do see some cars being cool and fun but compared to the 50s when even their equivalent of a Prius shit box was still trying so hard to look like a god damn spaceship rocket thing with so many colors that almost every car had two colors per car green and pink where common place today everything is ether trying to look like a ford focus or a SUV brick granted I currently work at a Toyota dealership so I’m constantly surrounded by Toyota cars that are in my opinion are the blandest of bland cars that only good because of their reliability Honestly even when modern cars try to copy old car design they always end up looking like the old car having a allergic reaction
I mean there you go, Toyota’s are appliances. They have to look bland because their style has to remain inoffensive after decades on the road.
That being said, I’m impressed with how much style they’ve managed to put on the new Prius while still aiming for long-term fleet vehicle role. I also like what they’re trying to do with the BZ4 styling wise, even if it’s a compromised first gen product.
There’s also always the Supra and LC500 :3
in my state, NC, they don’t even have the playgrounds anymore (I think they outlawed fast food joints being allowed to have play places, as I typically only see them when I vacation in Virginia)
I think there’s now a law about the modernization/regulation of fast food restaurants. Just so we don’t have a bunch of leftover Pizza Hut buildings anymore when a store closes.
Probably good that a junk food merchant isn’t marketing to kids to heavily.
Jokes on you, they dont need to anymore :)
What makes you think they’re marketing to kids?
I mean we are living in an age where Call of Duty’s audience is 14 year olds and Pokemon’s audience is like 40
CoD was always 14 year olds.
They’re not marketing to kids because those kids grew up and are adults now.
They’re not marketing to kids becuase:
A) it’s illegal in some countries
B) It should rightfully be looked down on
That tree looks like the stranger on the street who offers to babysit your daughters for free.
And you say “okay… come on over” and make sure that stranger is never seen again.
Top one looks like from a horror movie…
You didn’t grow up in the 70s or 80s, did you? That was what half the shows we watched looked like.
And by design.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_%26_Marty_Krofft_Television_Productions_Inc._v._McDonald's_Corp.
And the old style chairs which you could “twist” the seat on lol 🤣
And that’s why I hate everything and everyone
Old McDonald’s looks like an „okay“ bad trip in this case
nvm that tree is creepy af
Gotta love the bottom picture.
Gigantic displays that can theoretically put whatever message you want on there before people interact with them.
Each has two printed leaflets taped to the sides.
McDonalds is a reflection of the zeitgeist.
The everything resembles the prison?
Neither of these looks good
Someone never went to a McPlayplace when it was watched over by friendly Mayor McCheese as a kid…
You’re not wrong, I have 0 interest in anything McBranded
I don’t now, but it was pretty standard when I was growing up in the 80s to go to McDonalds birthday parties. Happy Meals were something most kids loved getting. It’s like Disney. Yes, they’re a big evil corporation, but they also make things fun for kids. That’s the loss me and others here are lamenting. They’ve taken all the fun away from these places.
The 80s were a different time, man. You may not like it, but it was peak aesthetic.
