r/interestingasfuck • u/Charming_History7423 • 11d ago

/r/all McDonald's in the 80s compared to today

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u/Forward_Promise2121 11d ago

It was more explictly aimed at kids in those days too.

An adult grabbing a coffee and muffin on the way to the office can do that in the bottom image. You'd feel like a sex offender sitting in the top one reading your emails over a latte.

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u/Crow_eggs 11d ago

For some reason I can't imagine a sex offender reading their emails over a latte. I suppose they must do, but in my head it's all handwritten notes, dirty tracksuits and raincoats, and CRT monitors. I think my mental image of a sex offender might be someone who only actually makes sense in the top image.

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u/Capn_Flags 11d ago

Lots of black coffee because the milk is old.

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u/LordMarcel 11d ago

A lot of criminals are entirely normal people in their day to day life and you wouldn't suspect a thing.

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u/247Brett 11d ago

The bottom one has someone staring at you with hatred for staying inside for more then 20 minutes. McDonald’s new policy is to move people through and out as fast as they can. They don’t want people to stay and eat because that means they have to “waste” time cleaning it.

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u/RichEvans4Ever 11d ago

Don’t pay them any mind, dude. Who cares if a hormonal teenager is glaring at you, they hate everyone 😂

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u/Gowalkyourdogmods 11d ago

I did not have a good weekend but this comment at almost 6 in the morning on a Monday morning gave me such a laugh that it felt cathartic.

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u/Igotdaruns 11d ago

Adults that feel like sex offenders in totally normal scenarios might just be.

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u/Forward_Promise2121 11d ago

Anyone who thinks an adult having a coffee in that top image is a totally normal scenario is not someone whose opinion the rest of us need to worry about.

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u/Igotdaruns 11d ago

It’s literally a dining room of a fast food restaurant. I feel sorry for you that as an adult you’ve lost all appreciation for whimsy. The modern world is far too sterile. As an adult with kids I see nothing wrong with another adult to be in a restaurant drinking coffee. I’d be a bit concerned if they were playing in the old McDonalds playground with kids present but I also recognize that child rapist make up about .05 percent of the population vs the amount of adults that just like to still have fun.

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u/Forward_Promise2121 11d ago

I'm baffled that a parent with a high appreciation for whimsy took my obvious joke as a serious comment and started genuinely thinking it was about sex with children.