r/interestingasfuck • u/Charming_History7423 • 11d ago

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

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u/7thFleetTraveller 11d ago

There are many EU laws which I'm glad about, but this is not one of them. Probably because of the nostalgia when I think about my own childhood. I still remember going to the cinema for the very first time, watching The Lion King and then going to McDonalds and getting a toy from the movie. Felt so wholesome for little me. But it was also more special back then, as it wasn't something my parents could affort every week.

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u/chunkysmalls42098 11d ago

"I'd rather kids everywhere get a poor quality plastic toy that certainly ends up in the garbage in under 5 years. Something about the nostalgia of being wasteful"

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u/Paddy_Tanninger 11d ago

Yeah like of course I remember getting these shitty toys too, but objectively it's horrible. My kids don't get happy meals when we go to McD and they really couldn't give a shit...they're more interested in the peel off Monopoly stickers.

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u/Riaayo 11d ago

Gotta get them addicted to gambling early to get them ready for mobile "games" after all, lol.