r/interestingasfuck • u/Charming_History7423 • 11d ago

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

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u/VichelleMassage 11d ago

Design-wise, the older version is more comforting and whimsical.

From a let's-not-indoctrinate-kids-to-eat-like-garbage standpoint, yeah, fine whatever, go sterile lol.

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u/Areif 11d ago

Isn’t this kind of just what the person you replied to said but in a slightly different way?

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u/VichelleMassage 11d ago

I guess I'm trying to say: we collectively seem to prefer the old design because of its comforting nature, but at least speaking for myself, I can also simultaneously recognize that we're "better off" with the cold design, given the insidious nature of pandering to kids.

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u/dapleasantpheasant 10d ago

Ironic, considering that children are far less healthier, happier, safer and saner now than they were back then.

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u/Honigkuchenlives 10d ago

That’s such a weird and ahistorical claim

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u/dapleasantpheasant 10d ago

I find it weird how you view such an obviously true and objective statement to be false. Here's a little cursory to jog your memory.

Healthier: Obesity has increased 10 fold since 1975.

https://www.worldobesity.org/about/about-obesity/prevalence-of-obesity#:~:text=Childhood%20Obesity&text=The%20NCD%2DRisC%20estimates%20show,olds%20have%20increased%2010%2Dfold.

Happier: Social media is just one reason for the prevalence of unhappiness in children today. A rise in broken families is another.

https://www.rileychildrens.org/connections/how-social-media-can-cause-anxiety-in-kids

Safer: This one's so obviously apparent I'm not going to bother sharing a link.

Saner: An exponential increase of disabilities including Autism.

https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/disability-history/1945-to-the-present-day/

https://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/features/autism-rise

All this is the tip of the iceberg of how we and our kids are less healthier now than we were then, which disproves the OP's assertion that McDonald's making their environment less kid-friendly constitutes a more healthier system.

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u/mayosterd 10d ago

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u/dapleasantpheasant 10d ago

Welcome

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u/UltraLord667 10d ago

Beef beef beef. Pun unintended. 😂

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u/VichelleMassage 10d ago

Children are not less healthy, happy, safe, or sane because McD's got rid of its child-oriented design, tho lol

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u/davidjschloss 10d ago

Isn't this just sort of what the person before me said but only changed a little bit?

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u/UnluckyFish 10d ago

Yeah wasn’t that sort of what the previous commenter said just rephrased a little bit?

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u/CalSeeYum 10d ago

There is nothing whimsical or comforting about that fucking tree.

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u/Traditional_Phase813 9d ago

Yep no longer allowed to target kids. As junk food is proven as bad as drugs

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u/KiryuClan 8d ago

They also got rid of the play land equipment where kids could burn off some of those calories and gain a few social skills.