McDonald's in the 80s compared to today

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To be fair, when it looked like that, people criticized them for using all that stuff to get children hooked on junk food. It was seen as exploitation of the vulnerable.

Now that they ditched it all and the advertising and spaces aren't targeting kids so much people say. they miss the warmth and whimsy.

[u/VichelleMassage → u/-paperbrain-]

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.

[u/Areif → u/VichelleMassage]

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

[u/VichelleMassage → u/Areif]

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.

[u/dapleasantpheasant → u/VichelleMassage]

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

[u/Honigkuchenlives → u/dapleasantpheasant]

That’s such a weird and ahistorical claim

[u/dapleasantpheasant → u/Honigkuchenlives]

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/dapleasantpheasant → u/mayosterd]

Welcome

[u/UltraLord667 → u/dapleasantpheasant]

Beef beef beef. Pun unintended. 😂

[u/VichelleMassage → u/dapleasantpheasant]

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

[u/davidjschloss → u/Areif]

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

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