r/interestingasfuck • u/Charming_History7423 • 12d ago

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

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u/No-Improvement-8205 12d ago

In regards to the quality of toys, a big part of it is also that the EU pretty much banned plastic toys in happy meals (it have to be sustainable, and all that)

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u/7thFleetTraveller 12d 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/rcn2 11d ago

Yeah, but on the other hand it brought a poor child a few moments of joy. However much that child ‘goes without’ in their entire lifetime will never equal what one rash decision a billionaire will do. Lunch in New York? Fire up the private jet!

Lambasting the poors is just sanctimonious virtue signalling.