r/interestingasfuck • u/Charming_History7423 • 12d ago

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

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u/godmademelikethis 12d ago

Yes! At least it's part of it. MC donalds were getting in hot water about their aggressive marketing fast food towards children. So they did a heavy modern/mature/millennial rebrand.

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u/Junior_Fig_2274 11d ago

They started to phase out play places around the same time. Those used to be so common, and the last time we took a long car trip with our kid in the winter (so parks were a no go) we had the hardest time finding a play place we could use. I know they were germ factories but, like, just wash their hands. 🤷‍♀️

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u/Annie_Yong 11d ago

"just wash their hands".

As much as that might sound reasonable on paper, it's just not a realistic strategy for keeping an indoor play area like that in a sanitary state.

Even if 90% of parents are capable of keeping their 5-year olds hygienic, it's that remaining 10% that will be hiding chicken nuggets in every crevice they can find and creating biohazards.

Combine that risk with the general shift in attitudes to see marketing a fast food restaurant as somewhere for kids to want to go as a bad thing, and it's no wonder that you've seen the play places disappear.

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u/Junior_Fig_2274 10d ago

Wait until you find out what’s all over every school surface, or library, or water fountain, or swing at the playground. And have you seen sand boxes?!?! Good lord. 

Just wash their hands, dude. Watch your kid so they don’t put shit in their mouths and wash their hands….