r/interestingasfuck • u/Charming_History7423 • 12d ago

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

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u/-paperbrain- 12d ago

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.

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u/Disastrous_Meat_ 12d ago

Also probably easier to clean then the old way. The McDonald’s play place  stank still haunts me from childhood sometimes 

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u/lazergoblin 12d ago

I played in the play area exactly 1 time back in the day. I shit you not I still have nightmares about how unsettling it was. The smell, the lighting, the claustrophobia, the lack of personal space. It's gross and I'm kinda glad they removed them tbh.

There are better places to have your kid play than at a fast food burger place

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u/Known_Needleworker67 12d ago

Where are you that they removed them? Mine still has the play place, but they changed everything else to the more modernized look.

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u/tingdemsweet 11d ago

The McDonald’s near you still has it, but most don’t anymore, especially the newer or renovated ones, aside from the odd one or two. There’s only one McDonald’s in my city that still has the PlayPlace. All the others removed theirs.

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u/Shadowkinesis9 11d ago

Mine has two PlayPlace locations within 3 miles of each other lol