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inthepines
It's even got a comb over
MERGATROYDER
We can thank chipotle and Taco Bell for this.
BoomerTiro
You associate that as the depressed adult look because it's the starbucks look and marketing departments are retarded.
johhnychaos
https://imgur.com/mMIhU8V
IdidNotKnowTHat
Yeah, who's idea was this newer design? It does not scream happy place like the old design.
Freightshaker
"Then they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible. Logical. Responsible. Practical."
wyatt8740
Always upvote supertramp transcendentalism
InoffensivePablum
This what ours looks like now:
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
Doesn't look like a stand alone building
InoffensivePablum
They tore down the old 70s style with the parking on the front and side and put the cars out back. It's an Orlando SoDo thing. Main Street.
SpecialProjectY
Looks like they're theming to fit with the rest of the chain, hospital and funeral home...
PossibleSarcasm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture
IOnlyPostThatOneGorillaGif
ohmegatron
They all do.
MadMikes
Looks like part of a strip mall
TheGodEmperorOfChaos
From an investors viewpoint it has a lower initial buy in price and is cheaper to maintain.
freefuel
Looks like an East German paint job during the 70's
Arceus
Blasfemur
play place. yawn.
InoffensivePablum
There was one near where I used to work that had a two story tall room on the front so that the whole old-school play place fit inside.
uptaco
Mega-Donald's.
mikeatike
MAXDonalds
ghostanom
Megalodonald's
toonami3000
plplokokplok
Nah you just associate that to design with your happy childhood. Nostalgia. That's all.
Eldibs
Too bad they also got expensive and slow, when fast and cheap was the whole point of McDonald's.
RaxianTheta
they also killed any illusion of quality in pursuit of all mighty profit, because to hell with people money money money!
dragonherder
Not really true. Their newer burgers have been getting better.
TatersWhatsTatersPrecious
The top one does make me happier
RickHalcyon
In my working depressed adult voice: "Can we please drop the whole "Living My Best Life" phrase? Life is not an Instagram story."
Imadethisaccounttopost
Our local McDonald's now looks like a prison on the outside, my roomy calls it Mcgestoppo
ItsActuallyDavidNow
Huh. The swoop on picture two looks like a comb over.
mikeatike
Can not unsee.
skmully
Tim Horton's went from warm and inviting to looking like Gru from Despicable Me owns it.
Fanible
malikcarr
There's one of these south of Portland, although the original restaurant with the arches is only used for parties and such.
PiffTheMagicDildo
Or, we just grew out of our child vision and cannot see the “kid version” of McDonald’s
jenniferlawrenceisabear
And they took out all the playplaces.
RedStarBeograd
coz most kids play with their smartphones.
uptaco
Brand new one down the road from me has a play-place.
jenniferlawrenceisabear
thats nice, there were 2 near me that had them and both remodeled and took them out. in the winter it was nice to take the kids there.
uptaco
I think it comes down to state/local laws and how they handle injury claims. Risk might've outweighed the service.
LizardEnterprises
Yeah no, most of them do they just got smart about where they put them in. Space permitting, McDonalds near elementary schools, shopping
LizardEnterprises
centers, and residential areas have them. Ones in college towns and office parks tend not to.
Okayokayokok
Man you guys are so nuerotic..its just a renovation..
Mockingbirb
Nu erotic? Is that related to nu metal?
thatguyinthehat927
Love the comb over
andydicktracymorganfairchild
Life used to be about getting food from clowns but now life is about joyless consumption in a car
ImgursLibertarian
If you still buy mcdonalds and eat it at your desk you are doing better than buying checkers and eating it in the back parking lot.
sarcasticxbarista
Jesus what am i doing with my life
DrPhillipMahmoufWifarts
"I'M LOVIN IT!"
DimensionMaster
For YOU.
SlippitySlappityLovinLifeAndWife
snuffcarcass
Three words: bacon cheesy fries
Catmandoom
It was always about joyless consumption things seem different from when you were younger because you know the truth now.
WhatsYourStoryHomie
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Comet260
Speak for yourself. I kill clowns on sight. Can't be too careful.
shortbuswastaken
Not after 2017, or 16, it's all been a fever dream since 2012
Huakeen
Effing DOT man. Saved
RustyCreakySqueaky
@acenorth69 lol
Incognito39
Was funny, till it hit home
whatdoesminesay
Unless it's been a long day and you get to skip cooking dinner and just get high and eat a big Mac. That brings me some kind of joy.
0penname
Escape is not the same as joy
Crasher2003
counterintel
Their App has buy 1 get one for 25 cents right now if you want to get two high and two big macs. (in my area it does)
whatdoesminesay
I would, and I'm off today... But there's sooooo much snow. Thanks for the tip though!
Spinosaur
Almost nothing brings me more joy than the first bite of a quarter cheese on cheat day. My guilty pleasure
SarcasticComment
The is no longer an Animatronic Rat at the local Pizza Child Casino.
mackerelontoast
Is this a song off the latest Arctic Monkeys album?
andydicktracymorganfairchild
I cap'n that reference
Navrodel
Is it just the depression, or is there just a lot less color in newer designs for everything? The world is turning gray and boring...
Stroomeendje
I think you're right. A new neighborhood was built near my house last year. Every house is dark grey, like all the joy has been sucked 1)
Stroomeendje
from the world. Actually sounds like we might have a dementor problem.
LizardEnterprises
Color is harder to keep clean.
bigbanana8
Good point. Sadly
TheNewAndImprovedUser
We had a retro (50s style) McDonald's in my hometown they recently remodeled. I now call it the McPrison.
bigbanana8
Strangely, near me is an old version, the newer comb over version and nearby is a “new retro version” Realizing they have an identity crisis
toasteheh
Tbh I prefer the new look. Any super colorful food outlet with stupid mascots these days just looks cheap and dodgy af.
catsandguitars
Present day McDonald's looks like it raided Dwight Schrute's closet.
Kamina90
Its almost like the children they catered to, grew up. Hmm hmm, yes ofc it does
tarataqa
yes ofc
terribletech
Am I the only one that didn't have some emotional connection with a corporation?
DimensionMaster
No.
whatmeworkquestionmark
Maybe? Idk, as someone who was born in '81, my emotional ties to various stores, restaurants, and products is about a mile long.
marshwiggleme
My McDonalds had a Douglas DC3 that you could go eat in. As a kid who had not yet flown, it was pretty sick!
armourman1
Partial marketing scheme, make the image grow with the consumer. As a kid - play place. As an adult or hipster - cafe....McCafe.
Watertowneer200
I think it's more like they realized that the parents were still gonna take the kids there regardless of what the building looked like.
Sheepdroid
That doesn't even make any sense.. you think McDonalds picked you and your generation to start doing this? What about the gen before you?
rdubbsx
I think they did it to appear more higher end
SpecialProjectY
Went to McCafe after 16h shift because it was the only place open at 3am, coffee is shit.
gimking
Steaming, burnt motor oil.
FormerlySable
Sometimes it is the local building codes that require this.
CammieCakes
Correct. McDonalds is now trying to compete with the Starbucks of the world. Come to McDonalds and do you work or be with friends.
bogus1983
McD's has been around for a long time. Did they make any changes to grow with previous generations?
armourman1
It was part of the baby boomer stage, that's why cars like stingrays have been remodeled from past years to appeal to that generation.
Baalzak
No, because previous generations just died of heart disease.
pronoun
This type of marketing strategy started in the 90's.
Pokedmeinthecoconut
And it hasn't been working since the 90's because they made the burgers smaller and they changed how they cook the fries.
pronoun
Macdonald's market cap grew significantly, so, it did work.
bogus1983
So they went 35 years without adapting to changing consumer tastes? Seems odd considering how different the 50s/60s/70s/80s were.
pronoun
No, adapting to taste is not the same as branding, which is now a universal marketing strategy that began in the 90's.
MoaConstrictor
it even has the combover
Unverified
*sobs* I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys R Us Kid.....
uptaco
Some of them still exist, but they've rebranded to whatever the name the giraffe mascot had/has.
kruug
Geoffrey, iirc.
uptaco
That's the one.
tarataqa
Thelrishlnquistion