Just more proof of the efficiencies of Capitalism
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Thanks for reporting the often ignored extinction of wildlife at the local Mcdees
What... Is it saying? They changed branding? It sounds like it's supposed to say something more interesting?
This is about real estate value for the next commercial renter if a franchise fails. Cheaper costs for corporate too.
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Let's just say, I'm glad you guys aren't architects.
Psshht. Imagine how badass the Empire State Building would look with a permanent King Kong statue on top.
Now imagine EVERY BUILDING.
I accept your apology.
I have never seen a McDonalds that looks like the top pic. I remember plenty with play spaces, but they weren't visible from outside.
I spent a lot of time in the car crossing the U.S. in the 80's and 90's so I saw a LOT of McDonalds. Most of them are bog standard but once in a while you come across one like this where they spiced it up. I've seen one with a train engine out front, one with a parked airplane, etc. There's one in Tucson with a giant T-Rex statue in front of it. I've also seen some crazy play places with slides going out of the building and back inside. Would've loved that when I was a kid.
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In the Fascist States of America, a McDonald’s techbro named BigBallz voice will serve you a burger with no beef, charge you double, and call it freedom.
You ask, where’s my Mcplayground? Well, it is outsourced, replaced with a sad bench on which a crying Ronald McDonald sits, holding a sign about liability.
Ronald McDonald is a capitalist.
I don't eat at McDonalds for many reasons, but if I had to walk through such a Chuck E Cheese-ass entrance to grab a burger I'd have one more reason to avoid it.
Vou can roast the entrance but going to mcD and getting to play xbox inside, for someone who didnt have one at home, is a core memory
Fuck mcdonalds and all that but honestly if a respected buisness had some fun and personality on their building why avoid it? Anyone can just put up a brick and mortar store it takes someone who actually cares to try and have fun.
Also Charlie's entertainment cheese is now very much like this with their few locations it's just very basic no fun houses or little rides it's just an arcade now with VERY muted colors.
someone got tired of mopping up all the jizz from the ball pit.
That's because the nature of the marketing model has changed. Mcdonald's has shifted their marketing demographic to exclusively adults due to the decades of growing backlash and lawsuits over the nutritional value and predatory practices of targeting children. Among many other controversies. Of all the businesses in any industry, this is probably one of the worst examples to give.
Yes, their's truth from an architectural stance that does show a shift to contemporary minimalism. But McDonald's, while perhaps not the most inherently evil company in the world, at least by the amount of true harm they purposely do or the product they provide and those who voluntary choose to consume it. Is still a reflection of many of the United State's problems. Everything from issues concerning wages, labor relations, nutritional literacy, and lifestyle practices, to name a few.
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