Submitted 4 months ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to australia@aussie.zone
https://www.mediaweek.com.au/omd-akcelo-mcdonalds-and-netflix-launch-squid-game-meal/
McDonald’s Australia and Netflix have brought the Dalgona Candy Challenge to life
Wasn’t this a real game before the show just introduced it to the rest of the world? The premise of the show is that they’re playing familiar children’s games; it just is heavily based on a specific culture.
That game with the colored dice you have to throw and pick up look dope as shit. I wanna learn to play that.
I wonder why there is no mention of the price?
Here you go, here’s the price. It’s a bit overpriced for what you get in the meal but it’s about the same as any other meal deal they have.
4,000 kj?! That’s something like half an adult daily intake. Plus it’s awful for you, has little nutrition. You’ll just feel hungry again after a short time.
They don’t advertise a price because it changes from store-to-store, dependant on demand, stock levels and staffing levels.
Why are they cross promoting a violent mature streaming series and a children’s meal?
Whoever gave this a green light should be beaten about the head with an inflatable squeaky hammer until unconscious.
I’m just glad they’re not advertising to kids
shirro@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Wasn’t the original Squid Game a social commentary, a critique of inequalities created by capitalism in South Korea kind of like Parasite? Anyone else think it completely went over the heads of Mr Beast, Netflix, McDonalds and most of the viewers?
Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Something, something, Torment Nexus
shirro@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Exactly.
I wonder what their reaction would be to a tv show where a bunch of CEOs were forced to compete to the death to entertain the masses.
Would that get a McDonald’s merch tie in. I think seeing private healthcare and fast food CEO’s being mown down by machine guns in a battle royale would be a real crowd pleaser.
lorty@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
They made an actual reality show competition with prizing based on squid game. It’s all just aesthetics to these people.