The Harbinger of the Dystopia

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• UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ahhh gotta love the brutalist architecture.

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• HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just insert the mcnuggets tube into your throat, sir, and the credits will be deducted from your daily quota

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• Asafum@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “You are in McDonald’s. Consume and exit.”

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No kidding. Not just them either. I know it’s a cultural thing in US restaurants, but I feel like I’m being rushed out the door. I know on the surface it’s a having respect for a person’s time thing, but it feels like an eating contest sometimes.

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    • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      depends how they do it. Nothing says “we’re a legit chinese restaurant” more than getting the “fuck off oranges” when you’re done.

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• inlandempire@jlai.lu ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The French branch puts some effort in it, usually they look like this Image

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Going to a French McDonalds must be like going to a dietician, but they’re just chain-smokimg throughout the appointment.

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  • RobotZap10000@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Same(ish) here in the Netherlands. The fact that the near vicinity isn’t entirely asphalt and concrete, due to there not being 300 parking spaces for a fast food place, probably helps it not feel like a Nazi bunker.

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  • teslasaur@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Looks about the same in Sweden. Wood panels with green accents together with the golden arches

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      i miss that brief period some 5-10 years ago when they had genuinely pretty green glass mosaics with gold streaks throughout

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  • CidVicious@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If I saw that in America I’d think it used to be a Starbucks.

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    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And god knows McDonald’s wouldn’t want to be confused with inferior coffee.

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• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m actually going to say that I think designing a restaurant for disastrously unhealthy fast food in a way that makes it look and feel like a playground shouldn’t be legal, and I’m happy to see them look as dull and unappealing as possible to young children.

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  • glitchdx@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    it’s not about mc d’s. almost every business is doing this. Everything fun, colorful, expressive and artistic MUST go. All must be replaced with homogeneous minimalism.

    mc d’s is used as the example because they led the way with this shit.

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    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I also read that cars turnes less colorful since 1970s.

      And a colleague told me that he read that skirts got longer on average since 1970, but idk about that one.

      Also i noticed that most pop music these days are break-up songs.

      Really shows you the mood of society.

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    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Fair point! I entirely agree with that perspective in other areas. If we’re using this as an example, then I understand, but I actually think this is one example where the change is a tangibly good thing.

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Interesting take. Maybe they should be designed like an art gallery of various medical office styles. Kids would hate that.

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  • passepartout@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I recently watched a (german) video about the exact development of McDonalds depicted in the meme and it made me realize how much of the experience had been catered towards children and how i felt when i was there more often (or at all) when i was younger.

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• ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Brutalist fast food restaurants? Don’t threaten me with a good time. Fuckin love me some brutalism

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If it were borne out of a progressive, socialist democracy, I’d be on board. Auth-right brutalist fast food would be a horror show.

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    • grue@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Upton Sinclair has entered the chat

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• itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  McNormandy opens June 2026

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don’t give them any more ideas.

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• RaoulDook@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  McDonalds: Fuck you I’m eating! / Home of the Extra Bigass Fries

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was so sure that movie was hyperbole.

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• SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  needs to change the sign and logo to be more brutalist as well

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’re entirely right, but you might be writing cheques my 5-year-old phone can’t cash.

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• partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Instead of McCafe, it should be “McSoylent”.

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Excellent suggestion. Here you go:

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  • gingersaffronapricat@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Would you like a 64 oz McEnergy with your McSoylent?

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    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “I’ve exhausted my monthly ration allowance for McEnergy, so I’ll have to pass today.”

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• Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  80s : Pizza hut

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I miss it every day. That salad bar. The cups. The lamps. I wonder what things of today I’ll miss in 40 years.

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    • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That salad bar. The cups. The lamps.

      My god, it even has a drinks fountain.

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    • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Being alive. 😉

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