The Harbinger of the Dystopia

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• abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Hold on there’s a McDonalds I remember going to, and I’m trying to think if it was in Scotland or England, but we stopped off there and the fucking place looked near enough like a villain’s lair.

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I have to know where this is. What resources do you require to find it?

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    • abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      idk and I’m raking my brains to find out where it is. All I remember is that it was in a service area/retail park somwhere in Scotland/Northwestern England, could literally be anywhere between Inverness and Lancaster.

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• thatradomguy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The soon one makes sense 'cause of global warming. We don’t be able to do it like the good old times.

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I wonder what will be in the filet-o-fish when we run out of fish.

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• ryan213@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  $3.99 Big Mac combos 😭

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Those were the days. Don’t look at how the size changed over time. It’ll make you too sad.

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• GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Ah yes. Because we all know that dystopia is when dull burger.

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    For me, it was just a silly metaphor, but you might be onto something:

    “Fasting is eating. Refusing is ordering. Salad is burger.” ~ George Orwell

    “I have very vivid dreams and nightmares, and my biggest fear is of some kind of dystopian future where we’re advanced in every way except in our burgers.” ~ Bryce Dallas Howard

    “Dystopian novels help people process their fears about what the future burger might look like; further, they usually show that there is always hope, even in the bleakest future burger.” ~ Lauren Oliver

    “Who controls the past controls the burger. Who controls the present controls the past.” ~ George Orwell

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• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I shudder to think what the 1908s and 1970s McDs ooked like in the US.

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Or worse, a McDonald’s in 1860s Mississippi.

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• ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Inside the top one, you can hear screams regularly going like this:

  No, please no, I don’t wanna fucking die! No! Please no, you fucking fucking bastards! AAAAAH, IT HURTS, IT FUCKING HURTS! AAAAAAAAAHHH, MY ARMS, MY FUCKING ARMS, YOU FUCKING BASTARDS!

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Love your imagination. Tell me what the McDonald’s employees are doing to the customer’s arms.

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• pawnfuture@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It should be a hole underground.

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s the 2040s after WWIII

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• mrmule@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I for one welcome our new brutalist McDonald’s overlord 🍔

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• terminhell@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Taco bell recycled, Pizza Hut recycled, peak kids life bottom.

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• Shardikprime@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s the same thing that happened to the fair phone regarding the audio jack

  The noisy minority wants it, they yell, write on forums and complain, but they are statically nonsignificant as people keep buying the phone

  Same with colors. Why waste millions on cars and buildings dyed with colors no one might want instead of appealing to the broader consumer base?

  They are also are influenced by and influencing fashion and trends in color choice as well, just look at minimalism and brutalism. It is also cheaper and more efficient on the design and manufacturing to offer things in less specialized coloration

  Proof is that people keep buying stuff

  Same as with furniture. There is a reason why Ikea is a whole thing

  Going into the meta, imagine someone wants to buy a car. Inevitably, they will think as well on the day they will sell the car. What are you gonna buy? A car painted in a weird color? Or something that you know for sure no one will mind THAT much?

  Ithat, or you can go with the theory of the Pixies finally doing their takeover

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  • Pacattack57@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    McDonald’s use to be a place for kids. They have since rebranded to let people know there’s stuff on the menu that’s for adults.

    Much of marketing to Americans is treating everyone like a monkey and using colors to trick them into buying your stuff.

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• DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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  • volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Are you the ob/gyn that recommends pregnant people to swap chocolate for broccoli?

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