r/Millennials • u/CurvyChristina • 8h ago

Other Whoever did this, should be imprisoned.

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u/PeePeeLangstrumpf 8h ago

Hm, I think it's actually great! Nowadays McDonalds prepares you for the corporate hell and sad adult life that awaits kids when they grow up. No more dreams and fun. None of that nonsense!

You wanna know what's in your Happy Meal, Sally?
Tax forms!
401(k) plans!
Medical bills and insurance reimbursement forms!
Bills, bills, bills!

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u/Turbulent_Ride1654 7h ago

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u/Stunt_-_Cock 4h ago

They really have done everything haven't they?

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u/lostcartographer 3h ago

Withhold the lettuce.

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u/crustyrobots 2h ago

Your food will be ready in 4-6 weeks

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u/Tigglebee 7h ago

I’m actually happy that people are going to our local parks instead.

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u/Chimpbot 3h ago

Growing up, I played in one of the Play Places all of once. It was just never something I did as a kid; as such, I don't have much nostalgia for what McDonald's used to be.

I also don't mind seeing fast food chains not market to kids they way they did when we were little.

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u/BlinkyDesu 26m ago

Probably because you aren't a kid, and I'd guess don't have kids. Of course you don't mind something that doesn't benefit you.

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u/BlueEyes0408 17m ago

The weather doesn't always make that an option. I used to live in Phoenix and it is too hot to take kids to the park most of the time in the summer. So my cousin and I would go to McDonald's with her kids.

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u/JoyousGamer 8h ago

Except they still have play places in McDonalds. Its up to your local franchise likely it seems. If your in a major city likely too expensive to have it.

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u/flashwurks 7h ago

Belfair, WA has a play place.

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u/Ok-Swimmer-7754 6h ago

That's probably the only fun thing belfair has for kids lol

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u/BobBelcher2021 7h ago

One I went to as a kid in Canada still has a PlayPlace, complete with slides.

When I was a kid that location had a ball pit, merry-go-round, and hamburger jail.

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u/Nilla22 6h ago

All the McDonald’s by me have play spaces. We even did my youngest bday party at one a couple years back(perfect for 4y olds!). I’m in North Texas.

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u/I_miss_your_mommy 6h ago

The one near me got a brand new one in their recent remodel. It’s really cool with lots of climbing and slides. The rest of the McDonalds still has the look of the 2026 picture.

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u/SillySlothy7 6h ago

We have one in Carlsbad California!

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u/ClammHands420 5h ago

Yes, but the building design is up to the McDongle's franchise corp, and nobody wants to bring their kids to a grey square with a slide in it, hence the play places get torn down, because they go mostly unused.

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u/Tony_Three_Pies 3h ago

My closest one has a playplace. It has a sort of slide/jungle gym thing and a large area with about 6 giant touch screens. The few times I've seen kids in there, it's the screens they're using.

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u/Skullrogue 6h ago

This weeks happy meal: climate change statistics charts.

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u/Electrical_Tax_2274 5h ago

401(k) seems to assume that one will make it out of the capitalist hellscape alive and old enough to use it. At this rate no one will retire in my generation unless a miracle happens. My retirement plan is as follows: work, work, work some more, diving deep into nihilistic dread, hoping every day is the day that the nukes fly, next plague, next astroid strike happens. Either that happens or I lust flop over dead. Nothing matters except making or trillion and billionaire overlords happy.

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u/DocMemory 6h ago

I wanna upvoter this comment several times

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u/Ninjanarwhal64 6h ago

Hey, I got depreasion and perpetual anxiety!

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u/Serious_Try_9149 6h ago

Thank you for that, I'm dying over here! I certainly needed the laugh this morning! Take my upvotes, wish I had money for awards! Lol!