The Harbinger of the Dystopia
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I would, but I'm rejecting the mc d's part not the brutalist part.
brutalist architecture is fucking cool.
That's fair.
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AFAIK it was part of a larger restoration of the whole building complex (this is the Budapest Nyugati railway station), and the global redesign of McDonalds. They justified it by saying that the architecture is closer to the original - the lower level only became part of it when they built the McDonalds in 1990, before that it was a separate diner for the poors in third class. The furniture is default McDonalds.
The overall restoration on the building at large is not bad per se, but they basically destroyed a symbol of the Hungarian 90s - 00s. This was the place where if you lived in Budapest and got wasted, you could get some nutrition in the city center, and it wasn't full of tourists because they didn't think that the railway station buffet was so good.
BTW the local franchisee is trying to cater more to a "fast casual" crowd rather than the bare minimum, so a McDonalds in Hungary has a menu three times as long as one in the Netherlands for example. All I'm saying is that it was a nice place considering. Sic transit gloria mundi I guess.
Thank you for the interesting context!
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Ba da ba ba bah! It's Brave New World.It's this a picture of kids growing older¿?
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Ba da ba ba bah! It's Brave New World.
The 2000s was perfect
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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
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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Welcome to McDonald's, the All-American Restaurant, papers please
A couple of minutes in Dystopika, annnnnd....
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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.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I also read that cars turned 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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The 2000s was perfect
My generation was the best generation. I know a lot of people feel that way, but my generation was the only one that was correct.
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It's this a picture of kids growing older¿?
You may have a future in marketing.
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I'd like to change the order of the meme
Me, too, but I wasn't about to chop the original meme and stitch it back together in a better order. If you do it for me, you can have all my imaginary internet points, though.
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It should be a hole underground.
That's the 2040s after WWIII
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The food is also going to be shit like bugs or lab-made pink paste. Possible made with bugs.
Soylent Green didn't test well with consumers, so we fed it to bugs and made Soylent Pink.
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Thanks! I might get a print. Those are cool.
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More like hambinger
Damn, I wish I'd thought of that.
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The order needs to be reversed. People don't really read from the bottom up.
You're right. I just didn't feel like chopping the original meme and stitching it back together. I just made my little addition to the top. I guess that did make the post a little...shitty.
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Oh, it's been harbinged. We're in it.
I feel a little cheated. I was supposed to get a cool cyberpunk hacking machine. All I have is a Flipper Zero and a bunch of debt.
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The soon one makes sense 'cause of global warming. We don't be able to do it like the good old times.
I wonder what will be in the filet-o-fish when we run out of fish.
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Welcome to McDonald's, the All-American Restaurant, papers please
You laugh, but a cashless society means ID'ing oneself with every transaction.
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Upton Sinclair has entered the chat
Upton Sinclair has left the chat in frustration.
"I warned you, but did you listen?!"
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$3.99 Big Mac combos
Those were the days. Don't look at how the size changed over time. It'll make you too sad.
