That sounds like the commercial real estate version of cancer to me, but I'm no expert in that field. I can see you're right, though. It's up there with motel art and off-white walls.

That, and they want customers GONE. Eating in take space. People who come, get food, and leave are their favorites because it increases throughput.

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.

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

Edit: I'm glad cigarettes are on their way out, but I used to love these when I was even stupider:

Wow, which piece of shit did they bribe for that? They completely destroyed the interior of the building. Isn't there any heritage protection?

From beautiful 19th century architecture to boring modern office lounge. Not everything needs to be updated for current trends.

Some of that is from white balance making the top picture look warmer, but even accounting for that, it's a tragedy.

Corpo interior designers should be hunted, and theblicenses should fund repairing damage they die.

Library? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Discovery Zone, man. I actually feel bad for the kids that never got to experience Discovery Zone. Lasted for like 2 years. It apparently failed because they had a mountain of debt (all those plastic tubes are capital intensive buildouts) and adults had to sit around while their kids played.

I feel like if you made it work like a gym membership for your kids, and had something for adults to do off to the side, you might be able to make the numbers work.

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.

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.

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.

Would you like a 64 oz McEnergy with your McSoylent?

Excellent suggestion. Here you go:

Thanks! I might get a print. Those are cool.

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

A couple of minutes in Dystopika, annnnnd....

You laugh, but a cashless society means ID'ing oneself with every transaction.

I was so sure that movie was hyperbole.

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

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

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

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.

I would, but I'm rejecting the mc d's part not the brutalist part.

brutalist architecture is fucking cool.

You may have a future in marketing.

The harburgler of doom. Robble robble!

Damn, I wish I'd thought of that.

it's an american business, it'll be corn burgers with cornbread and slices of corn served with deep fried popcorn and a tall glass of corn syrup

I don't know if that will be better or worse than what they currently serve up.

Soylent Green didn't test well with consumers, so we fed it to bugs and made Soylent Pink.

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.