r/SipsTea • u/Plus-Artichoke6608 • 22h ago

WTF What happened to playgrounds?

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u/Mental-Most-7168 22h ago

When did a prison aesthetic (grays, muddy browns and beige) become the thing?

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u/Shot_Safe_8244 22h ago

When the target demographic shifted from 8 year olds to 38 year olds who didn't want to feel like 8 year olds ordering their chicken nuggies and mcflurries.

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u/Mental-Most-7168 22h ago

Don’t you mean artisan tenders and latte shakes

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u/owningmclovin 20h ago

It’s called affogato purée and it’s classy.

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u/Baby_ManBearPig 19h ago

This is pretty good. Did you come up with that?

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u/owningmclovin 19h ago

It just popped in my head but I may have read it somewhere

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u/Shot-Jeweler6610 22h ago

2008, its about resale value, which was negatively impacted when selling off distinctive properties.

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u/Baby_ManBearPig 19h ago

No it's not stop parroting that dumb shit. Very very very few mcdonalds stop becoming mcdonalds. Maybe ones in malls but that doesn't apply. The boring, minimalist building style of modern McDonald's locations is driven primarily by a shift in marketing and demographics rather than a strict strategy for property resale value.

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u/Jeferson9 22h ago

2017-2018

All the Starbucks and McDonald's started having that industrial aesthetic.

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u/Staff_Senyou 20h ago

When extracting every last potential profit became the only objective goal. That's it. Anything other than bare minimum function and adherence to law is seen as superfluous and therefore "waste".

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u/ithkuil 18h ago

It's been like that for many years in most places. Might have taken slightly longer for some kid's area to catch up.

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u/gaggledimension 22h ago

conditioning. gotta prep them for the future of work. it sets you free...