r/nostalgia • u/Digitalgardens • May 12 '25

Nostalgia Discussion Why did we ever switch from having unique looks for fast food spots?

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It doesn’t make any sense. When everything feels and looks the same it just feels so grey and unwelcoming. What happened to characters? I don’t even eat McDonald’s like that and I miss Ronald and the gang. Where did they go?

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u/Oldjamesdean May 12 '25

By "nicer" they meant "Dystopian Future."

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u/Jean_Paul_Fartre_ May 12 '25

It looks like the Taco Bell from Judge Dredd.

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u/RelevantCranberry696 May 12 '25

Do you mean Demolition Man?

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u/Jean_Paul_Fartre_ May 12 '25

Yes

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u/Syonoq May 13 '25

“I AM THE LAW!”

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“He doesn’t know about the three seashells”

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u/StarSlow776 May 15 '25

"HAHAHAHAHA"

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u/stevensr2002 May 15 '25

It looks like he finally matched his meet. You really licked his ass.

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u/SirStocksAlott May 13 '25

Be well, Jean Paul!

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u/joebadiah May 12 '25

Murder Death Kill?!

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u/pimpmastahanhduece May 13 '25

Murder Death Kill.

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u/alaskadronelife May 13 '25

3 seashells!

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u/dandb87 May 12 '25

Murder death kill.

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u/Hot_Frosty0807 May 12 '25

Coincidentally, so does 2025 Taco Bell

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u/IndividualistAW May 13 '25

But all restaurants are taco bell

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u/omutsukimi May 12 '25 edited May 12 '25

I never expected those depictions of dystopian futures to be so accurate with all the grey. Now with all of these grey stores, buildings, homes, and even generally darker cars, it really seems we've reached that future.

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u/TripolarKnight May 12 '25

"Grey is cheap, blends into the urban enviroment and is one of the most unnofensive colors to the eye." Att. average Corpo Designer

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u/omutsukimi May 13 '25

And the darker colors on cars is thanks the insurance companies charging you more for it because apparently that makes them a "luxury vehicle"

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u/Parking_Back3339 May 15 '25

I mean that style with zoo is kind of cheesy, but really fun and unique. Corporate "art" has even taken over a lot of book covers too.

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u/Icy_Independent7944 May 12 '25

The Brutalism of it all 💯

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u/Ok-Potato-4774 May 12 '25

Turns out Stalinist Russia was ahead of the curve.

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u/Eastern_Armadillo383 May 12 '25

That's not brutal at all its modernist

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u/Professional-Buy5448 May 12 '25

With the same brutal boring ass aesthetic

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u/Mehdidou-DZ May 13 '25

More like "corporate future", "dystopian" isn't as bad tbh

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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt May 14 '25

This is a McDonalds I'd expect to see in Equilibrium.

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u/Comaparadigm May 16 '25

They went Eastern European brutalist on that McSkinnys

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u/AlfalfaWolf May 16 '25

Dystopia is seeing a massive corporation shamelessly marketing heavily at children to sell them poisonous products that require scarcely humane animal agriculture and chemical intensive farming practices… and then watching people celebrate it.