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In terms of McDonald’s specifically, the US branch has been running from the brand’s “kiddy” image for decades, despite that by large being the main allure, and despite their attempts repeatedly failing. (See: the McDLT et al.)

And we all forget that this was a reaction to the fact that people caught on to the fact that in the 90s/2000s, McD was advertising very heavily to children (not to their parents) as part of their main business. People recognized that advertising to people who have no physiological way of knowing better or controlling themselves, and then feeding them addictive, unhealthy slop, was actually very irresponsible and fucked up to do.

I think the fact that many adults lament when McDonald's used to be all kid-centric is a testament to how pervasive and effective this advertising was. It's like saying that you miss when sugary cereal was advertised on Saturday morning cartoons with colorful mascots. That practice is largely gone or minimized because again, people realize it's predatory to advertise to children like that.

I do agree that as the rate of profit tends to fall and neoliberalism keeps gutting itself up from the inside, there's always less whimsy around, and everything has the same soulless corporate aesthetic because it's the safe thing to spend money on. But if my whimsy has to come at the price of warping young minds and feeding them poison, that's not whimsy I can get behind.

Fortnite and Minecraft I'd imagine. It's not like we have unique buildings anymore to wax nostalgic over.

You can see what we have nostalgia glasses for already. I have seen a lot of online nostalgia for 2016 which is funny because I distinctly remember everyone saying 2016 was the worst year ever while it was happening (it also was a year that kinda sucked for me, personally). I personally have seen the most nostalgia about the music and the general "vibes" of the era (I fucking swear, if I have to see another post about "Summer 2016 will never be replicated"). A big example of the type of music I'm talking about is the 2016 XXL cypher with lots of rappers who were coming up at the time. Again, I remember everyone making fun of this back then, but now it's something that some zoomers look back on with nostalgia as an era where mainstream rap felt fresh and exciting. I thankfully see less nostalgia about the online culture back then from us Zoomers. The less said about LeafyIsHere, the better. I always see the same posts about "Life was simpler when [insert thing from 2011-2017]" but I think that's just a universal thing with generations where we're just nostalgic because we were kids/teens. Seeing the rise of Trump in 2016 and then living through COVID while we were still in school probably broke some of that childhood innocence for some of us and could be one reason why so many of us seem nostalgic for 2016.

they are already nostalgic for the turn of the millenium and they were barely born at that point. ive seen Zoomers unironically making fun of people older than them, while they are dressed like an emo kid from 2004.

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