DC: The United Kingdom division of McDonald’s removed the smile from Happy Meal boxes in recognition of mental health week, which seems totally backwards.
I’m all about supporting mental health and overall wellness, especially when it comes to today’s youth, but this seems like a dramatically stupid move. Happy Meals equal comfort food. Do the young kids really need a visual reminder that life isn’t always happy or fun? Removing smiles from boxes adds a layer of seriousness to something kids traditionally associate with a good time. It’s time to let kids be kids and stop plastering propaganda on their food containers. MORE
Reminds me of those generic labeled products of the 70’s
McDonalds is to mental health what Bill Gates is to medicine.
Can I get a New Coke with that?
Whenever I’m outside the city, people smile and are friendly.
In the City everyone looks like they just ate a shit sandwich.
McPukes is mostly in the city so it makes sense to me.
Kids don’t know what a real happy meal is. When they’re a little older they’ll see that a plateful of linguine with clams and a large glass of Montepulciano can be a very happy lunch! It makes ME smile, anyway.
“Yes, I’d like a Dour Meal with Arsenic please…”
Since rainbows force people to be happy, get rid of the flags.
Because FUCK happy white people.
McDonald’s corp. management is just like all of the other big corporate management people. They are bound and determined to ruin their own company by any means necessary.
Just imagine, it wasn’t that long ago when the only news McDonalds made was serving hot coffee.
maybe they’re working on a new strategy to move Bud Light.
They’ve dropped the smile until Ronald MacDonald starts female hormone therapy…
at the price they’re currently charging for a twenty-five cent hamburger, I can fully understand why they removed the snile
snile — I like that. It nestles nicely in there past “smile” and into “snide” and “sneer”.
To quote a famous man, “Everything woke turns to sh**”