“In 2012,” writes Greg Beato for The Smart Set, “Ronald McDonald is essentially a clown without a country.” Beato is referring to the rapid modernization of the McDonald’s fast food restaurant chain, which has abandoned the primary-colored, dine-n-ditch, gee-whiz simplicity of its past and embraced chic aesthetics, comfortable ambiance, and more sophisticated flavors. As a symbol of McDonald’s garish past, Ronald is being left by the wayside. Quips Beato, “Amidst the sleek walnut paneling and modernist dining chairs, however, the chain’s longtime mascot looks less like a crown prince than a red-headed stepchild.”
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xkcd.
(alt: ’come to what?’ ‘you. me. this moment.’)
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My body, my choice. Privacy lesson for Republicans and Libertarians. Try to be consistent.
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Google Doodle in honor of Charles Dickens, birthday boy.
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Cartoon of the day. Don’t forget to enter this week’s caption contest: http://nyr.kr/r46had
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