Enjoy what’s left of IRL

maybe this is what will force people to touch grass once more. but hey, at least we got the fun part of the internet(if youre like 30 and up)

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I think it will have the opposite effect. They just remodeled my local McDonald’s. No Soda machine. Now you have to beg for refills. It’s not the first McDonald’s I’ve seen this happen to this year. It’s a worrying trend, and basically the main reason for the local youth to go there instead of Chikfila.

Sure, this one detail is meaningless by itself, but it’s the 1000s of relentless degrading of IRL that are happening across the board, now you have to be diligent about every good experience you remember in the past being replaced with shittier ones in random unpredictable ways. And everything costs 20% more now on top of that.

The stress of this leads to one thing: why should I even bother going outside?

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The stress of this leads to one thing: why should I even bother going outside?

that’s called depression

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speaking suburban hangout staples being stripped of any semblance of joy, i got a report from a friend that malls aren’t letting anyone < 18 in without an adult after certain hours in their town. Not that hanging out at the mall was really a thing in the past maybe decade(?) but now it seems like it’s really gone

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Being in public as a young person is becoming more and more of a crime. Better to stay home and read :reddit-logo: all day, if home is safe for you. Otherwise sorry but it’s off to prison

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They just remodeled my local McDonald’s. No Soda machine. Now you have to beg for refills. It’s not the first McDonald’s I’ve seen this happen to this year.

Weird with so many other fast food places leaning into the Coca-Cola multiverse of flavors machine.

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Depends what ZIP code OP lives in. I notice a significant difference in the way the same brand will treat it’s customers in my area vs. other parts of town like where I grew up. Poorer areas are treated like children or criminals by default.

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Coca-Cola multiverse of flavors machine

I’m pretty sure those things have RFID chip readers to monitor and limit your number of refills. I’m only hedging because it’s been so long since I ate in one of those dining rooms

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Reviews for what?

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OP probably means yelp reviews, reviews found on google maps, etc.

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Search for “thing”

Results all obvious trash and ads

Search for “thing + reddit”

Get actual results

It’s cool that google is actively getting worse.

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I don’t even know how to buy stuff or find meta-conversation without relying on reddit anymore. I can’t tell if the Internet actually is 90% wasteland blog spam or that Google just gave up deranking the trash

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When I have an obscure question, after reddit I will also try stackexchange.

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reviews? what are you talking about?

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As a former restaurant worker, definitely restaurants

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the body text of the post definitely implies something a lot worse than “it’s hard to get accurate reviews of restaurants” but you’re right lol

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Restaurants are the limit of IRL for many Americans

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