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Happy Now? Do McDonald's New Adult Happy Meals Tap Nostalgia, or Coddle Perpetual Infants?

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4.9720 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

McDonald's now offers adult Happy Meals, and they're a huge hit. It's actually a Big Mac (or 10 chicken nuggets), drink and fries in a Cactus Plant Flea Market box, the streetwear company that also designed the included toy surprise. Is this a delightful callback to a more innocent age, or an attempt to coddle perpetual infants who long for their binkie, their blankie, and their Hamburglar figurine? Alfonzo Rachel and Bill Whittle create two new episodes of The Virtue Signal each week, analyzing current events in light of lasting values. Our Members, not only nostalgic for a more innocent age but eager for a better future, support this work with their money. Memberships start at $9.95/month, and when you give more, you help ensure that thousands of people will hear a message they don't elsewhere. Just tap the big green button at https://BillWhittle.com to become a Member. If this episode made you happy, you can say so with a one-time or recurring donation using PayPal or credit card when you tap the big blue button at https://BillWhittle.com Explore the full archive of The Virtue Signal at https://billwhittle.com/category/shows/the-virtue-signal/

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0:00.0

Big Mac, delay of fish, quarter pound of french fries, ice and Coke, thick, shaking,

0:03.2

Sundays and Apple Fives.

0:04.4

We want to hear all that stuff.

0:05.3

See, Bill and I, we got our McRap game down.

0:39.4

Howdy folks? I'm Alfonso Rachel with my buddy Bill Whittle. This is the virtue signal. And Bill, I'm going to try to keep this short because I know that you cannot wait to get on down to McDonald's so you can get your lips around on one of them adult happy meals. They got the adult happy meal now. No, come on. Yes. Yeah, I don't know, man.

0:47.6

When I think adult, oh, wait, but I hope Bill brought me back some happy fries.

0:53.3

I got a fast car, man. That was awesome. Thanks for the heads up.

0:57.1

So, that being said, I mean, when I think about adult happy meal, I mean, I don't know,

1:03.4

for adults, I guess that really means happy hour, you know, where you can go and get a drink

1:06.9

like half off. And, you know, you might.

1:09.3

That's my happy meal is three vodka martinis yeah they

1:12.5

at five o'clock yeah you get some chili cheese fries and some and some potato skins or something like that

1:17.3

that's that's your happy meal but uh i don't know man what what did you think about them when you

1:20.8

when you hear adult happy meal at McDonald's uh what comes to mind for you i have to to tell you, this is the honest truth.

1:28.8

On our show, the other show we did this week, when I asked you the question, you said, man, I had no idea this was coming.

1:34.3

We never know what's coming.

1:35.2

I had not heard that there were adult happy meals until this very moment.

1:39.3

I'll tell you what my first response to this would be is that happy meals were put together for children.

1:51.0

I'm done.

1:52.0

That's your 10 piece nuggets right there.

1:55.0

My 10 piece nuggets is that it's put together for children.

2:00.0

This is something we do for children.

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