McDonald’s holiday cups become fodder for internet snark
After a Twitter user pointed out how the mittens looked more like someone bending over, the image—along with jokes—have gone viral. Here’s how the company responded.
Starbucks seems to suffer an annual bout of backlash when it releases its holiday design, and now McDonald’s is suffering the internet’s clever wrath.
Here’s a tweet that recently went viral featuring an easily altered version of the brand’s holiday cup:
Now how the hell are Starbucks cups in the news again and no one’s talking about a guy spreading his cheeks open on McDonald’s cups pic.twitter.com/QmIuZiDJst
— Sam Sykes (@SamSykesSwears) December 11, 2016
Is the internet a devilish five-year-old dressed up as a mass communication platform?
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For reference, here’s the original, unaltered version of the cup:
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