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[-] recklessengagement@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago

I believe that Ronald may be made of asbestos

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago

That's funny cuz he tastes like lead paint

[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 months ago

He clearly started the fire

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Maybe. All I know is that Billy Joel and his crew didn't.

Unrelated to the post, but there's an updated version of that song from Fall Out Boy: https://youtu.be/2LkVKCWL0U4

[-] dellish@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Fair warning: nobody asked for it and nobody should listen to it. It's terrible.

I don't think it's terrible.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I mean I figured that out when they said Fall Out Boy.

Plus, why would listen to that version when The Hoff did a version? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoRUe9xXin4 (It is also awful, but I mean that's obvious. It's David Hasselhoff.)

[-] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Fall Out Boy slander will not be tolerated

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I speak only in great truths.

One of those truths is that two string quartets have thought it was a good idea to cover that song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djULDN0aubM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD9BaPsHwEc

The correct number, incidentally, is zero string quartets.

[-] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Not the biggest fan of the Fall Out Boy cover, but everyone here that wasn't alive when the original came out is doing themselves a disservice by not listening.

The lyrics have been updated, it's not a cover. Hearing Trump's name in the same song that mentions MySpace and Sandy Hook has got to be the same level of cultural whiplash as Billy Joel mentioning "Wheel of Fortune," Watergate, Joseph Stalin, and "Stranger in a Strange Land." Except it really hits home, because those of us that weren't adults when the original came out recognize and have memories of almost everything in the song, just like Billy Joel intended.

[-] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Why do some folks have a [+1] after their names?

[-] Beldarofremulak@discuss.online 19 points 2 months ago

I'm an elder millennial and I remember thinking there was a very real possibility that Ronald would be in MY McDonald's at least ONCE when I went there. I thought about that when I was a kid too.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

I remember when I was a kid in the 80s, some McDonald's had a yellow phone which you could pick up and "talk to Ronald." I was terrified of the idea.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

lol I was a kid then too and I’ve never heard of this. What kind of shit would he say? Was it just a line to the managers office? And what kind of things did the kids say to him? It’s like some kind of help line “My parents beat me and make me wear long sleeves in the summer.”

Or more likely it was just some stupid recording.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I'm sure it was just a recording, but I was terrified of the idea that you could pick up a phone and talk to Ronald. And I wasn't a kid who was afraid of clowns or anything.

It doesn't help that it looks creepy as fuck.

[-] baggins@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I worked at McDonald's and they had an official Ronald actor visit once, so it could happen.

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

"Mac and Me" propaganda works!

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 9 points 2 months ago

The god of hell fire himself. I'd watch the series.

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago

I think you could get a five episode miniseries with an epic arc where Ronald, God of Fire takes humanoid form and finally accepts his sexuality.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 2 months ago

The hell is that statue made of that it doesn't even have soot on it?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The same stuff that stops their burgers and fries from ever decomposing, I guess. PFAS?

[-] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Our Ronald in McHeaven Hallowed be thy fries

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Thy kingdom come, burgers well done,

[-] AGuyAcrossTheInternet@fedia.io 7 points 2 months ago

"We clown in this mf. Take yo sensitive ass back to hell!" — Ronald McDonald, 2025 EIEIO

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Turns fire into fried hamburgers!

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

You'll be safe under his golden arches

[-] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Now everybody’s down at McDonalds, they’re down with Ronald McDonald, and now they’re hitting the bottle and everybody cool.

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago

"You're gonna be flame-grilled Anakin..."

[-] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

He’ll always remind me of this: McDonald’s rap

[-] thirdBreakfast@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

6 hours before: "This is fine"

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