This is the kind of holiday coffee cup controversy we can really get behind.
Forget Starbucks and the ever-escalating war on Christmas. Over at McDonald’s, some seemingly innocuous holiday cup art has been wildly altered with just a few pen strokes.
And once you see the results, you simply can’t unsee them.
Here’s the original:
How about we take this to the next level?
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Best type of event to start off the day! Joins us at #McDonalds on 90 West until 10am and get free #McCafe. #CoffeeWithACop #ImLovinIt pic.twitter.com/JLuhcKfLI6
— Lake City Police (@LCFlaPD) December 2, 2016
And because life simply wouldn’t be as fun if the world wasn’t filled with creative deviants, here’s the edited version:
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
We can’t say for sure if the above Tweet was the original source of this holiday mishap, but it’s certainly a popular one. The photo has received over 22,000 likes and 14,000 shares in just two days.
And the Twitterverse is simply enamored:
McDonald's daring homage to contemporary art. pic.twitter.com/wjNrAz9rI8
— Giovanni Tiso (@gtiso) December 11, 2016
When someone draws fingers on McDonald's mittens and 'spreading holiday cheer' takes on entirely new meaning. Good God. pic.twitter.com/k9DZRiJabf
— Misty Harris (@popcultini) December 11, 2016
That’s all, folks.
Dymension
Some people just like to create drama…oy vey!
Captain Obvious
@Dymension: Agreed that’s really all this is but I’ll admit I did get a good chuckle out of it.
Before all that zooming in and anal(hehe)yzing all I saw was mittens. I don’t really look at fast food cups in the first place.
BigWill
It’s like that drawing where some people see an old crone, and some people see a beautiful young woman. When I first saw it, even without fingers drawn on, I saw someone bent over spreading their cheeks; it wasn’t until I saw a small photo that I saw the mittens.
1EqualityUSA
Scratch ‘n’ sniff, for two bits more.
Jack Meoff
You seriously have to wonder at the design team who produces these things and the executives who sign off on them. Even before the hands were drawn on it looked odd.