McDonald's New Christmas Cup Definitely Looks Like Something It Isn't Supposed To
By Mark PygasUpdated Dec. 3 2019, 11:13 p.m. ET
While the internet has been divided over Starbuck's new 'unity cup' that some have described as "political brainwashing," McDonald's took the opportunity to release something that should unify us all in disgust.
Those who stopped to get a coffee at the restaurant over the weekend noticed something off about the image on the cup, which to us looks like two people toasting coffee cups, but others are convinced it's a picture of mittens.
McDonald's daring homage to contemporary art. pic.twitter.com/wjNrAz9rI8
— Giovanni Tiso (@gtiso) December 11, 2016Once you see it, it cannot be unseen...
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, 2016People seem pretty certain that it's supposed to be a pair of mittens.
@BChangArt WHAT
— Sam Sykes (@SamSykesSwears) December 11, 2016While others can no longer see anything else...
@AlexZiebart @SamSykesSwears ....I seriously thought they were just fully embracing the fact that they have super shitty coffee
— Anne Stickney (@Shadesogrey) December 11, 2016@kushkandy95 now that I've seen it as someone spreading their cheeks, I can't figure out what It's supposed to be. @SamSykesSwears ruined me
— αΩ❄️ ΑτηειsτΕngιnεεr (@AtheistEngineer) December 11, 2016@ladykayaker @SamSykesSwears how does no one along the way say something? Lol
— Variir The Monk (@variir) December 11, 2016@SamSykesSwears well that coffee looks...tainted.
Sorry.
— The Thin White Dork (@jasondfedorchuk) December 11, 2016@SamSykesSwears The hilarious thing is, they probably went with mittens because they're the least offensive thing ever. Womp womp.
— Nick Routley (@Phanyxx) December 11, 2016@SamSykesSwears Took me LONGEST TIME to figure out what they were actually supposed to be, butt now I can't unsee it. (See what I did there)
— Ju Li K (@Juleshortstuff) December 11, 2016@mirrorbreaking @SamSykesSwears @SMANGST tweet of the decade
— Adam Eberbach (@aeberbach) December 11, 2016@The_Papa_Jon @SamSykesSwears I get they're "warm" mittens but how did their PR/design team NOT see this??? #waronchristmas
— garbage cat (@jazbayqueen) December 11, 2016What makes matters worse is that people have actually been poking holes in the middle of the drawing (and wasting perfectly good coffee) for comedic effect. We hope you catch our drift.
The first Starbucks holiday cup appeared in stores in 1997. Designer Sandy Nelson recently revealed that creating the inaugural design was one of her first assignments at Starbucks.
"It was August, and I had just started with the company," Nelson remembered. "We were working on holiday creative for the season to come. We had what felt like a hundred cup designs pinned up on the wall. Then Howard [Schultz, who was Starbucks' CEO at the time] came by, looked at all of them, and picked my design. I couldn’t believe mine was chosen."
However, the first cup wasn't red, but magenta, and came in three more colors: sapphire, emerald, and amethyst. It featured swirls and hand-drawn holly leaves that were sprinkled with coffee beans.
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