“Cheeky” edits to McDonald’s holiday cup design go viral
How one Twitter user's doodle struck Internet gold
We are a sick, sick world. Or perhaps we just have a sick sense of humor.
McDonald’s holiday-themed coffee cups became the brunt of a joke after a Twitter user took a pen to a picture of two white mittens resting against each other and turned it into a prime example of bathroom humor.
The original McCafé cup features the mittens, with the words “Warmest Greetings” written on them, surrounded by snowflakes, stars and hearts. But Sam Sykes, the author of The City Stained Red, The Mortal Tally, and An Affinity for Steel decided to turn the thumbs of the mittens into tiny hands. Given the position of the mittens, the graphic then became a pair of hands spreading a person’s buttocks apart. Sykes tweeted the new design out, which quickly tickled the Twittersphere’s funny bone.
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
Some people were in on the joke:
Um… @McDonalds methinks you need help with your graphics. pic.twitter.com/h1i88R7mLs
— IM🍑HIM (@ziyatong) 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
But a few others seemed to think it was real:
While everyone's up in arms about Starbucks holiday cups McDonald's has someone spreading their cheeks on their holiday cups pic.twitter.com/94gRRD6Df3
— WILL (@sinamonnroII) December 12, 2016
Why McDonald's holiday cups look like someone showing you they bootyhole? pic.twitter.com/IERisX3wmQ
— rose dewitt (@drnkbleachdaily) December 11, 2016
And a nation looking for something lighthearted after a stressful and at times disappointing 2016 was amused, at least for a few hours.
@ziyatong @McDonalds They're mittens – the hands were drawn on. But damn that's amazing. pic.twitter.com/GhoBGn5U8Q
— Gavin Fernando (@GavinDFernando) December 11, 2016
“Our festive McCafé cups are of mittens, not hands,” a spokesman for McDonald’s said in a tongue-in-cheek statement. “The altered image circulating on social media is the result of someone getting a little cheeky and adding some hand-drawing to a cup.”
Sometimes we all just need a laugh.
A lot of businessmen will be disappointed when they ask their prostitute for the McDonald's Cup and she touches two mittens together.
— Michael Hartney (@MichaelHartney) December 12, 2016
[crossslink]You have to see Donald Trump’s gay Twitter parody[/crosslink]
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