Look. I get it. I’m not completely lacking in self-awareness. Vladimir Putin wants to restore Russia to its former “glory” and so he’s invading Ukraine whilst continuing to sow seeds of division throughout Europe and here in the United States. So why would I write about McDonald’s now?!?

Isn’t McDonald’s even more hacky of a premise than writing about the symbolism of 2/22/22, and taking the contrarian stance that BCE or AD calendar time is a construct so why fool yourselves?