This ‘millennial dude version of Hooters’ went viral but not for reasons he’d have hoped
It started when Hooters – you remember – said it was closing down a number of restaurants because it had fallen on hard times.
Hooters is closing locations, restrategizing because millennials aren't that into boobs. https://t.co/VKnsioIgbo pic.twitter.com/QRF2S1FHjz
— Complex (@Complex) August 17, 2017
And this person took issue with the idea that it was ‘some sort of cultural institution that millennials are shitting over’.
going to a subpar beer & wings restaurant to leer at/take pics with big-boobed waitresses is one of the most uniquely baby-boomer male concepts and I am laughing my ass off at the idea that it’s some sort of sacred cultural institution that millennials are shitting all over https://t.co/tGrR6W9rwV
— KT NELSON (@KrangTNelson) August 19, 2018
Except this guy really did have a vision for how a millennials take on Hooters – not a phrase we’d ever thought we’d use – would work.
For me to be excited about Hooters, there would need to be changes. 1)I'm not a huge fan of the barbie look – bottle blonde, big boobs, scorching tans. 2) I wouldn't be there to LOOK at you, but to TALK with you. A place to eat and chat with good conversationalists? Sign me up.
— Eric Adam Hovis (@ericadamhovis) August 19, 2018
So it would be a place to have conversations and debates with smart/pretty women while eating food. There could be "debate nights" where wings are free or something. There could be activities rooms where people play pool or video games. I think I'm thinking of a geisha place.
— Eric Adam Hovis (@ericadamhovis) August 19, 2018
It would also be important to have some specialized setup for the guys who just want to therapeutically vent their woes to women. Like specialized "problem listener" hostesses. This way these guys don't just dump their problems onto each and every woman they encounter.
— Eric Adam Hovis (@ericadamhovis) August 19, 2018
Oh, and somehow Hooters would need to be SUPER CHEAP since us millennials are BROKE. I think of current Hooters as some weird, exotic, unique luxury experience, like going to a magician restaurant. But then again I think of Applebee's as a fancy, high-class restaurant, too.
— Eric Adam Hovis (@ericadamhovis) August 19, 2018
So for me as a millennial to be excited about Hooters it would need to be a fundamentally different experience that, instead of relying on a superficial novelty, instead cultivates meaningful human interactions in a world increasingly isolated by convenience and technology.
— Eric Adam Hovis (@ericadamhovis) August 19, 2018
To which the only appropriate reply appears to be …
are men ……….. . okay pic.twitter.com/UoAgrBw7LK
— critical thot (@beehivesy) August 20, 2018
The post went viral, liked nearly 100,000 times the last time we looked.
“i would never give money to a sex worker. i mean..,,,call me a feminist but i NEED my chicken waitress to be highly educated, naturally gorgeous and my literal therapist. also i want to pay her pennies lol”
— critical thot (@beehivesy) August 20, 2018
oh wow ok follow me on ig if you want (https://t.co/eowFRl9g0N) but mostly: tip your servers. tip your strippers, your bartenders, your baristas and yeah just generally give your money to women
— critical thot (@beehivesy) August 20, 2018
Can someone please condense this guy's response into a single tweet for me?
tl;dr
I'm currently driving to DEBATE NIGHT at my local Hooters.
— TOFU TONY (@theneedledrop) August 20, 2018
Just in case you want to read some more, he was nothing if not enthusiastic.
Holy shit he proceeded to take his stupid-ass tweets and copy them word for word into a fucking “article” on his WordPress pic.twitter.com/U011YtURN9
— alex 📝 revising gay murder book (@VodkaAuntTBH) August 20, 2018
"DEBATE ME, WAITRESS."
— Taylor Sutherland (@capitalvices) August 20, 2018
Strangely enough, "hot girls paid nothing to be my therapist" IS the millennial dude version of Hooters https://t.co/os7txpxnvA
— Kendra ⚔️ (@kendrawcandraw) August 20, 2018
Therapist. The person ur looking for is a therapist https://t.co/hEmNb16pX7
— Goth angel mommy (@_ponyboyy) August 20, 2018
— Bree should be finishing Mercenary Librarians (@mostlybree) August 20, 2018
