IDK if they even made the virtual one a reality yet.

closeted gay boys that get taken to hooters by parents or family to encourage 'normal' heterosexual behavior.

...is that what hooters is for? That makes sense in a sad sort if way

I think I read this article too. It makes sense in a way.

https://archive.is/tWlEz

What explains the connection between Hooters waitresses and young gay men? Perhaps these women — so often stigmatized as almost sex workers, so accustomed to society’s sidelong glances — see kindred spirits in the boys who aren’t quite “right.” Or maybe it’s simpler: a waitress’s knack for reading a room, turned tender for those who need it most.

They're kinda right. Hooters is what happens when there's no outlet so it comes out weird

Good on you for asking these questions in a timeline that absolutely justifies them.

I went to a Hooters once around 2006 or so. Their hottest wing sauce was called "911" and for fun when the waitress came around I pointed to that on the menu and told her that I was deeply offended that Hooters would dare to use our "sacred tragedy" of 9/11 for the name of some wings. She immediately got all bug-eyed and said "oh no no no no no that's not what it means" and ran to get her manager. Manager dude came over and apologized profusely and insisted it was named after the emergency phone number. He comped the whole table's bill and gave me four $50 gift certificates to boot. At that point I was way too embarrassed to admit I was just kidding.

I never ended up using the gift certificates. It helped that Hooter's food sucks.

is that what hooters is for?

It's not for people that like good food.

There was a Hooters in downtown Atlanta that was one of the few restaurants open super late in the area. We went there a few times after late night stuff for Dragon Con. That's sort of my biggest gripe about downtown Atlanta, they really do roll up those sidewalks pretty early.

Oh, don't forget about Hoots, their brand without the outfits and the same food. Not a joke.

That book says a lot of things, almost always conflicting things and depending on what remake you read it has an entirely different spin.

Anyone who says they understand the bible and doesn't know Aramaic, Hebrew and some other archaic languages is lying and most likely trying to mislead you. Although to be fair, even if they do know those languages they are probably trying to mislead you.

Needed? I don't think anyone said it was needed. People just enjoy tits

Your comment did not mean what I thought it meant

I am deeply disappointed

Did you just insult my favorite twitch streamer Sasha Grey? What are you insinuating, sir and/or madam?

Dude, how do you bankrupt boob restaurant? That's as bad as bankrupting a casino

I've just spent a solid half an hour in this comment section...

For the wings, of course

If it were it would be a sexual predator's dream come true.

The new owners are some of the older franchise owners. It is going back to the old ways.

Not the thighs and breasts?

Yeah, I'm an absolute pervert but hooters feels icky to me. Like, I'll gladly mix sluttiness, alcohol, and food. I'd love it if I could get some appetizers at a leather bar. And while strip clubs aren't to my taste, I respect them as honest sex work at least on the part of the strippers and patrons. But hooters is this thin facade. It's a place I associate with people telling themselves they aren't going to a strip club. Whether it's to introduce their son to manhood or to have a night out with the boys. It's not a strip club, but very specifically so.

Wait no waffle house‽

I can't remember why we didn't do that. Either it was further away or the wait was crazy and we passed it. But yes, there's a Waffle House adjacent to Centennial Olympic Park. Generally I prefer to go to Metro Diner though if I can get in.

Without the outfits? 🫣

I wonder if your dad just wanted to get out and you were an excuse.

tho, extreme christian - maybe he was trying to make you straight via exposure

The point of the post was that it’s weird to find Hooters titillating at all. Let’s not act like titillation itself is a bad thing or needs to be segregated from other parts of your life. Titillation during dinner is a great mix!

There was a place near me called Smut N Eggs. Was a bar that catered to graveyard shift, we'd swing there after work at 6 in the morning to kickstart our "evening". Inside where you would expect to see sports games on the TVs around the bar, they had vintage porn playing. The walls were covered with centerfolds.

The waitress, Michelle or Chele for short, was about 50 years old, had a smokers rasp and the look of someone who'd spent most of her younger years riding on a motorcyle, and suffered absolutely no bullshit. The food was amazing, the vast majority of people weren't even looking at the screens, they were just digging into their dinner or breakfast at 6 in the morning with a beer or three on the side.

Place burned down years ago...damned shame.

Is Hooters just an American maid cafe?

No on the contrary. I was just joking about her former field of acting. I wish it was viewed as more normal. And that she would have make to get a foothold in regular movies 🫶

I didn't know she did twitch now. I've never watched that. I game a lot but I have no patience for watching streams.

Dude yes it absolutely is

Sorry! I should've put a "/s" at the end. I was also joking.

Yep. I too would have loved it if she had a proper acting career right now. She's always been very charming and has had lots of creative outlets. She was one of the first people that taught me not to understimate adult performers

It's not what is for, but it's how it's used. /I/kieron155 found the link to the article:

https://archive.is/tWlEz

That's it! Thanks for digging it up.

Yes but without maids

That was a great read. Thanks for finding the article!

The food sucked and people stopped being quite as sexist to wanna go in the first place.

Or the cafe part.

Well, I guess they have dessert so there's technically some overlap of what a cafe would have, but I don't associate hot wings with cafe.

Hooters is a pretty weird compromise between Moralism and Libertarianism - on one hand the whole point of it is "fat titties" and going there is an almost open admission of wanting to go see fat titties but on the socially acceptable side whilst just going to a strip joint fall on the not socially acceptable side.

In other words, Hooters is kinda like the "no man's land" between the one side and the other in the weird war between Moralism and Libertarianism in America.

Oh, sweet innocent child.

Google 'adult escorts near me'

You can find all sorts of companionship if you're willing to steal mommy's credit card.

Don't they have guards who accompany them?

it's so weird, too, because Hooters was originally founded to make use of a closed down strip club, and they just leaned on that as a gimmick. they hired all the sex workers who had worked at that strip club. but they did all as a joke.

like there's a universe where hooters was founded by a locally owned employee driven co-op to keep the people who depended on that strip club solvent, and did their whole "it's a family joint" as a schtick to maintain their employees' dignities. instead we got buffalo wild wings that degrades their employees' dignities even further than buffalo wild wings by objectifying them entirely and fetishizing the product they sell.

FWIW,

wp:Hooters

Hooters, Inc., was incorporated in Clearwater, Florida, on April 1, 1983, by six Clearwater businessmen: Lynn D. Stewart, Gil DiGiannantonio, Ed Droste, Billy Ranieri, Ken Wimmer and Dennis Johnson. The date was an April Fools' Day joke because the original six owners believed that their prospect was going to fail.

How about a vegan Hooters?

It may just be a bonus in almost every circumstance.

Hooters is for any situation where you're specifically not going to a strip club. Son ain't showing enough interest in girls? Hooters. Daughter's showing too much, but you don't know how to tell her you support her? Hooters. Night out with your friends, but you don't want your partner to be mad you went to a strip club? Hooters. Feel like a family dinner that makes the kids feel awkward as fuck? Hooters.

Yeah it's weird to me too. Like, I can see how for a certain type of person who can't really easily talk about emotions or other private topics, this can be an attempt to bring their child into adulthood and the world of expressing interest in women. But also, fuck it's a weird way to do it. Just sit the kid down or go for a walk or drive and give them a dating talk.

Fucking hell, that's not surprising but fuck it's weird. Sorry your dad did that to you

Funny enough my straight mom was a hard-core fan of playboy (I'm fully convinced in her heterosexuality considering her decades as an ally and all of her kids being queer). She was generally straight laced, but loved the counterculture that the articles of playboy contained.

But yeah the business model was always that the tits pay for the ability to publish Fahrenheit 451 and Hunter S. Thompson, not the other way around.

Lesbian bars don't make much money unfortunately. /s

and now I'm wondering how many lesbians went to Hooters.

What do you mean? Can you give examples?

I appreciate the well wishes.

Yeah... I... have not had the easiest run at life, but, things have turned around since I ghosted my entire family a few years back.

in Germany with $50 you can legally rent quality legal prostitute for an hour. every town has a 'red light district'. in the states with $50 you can get drunk and frustrated at a strip club. was in the Army and drank a lot of beer.