i thought there were like two or three degrees of irony, not one. meh.
some people have never had the unbearably awkward experience of eating at a hooters as a teenager with an older family member and it shows.
Family friends took me there when I was like 12 or something, very uncomfortable experience
It wasn’t at me, it was their righteous crusade against the local tightwad that didn’t want it. We have a definite local tightwad issue but stopped clocks etc. Also, Jesus that was like 15 years ago, now I feel old. Cool thing was it was a former pizza hut and has That Roof but they painted it orange.
It’s just a mindfuck. You’re sitting there asking yourself “Where the fuck do I look? Do I try to play off the fact that a half-naked woman is standing right next to me asking if I need an extra napkin for those wings? Do I just stare dead on at her tits and tip generously? Do look at the ceiling and try to stop sweating so profusely? How the fuck am I supposed to act in this place without behaving like a creep?”
I mean, my older relatives decided to visit Vegas when I was 14 and took me with them. I was not ready for what I saw there.
I guess it was before it got cleaned up and sanitized? by the time I went there as a kid it was all pretty tame but just annoying as fuck. idk why we stayed at circus circus but we were right next to a rollercoaster and the room smelled like it was one giant ashtray.
idk if it was before or after but it was too much, in every aspect. i remember the first thing i said was that this is a huge waste of electricity, looking at all the lit-up signs, hotels etc.
There were several restaurant chains based on this concept
They were referred to as “Breasturants”
Twisted Kilt, Twin Peaks, etc.
A few years back a coworker of mine was trying to hang out with me and another couple people at my office, and suggested going to twisted kilt. I thought it was just some other “Irish” pub place, and agreed at first, but then looked it up…
When I mentioned I had never been there before, he said something like “oh you’ll like it”, which is what made me google it. To his surprise, I would not have liked it, and would’ve felt incredibly uncomfortable the entire time.
It’s just the strangest thing. Like, if you’re gonna suggest something like this, suggest a strip club? I wouldn’t wanna go there either but at least it’s somehow less weird.
A strip club is definitely less weird lol, the combo of fast food with the whole concept is already gross and sad, the whole thing where it is basically PG and almost pretending it’s somehow different and not horny just makes it feel even more like just ordinary sexual harassment. It’s a bit hard to express it.
Every day I become more convinced that Americans only mock brits to cope. We’re bad, but uhhh
The first time I heard about Hooters was in a film and I genuinely thought it was some sort of parody about the practices of certain food establishments.
But, no, they are a real thing.
And now we have some of them over here. :agony-acid:
:amerikkka:
Some people actually take their kids there
Why. God what the fuck is wrong with people, having such restaurants is already weird, but going with the kids is just not ok. The US really are a special place.
Well, the entire point of the restaurant seem to be sexualized waitresses. Not the food nor the location or whatever, but the waitresses. It’s the same thing with bare-breasted women at the beach or in paintings, there’s a context to thing imo. As you said, it’s not a strip club, but that’s not really far from it in “spirit”. But to each their own opinion, I just don’t think Hooters are a place for kids.
I’ve only been once. Found the whole experience kind of sad. And I was only low-to-mid level woke then. I oogled the girls and all but I didn’t really enjoy it. Just a kind of empty experience.
I went once with coworkers because it was the only place near the office that had March Madness games on. The waitress was pregnant and they still made her wear the outfit. We tipped extra but I still felt bad about the whole thing.
