Hooters is rebranding, claims millennials "aren't that into boobs"

[FelineOverlord]

Link to tweet

[Ray Bruns]

1. I want to see this supposed study also

[TheBlackAdder]

40. Since Millennials are into First Person Shooter games. Hooters will be rebranded as BAZOOKAS

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"At Bazookas, you might just get punch drunk even before ordering"

"At Bazookas, you might just get served before placing your order"




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[kairos12]

45. DUZY!! Thread Winner.

[awesomerwb1]

2. Boooo Fake news!!

[Sanity Claws]

5. Did you mean boob fake news?

[Celerity]

19. it is a a disinfo, fake news tweet

[Liberal In Texas]

20. Another fake "news" story posted here like it was hot off the presses.

Been seeing more and more of that around here lately.

[Celerity]

22. whenever I see fake news posted here, I always point it out

[Liberal In Texas]

41. Good on you. Not only is it from 2017 but it isn't even true.

False and old.

Back at ya...

[republianmushroom]

3. B.S. it isn't politically correct now and they are getting heat.

And the bottom line is suffering because of it. Must protect the bottom line.

[Demovictory9]

8. I wouldnt want ti eat at place where men were ogling

[Atticus]

4. Do ya think maybe seeing Trump in a white golf shirt may have put a damper on the "boobs are

bodacious" attitude for that generation?

Just sayin'-------

[sl8]

6. That's what happens when you have one in the White House for 4 years. nt

[getagrip_already]

7. meh, more likely people were realizing...

That the food wasn't that good, the service was terrible, and the wait staff wasn't particularly hot.

Plenty of restaurants survive on good food and great service, and don't have to stuff their staff into tight clothing.....

I like boobs. But really, never saw much of an appeal to hooters.

[kskiska]

9. Someone should tell the Kardashians

[keithbvadu2]

10. So they are going to change the uniforms?

[Nac Mac Feegle]

11. Or maybe they're not in to the blatant exploitation

My observation is that the younger generations in question are just "over" the blatant sexual exploitation.

I'm not gong to say that having a woman's' breasts stuffed in my face is bad, I'm a straight guy after all, but I'd rather it be enthusiastically consensual in an intimate environment. Not being treated as a commodity to manipulate someone into spending money.

It's an almost mercenary situation that seems pretty gross on reflection, if you want to analyze it.

Maybe we're maturing past that sort of stuff???

[I_UndergroundPanther]

12. Maybe they dont like objectifying women

And are sick of socially sanctioned toxic masculinity.

[llmart]

43. +1 just for the phrase "socially sanctioned toxic masculinity".

One can only hope we are moving away from that, albeit way too slowly for my tastes.

[MicaelS]

13. I went to a Hooters 20 years ago....

The waitresses looked very unhappy to be there. I never went again.

[Chainfire]

14. I have always meant to go to Hooters, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

[TlalocW]

15. I'll admit in my younger days

I went there with co-workers from my first corporate job, and we mainly went for one waitress (I actually had a thing for her). She knew how to work the room, was very funny, and would sometimes sing karaoke - sounding exactly like Janis Joplin. My co-workers and I became "friends" with her, and we were always kept abreast (yes, easy pun) of her plans. She was going back to school to get a physical therapy degree, and she said that Hooters was the best paying easy job that made her a lot of money that wasn't stripping. Then one day she was gone, and the other girls told us she had graduated and started on her career. We stopped going there after that. Good for you, Snoopy.

[NickB79]

16. Is it because big butts are all the rage instead?

[Iris]

30. That was my first thought!

I was home sick with Covid right before Christmas and watched A LOT of movies and realized that most actresses have smaller boobs these days.

[roamer65]

17. Any idea of the rebranded name yet?

McTrumps?

[Celerity]

23. there isn't one, this OP is fake news

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217503139#post19

[roamer65]

26. Damn. I wanted to see the rebranded name.

[Celerity]

27. more info (I just did a debunking OP)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217503922

[miyazaki]

31. They could wear see through underwear and call it Cooters.

[tavernier]

33. My daughter is the restaurant manager of Cooters

on Clearwater Beach. A Cooter is a turtle (despite your connotation) and the restaurant is a popular and friendly family place. Try the Crab leg dinner, or are you afraid of the word CRAB as well???

[Angleae]

36. Bunz?

[roamer65]

37. ...

[Initech]

18. What's Nick Adams going to do for entertainment?

[Tarc]

21. That's a shame, they're definitely a restaurant with quality assets.

[lame54]

24. "Wanna get some wings at Schlong's"?"

[NickB79]

35. You mean O'Nutters?

🤣🤣🤣

[sky_masterson]

25. Got an idea for a sexy vegan Marijuana restaurant called M-Plants

T_ts and Grass!

[Act_of_Reparation]

28. Great, let's blame "millennials" for something else.

We killed breakfast cereal, we killed the guest room, and now we've killed boobs.

[Celerity]

29. Millennials Are Killing is a phrasal template used to mock various think-pieces and op-ed articles

on the changing consumer habits of the Millennial generation and their allegedly negative impact on major industries and economic sectors that had once thrived during the latter half of the 20th century.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/millennials-are-killing

Origin

A "Millennials are Killing X" trend piece generally involves a writer from the Boomer generation noting that millennials' financial situation (high student loans, lack of available, well-paying jobs) have made millennials unwilling or unable to spend as freely as their ancestors, and that this phenomenon is hurting either a specific industry or the American economy as a whole. Backlash to the trend began in 2013, notably with the response to Time Magazine's infamous Me Me Me Generation cover. Gothamist and The New York Times published articles compiling and criticizing Boomer pieces criticizing Millennials the same year.

Spread

Over the next three years, the phrase "Millenials are killing" began appearing more often in headlines, as Millennials were blamed for killing McDonald's, the movie business, Home Depot, the napkin industry, etc. The trend spiked in popularity on June 30th, 2016, when The Economist published a tweet asking "Why aren't millennials buying diamonds?" The tweet received intense derision as users mocked the transparent trendiness of the tweet and the ignorance of the question's obvious answer: millennials don't have very much money.

The trend continued to spike throughout the summer of 2016. On August 24th, Fusion published an article linking to 47 different articles, each one accusing millennials of killing a different industry or tradition. Two days later, Twitter user @necrosofty tweeted an image showing several different headlines with the phrase "Millennials are killing" in it. The tweet, shown below, has over 2,400 retweets and 2,600 likes as of August 29th, 2016.



On August 27th, The Daily Dot published an article claiming the "Millennials are Killing" backlash had reached its peak.

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[FakeNoose]

32. They can't hire enough young women to wear the short shorts and tight tank tops

Probably the older women who apply, don't look so great in those ridiculous outfits.

[Midnight Writer]

34. They can rebrand as "ASSES" and only hire Republicans.

[LudwigPastorius]

38. Sooo, they're changing them to "Pooters"?

Fried borscht and human blood cocktails?

The MAGAts will love it.

[vercetti2021]

39. Thickness is the rage

Which I think is great because love a little extra in both women and men. Boobs are nice heck I grew a set thanks to HRT. But I do enjoy curvy bodies and a bit of meat on the bones.

[Vinca]

42. Let me guess. They're changing their name to "T & A's?"

[Silent3]

44. Apart from this being fake news, I can't even see why someone who loves boobs would go to Hooters

It's just so tacky and cringe-worthy.

There are plenty of boobs to be seen all over the world without the leering weirdness of a breast-themed restaurant.

[XorXor]

46. I'm an older millennial, I don't have a dislike boobs, but I've had little desire to go hooters

So, it's not a dislike of boobs. I've been to a hooters once in my life and the food wasn't anything special. I was also with a coworker who made uncomfortable and crass comments constantly. It was weird because it almost seemed forced and unnatural. It was as if he thought was how he was supposed to behave to "fit in with the guys". It had the exact opposite effect with us, though.

This wasn't the most "PC" or "woke" (yes, I dislike that term too) crowd either. I just don't think blatant objectification of women is as cool as it once was. Also, like I said above, the food was nothing special.