FALSE ALARM: Hooters Says It Is Not Closing For a "Millennial-Friendly" Rebrand
AP News - CLAIM: Hooters is shutting down and rebranding.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. A spokesperson for the restaurant chain told The Associated Press that this claim has “no validity” and that its concept “is here to stay.” The posts are misrepresenting a 2017 article that discussed some U.S. locations closing between 2012 and 2016, as well as changes the company made to its menu and decor more than a decade ago and a spin-off concept that opened in 2017.
THE FACTS: A misleading claim spread on social media Wednesday that Hooters, the restaurant famous for its scantily-clad waitresses, is shutting down and rebranding due to changing millennial tastes.
“Hooters is shutting down and ‘rebranding,’” one tweet read in part, attributing the alleged move to a study that showed millennials are not interested in breasts. The tweet had received nearly 57,000 likes and more than 18,000 shares as of Wednesday evening.
Another popular tweet with the same claim received more than 5,500 likes and more than 1,000 shares.
The company also refuted the claim via one of its Twitter accounts, tweeting: “this is the fakest news that has ever newsed.”
Well that's a crisis averted. Can you imagine an America without Hooters?
I can't think of a way to get White Sox Dave to enlist for a cause than to tell him the millennials are killing off Hooters.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't believe this when I first saw this headline. Millennials are a weird bunch man. Perhaps its being connected to fake life on the interwebs from basically day 1. They'd rather ogle and check out chicks online than in real life.
Back in my day, you had to grind like there was no tomorrow to hit a double or triple with a girl. Unless you were blessed with good looks and game for days like Jeff Nadu, pulling ass was the one and only focus from basically the second you started being attracted to girls all through college, and post-college. Actually strike that, pretty sure it's a lifelong quest that's hardwired and programmed into our monkey brains as men. We're doomed.
But apparently, millennials are wired differently. I guess the ability to see a girls butthole on onlyfans for $5 kinda kills that urge. (Shoutout Balls)
But for those of us who were sick of twistys.com, but didn't want to go all in and hit a strip club, Hooters was always a happy medium. Our "saving grace" if you will…
Cute girls, dressed in delightfully tacky uniforms, showing just enough to still leave something to the imagination, all while serving up cold beers and some pretty fire wings. (I'm not a big breaded wings guy, but if you're gonna go breaded, Hooters wings fuck). They also have curly fries which is just straight-up class. Yah, they may be unseasoned, and never cooked enough, but you order those babies well done, and salt & pepper the fuck out of them and you're cooking with gas.
I digress but I guess this is just my way of saying thanks for not leaving us Hooters. It's a crazy, fucked up world out there today. And we just want to say thanks for staying strong and continuing to fight the good fight.
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