Everyone Relax: Hooters Is Not Shutting Down Because Of Millennial Disinterest In Boobs

[Celerity]

https://knowyourmeme.com/news/everyone-relax-hooters-is-not-shutting-down-because-of-millennial-disinterest-in-boobs



Viral news Twitter account @DailyLoud likely knew it had a hit tweet on its hands when it posted the devastating news that "Hooters is shutting down and "rebranding" after new study shows that millennials "aren’t that into boobs."

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The confluence of Millennials are killing… and boobs is a perfect mixture to go viral on the app. In fact, they probably knew it would go viral because Complex posted the same exact thing five years ago.

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As you may have guessed by this point, the big Hooters news of the day is a hoax. The restaurant is not closing down and rebranding because Millennials don't like boobs (though the viral headline did generate some great suggestions for a Hooters rebrand).

The story, as it originally appeared in 2017, used Pornhub research to claim that Millennial audiences were less enthused about breasts, suggesting this correlates Hooters' recent struggles. In both Complex and Business Insider's articles, the writers seem to jokingly say Hooters' business model is struggling because Millennials are not into boobs, but they don't go into the myriad other reasons Hooters could struggle to attract new customers, such as many people not wanting to eat dinner with an erection.

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[Historic NY]

1. I wouldn't be surprised because its the only thing to distract you from the food.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Maybe Their Struggles Are Because...the

..the act is old & tired and people can get mediocre bar food at any mediocre bar.
While at a conference near Atlanta I got talked into going there for dinner.
Meh! I should have gone to Subway and eaten in my room. And the bit wasn't my thing.
Never did anything more than drive past one after that.

[ret5hd]

3. If the erection is willing to pay for the dinner, I'm kinda hungry.

[panader0]

4. Never been to a Hooters.

[70sEraVet]

5. I appreciate breasts, but I do NOT appreciate discriminatory hiring practices.

Never been so hungry that I would stoop to going into a Hooters!

[Aristus]

7. Same here. I'm fifty-four.

I love the sight of the female body. But the idea of going to a place like Hooters for that specific reason (I've heard the food isn't any good) is a little repellant.

Once, when I was stationed in Germany, one Friday night, all the guys were crammed into one of the larger squad bays watching porn flicks. I was never really into hard-core porn, and the thought of sitting around the barracks like that when I was in one of the most beautiful and interesting countries in Europe was more than a little soul-crushing.

"To Hell with y'all!" I said. "I'm going downtown to meet a real girl."

Despite the careless bravado of my announcement, I actually did meet a young German lady that night, and we dated for a few months. As a matter of fact, I was at her place the night I was told my unit had orders for the Gulf.

I'll never visit a place like Hooters, that's for sure.

[70sEraVet]

8. Good choice that night, Aristus. If that first option was 'Door #1',......

I would have taken Door #2 or Door #3!!!

[Meowmee]

6. Too bad, it would be good riddance to rubbish

[Ohio Joe]

9. Sheesh....

An erection has never stopped me from eating.