As much as I find the (“all men are terrible”/“not all men”) dynamic to be exhausting and stupid, men do have a major cultural problem.
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sundray@lemmus.org 1 day ago
There was a heartwarming essay in the NYT awhile back called “Why Dads Take Their Gay Sons to Hooters” by Peter Rothpletz.
balance8873@lemmy.myserv.one 8 hours ago
Thebular@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
That was a really good read. I never realized men taking their queer kids to hooters was a thing, good to know at least the servers had the kids’ backs
Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Thanks for linking that. Loved it.
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
I’d be tempted in fiction to make Hooters a secret line of temples to Athena the way Nike outlets are… well… temples to Nike.
klemptor@startrek.website 1 day ago
This made me smile :)
TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Great article.
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That was brilliant. I thoroughly enjoyed that.
It reminded me I f my own faithful trip to hooters with a friend and his father.
I don’t think I know what was going on there, but I did feel like it was super awkward because they were talking about the waitress like she wasn’t there.
I mostly remember the wings we had were not very good.
Wings should not be battered with cornmeal. Though I don’t eat that much meat anymore.
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Cornmeal is for seafood and okra. I am fully willing and committed to dying on this hill.
I never had the hooters experience, I had more of a “self-imposed secret conversation therapy” and being bi certainly helped to pass.
Lifelong identity issues and anxiety are worth it to avoid the travesty of cornmeal on chicken imo.