i thought there were like two or three degrees of irony, not one. meh.

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    There were several restaurant chains based on this concept

    They were referred to as "Breasturants"

    Twisted Kilt, Twin Peaks, etc.

      • Piqued_Pirates [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Wait, that's what Twin Peaks means? Wow, now I feel awkward that I tried to talk to my sister about the show Twin Peaks.

    • conductor [comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      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.

      • Pezevenk [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        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.

    • cresspacito [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Every day I become more convinced that Americans only mock brits to cope. We're bad, but uhhh

      • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        We also have a restaurant called the British Beer Company

        It is exactly what it sounds like

      • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah, there was a Twisted Kilt not far from me that turned into a Southern variant because the owners didn't want to pay franchise fees anymore and now it's just empty because COVID

        Life just has a funny way of working out sometimes