Comments on: Flashback: Hooters Hoax http://urbanprankster.com/2008/07/flashback-hooters-hoax/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:23:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Kurt http://urbanprankster.com/2008/07/flashback-hooters-hoax/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Kurt Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:31:09 +0000 http://urbanprankster.com/?p=80#comment-202 Hmmm. I live in NYC, and it seems to me that a lot of people who care about issues around gentrification are getting their time wasted by this. Hopefully this is why the pranksters came clean. Hmmm. I live in NYC, and it seems to me that a lot of people who care about issues around gentrification are getting their time wasted by this. Hopefully this is why the pranksters came clean.

]]> By: Jaye http://urbanprankster.com/2008/07/flashback-hooters-hoax/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Jaye Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:04:00 +0000 http://urbanprankster.com/?p=80#comment-194 Hey and Hooters got some pretty good free market research if they even had an inkling about opening another one there. Sounds like a win-win to me. Hey and Hooters got some pretty good free market research if they even had an inkling about opening another one there. Sounds like a win-win to me.

]]> By: Charlie Todd http://urbanprankster.com/2008/07/flashback-hooters-hoax/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Charlie Todd Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:49:05 +0000 http://urbanprankster.com/?p=80#comment-193 As long as it's funny/interesting, I don't care if it has a point. That said, I think this prank has plenty to say about gentrification, local establishments vanishing, and the proliferation of national chains. I guess you might not get the point unless you live here and know more about the neighborhood in question. As long as it’s funny/interesting, I don’t care if it has a point. That said, I think this prank has plenty to say about gentrification, local establishments vanishing, and the proliferation of national chains. I guess you might not get the point unless you live here and know more about the neighborhood in question.

]]> By: Helio http://urbanprankster.com/2008/07/flashback-hooters-hoax/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Helio Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:27:20 +0000 http://urbanprankster.com/?p=80#comment-191 I think of good pranks as having no point other than to befuddle the masses. If they cause angst at the same time, so much the better. I think of good pranks as having no point other than to befuddle the masses.

If they cause angst at the same time, so much the better.

]]> By: Kurt http://urbanprankster.com/2008/07/flashback-hooters-hoax/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Kurt Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:14:53 +0000 http://urbanprankster.com/?p=80#comment-190 I think of good pranks as having a point or raising consciousness, not just confusing people for fun. I think of good pranks as having a point or raising consciousness, not just confusing people for fun.

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