Is the Washington Post's reporting on strippers vs. bartendresses a sign of our debased culture?

[MatureDJ]

The "journal of record" for the nation's political life has decided to devote its resources to what seems to be the story of canonical strippers getting mad at bartendresses who are acting like strippers and muscling into their tips.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ottle-girls-are-grabbing-the-cash-cite-racism

My opinion: This seems to me to be yet another sign of our debased culture that an esteemed journal would see this as news to fit. That said, this would an excellent titillating story for an alternative newspaper, but the freaking Washington Post?

 

[marmel75]

I still cannot understand why you would go into a strip to throw your money away to some hot girl to pretend she likes you.

It makes ZERO sense. WTF do you as a man get out of this? You don't fvck them. You don't get laid. You don't get them to go out with you. You simply throw your money down the toilet.

Can someone please elaborate on the allure of strip clubs because I dont see it.

 

[Bokanovsky]

That said, this would an excellent titillating story for an alternative newspaper, but the freaking Washington Post?

Washington Post is fake news these days. Where have you been for the past 2+ years??

 

[skinnyguy]

95% of the time, the bartenders are hotter than the strippers.

Bottle service girls in general don't have as many tattoos and they don't look like they are addicted to meth like strippers do.

 

[taiyuu_otoko]

All news is fake news. There are so many news outlets, everybody is in competition to get eyeballs and clicks.

It's not really news, it's a contest to come up with the most "interesting things that are happening" that need to be promoted to a society with the average attention span of a goldfish.

So yea, that is kind of a sign of our decaying culture. People are idiots and to make money you have to sell idiot ideas to idiot people.

Strippers vs. Hot Bartenders sounds like a worthy attempt.

 

[Bokanovsky]

All news is fake news. There are so many news outlets, everybody is in competition to get eyeballs and clicks.

It's not really news, it's a contest to come up with the most "interesting things that are happening" that need to be promoted to a society with the average attention span of a goldfish.

So yea, that is kind of a sign of our decaying culture. People are idiots and to make money you have to sell idiot ideas to idiot people.

Strippers vs. Hot Bartenders sounds like a worthy attempt.

Exactly. Once upon a time, newspapers like the Washington Post and New York Times were read by serious people interested in serious stories (i.e. your stereotypical lawyer or banker reading his morning paper while some lackey is polishing his shoes). Nowadays, they are basically glorified tabloids that are mostly read online, and mostly by people who are not subscribes and who simply followed a link that someone else posted on Facebook or Twitter. They compete for same "progressive" audience as the likes of Salon, Jezebel, etc.