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[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

If this is behind the TSA checkpoint, it’s DOA. (Or at the least, no more interesting than any other option for alcohol in an airport)

If it’s not, then, cool, I guess.

There use to be a culture of going to the airport bar even if you’re not flying (pre-9/11). But I just don’t see the appeal of a gay bar, a place intended for socializing, behind a TSA checkpoint.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do gay people not have layovers in Chicago?

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh they do, every hour of every day.

But do people behind TSA checkpoints really socialize? Maybe I’m too pessimistic about socializing between flights.

My whole point is the security check (and expensive flight ticket, etc) needed to participate.

If I’m just wrong about airport socializing behind the TSA checkpoint, that’s cool. Please correct me. I’ve always found the idea of going to airport bars to hang out fun. But I turned 21 after 9/11. So for me it’s always been this relic of the past that I learned about after it stopped being a thing.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If they market it properly, maybe they could make it work? Call it a Gayover and have some baggage holding service so people can dance and let go without having to worry about their stuff

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Get this man a job in marketing!

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

If they are not doing this, then they deserve to fail. That sounds like exactly what they should do! 🤣

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