A bunch of fast food restaurants are shading IHOP’s name change on Twitter, and we’re laugh-crying so hard
After days of wondering what the B in IHOP‘s — sorry, IHOb‘s — new logo stands for, we finally have our answer. Instead of something predictable, like “breakfast,” our favorite pancake chain is now the International House of Burgers. Our feelings are mixed on this one, but at least one good thing has come out of the news: some seriously hilarious memes.
Lots of different fast food restaurants (and even other, non-food companies) have hit social media to share their own take on the news, whether it’s mocking IHOP for their strange marketing choice or changing their own business names to throw shade.
Here are some of the best tweets about IHOb that different brands and restaurants have come up with. Keep it coming, Twitter!
Burger King is now Pancake King
sorry, old Burger King can’t come to the phone right now…
— Burger King (@BurgerKing) June 11, 2018
Netflix is now Netflib
brb changing my name to Netflib
— Netflix (@netflix) June 11, 2018
Red Robin with the shade, though
We’re as serious about pancakes as @IHOb is about burgers https://t.co/IQ7J2TX47T
— Red Robin (@redrobinburgers) June 11, 2018
Wendy’s is beyond over it
Remember when you were like 7 and thought changing your name to Thunder BearSword would be super cool?
Like that, but our cheeseburgers are still better.— Wendy’s (@Wendys) June 11, 2018
Can't wait to try a burger from the place that decided pancakes were too hard.
— Wendy’s (@Wendys) June 11, 2018
Denny’s is savage, as always
👦: Grandpa, do you remember the Great Burger Wars?
👴: lol no I was chillin drinkin milkshakes and trying to make sense of Westworld— Denny’s (@DennysDiner) June 11, 2018
A&W made a brand new logo
Inspired by the International House of Burgers announcement, we are also changing our name (Please do not ask what it means — we don’t know either.) pic.twitter.com/0HPQtQirHn
— A&W Restaurants (@awrestaurants) June 11, 2018
Whataburger is not going to be Whatapancake
As much as we love our pancakes, we'd never change our name to Whatapancake
— Whataburger® (@Whataburger) June 11, 2018
Steak & Shake was not impressed
.@IHOb A replica by definition cannot be as good as the original. The original #Steakburger was created by Steak ‘n Shake in 1934.
— Steak 'n Shake (@SteaknShake) June 11, 2018
And neither is Chili’s
We do make some pretty delicious Crispers and Waffles but we didn't change our name to Waffle's.
— Chili's Grill & Bar (@Chilis) June 11, 2018
All of this just goes to show that you shouldn’t try to fix what’s not broken — and don’t we all love going to IHOP for pancakes and breakfast food, anyway? Hopefully, this change isn’t permanent, and if it is…well, we can always go to Denny’s.
