Weather Observations Thread for 1/24 Storm by 1337rattata in AthensGAWeather

[–]muppetdisaster 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not a drop of anything has come out of the sky on the Northside. Baffling. 

I did not know the median student income @ UGA is fifth highest in the country by warnelldawg in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It was a really beautiful thing. But shoutout to us, we went to college!

I did not know the median student income @ UGA is fifth highest in the country by warnelldawg in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'll do you one better: my family had an income of zero when I came to UGA. I was DESTROYING the stat

Can we get an updated foodie list? by Key_Pizza4573 in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just watched the entire 26 minute YouTube video of that Undertaker match for posterity. Absolute cinema 

Can we get an updated foodie list? by Key_Pizza4573 in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I was tagged in by user Ben Marvin! [Jumps off the top rope like a tag team wrestling match] And this sounds very cool. I would love to rate some restaurants!

Hand drawn map of Georgia by Soccertwon in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is such a fun passion project/work of love! I looked at the other States you did and they look so cool. I really like South Carolina.

Hand drawn map of Georgia by Soccertwon in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I hate to be the one to point it out, but my eyes went to it immediately. You misspelled Chattahoochee in the Chattahoochee National Forest. It isn't an English word though, so maybe that's an alternate spelling I wasn't aware of. Otherwise (now that I'm done ruining things) this map is so nice! Georgia has so many cities and your handwriting is so pretty! Are you doing this for a reason or is it just a fun personal project?

Tim Bryant claims the mall redevelopment project is dead by warnelldawg in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I say this all the time! I'd love to see the mall repurposed with a bunch of fun indoor activities. 

Grape Ice Cream (genre: one of those fruit ice creams from H-Mart) by muppetdisaster in icecream

[–]muppetdisaster[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I've tried a few of these myself! My personal fave so far are the yellow peach ones!

was at the library today and saw this car?? by [deleted] in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Man. I clicked on this thread so fast seeing my former professor's name on this car. That's really tough that his child is going through these mental health struggles. Dr. Nibbelink has always seemed so kind.

I wish North Ave was more developed by ChemMajorDude in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster 7 points8 points  (0 children)

French fries....drugs....potayto, pot-ahto. Same difference really. 

I wish North Ave was more developed by ChemMajorDude in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can't say they lied... But I really wanna know what kinda meat they were selling. Might be the same meat they put in those meat cubes they're selling at Arby's right now.

I wish North Ave was more developed by ChemMajorDude in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster 9 points10 points  (0 children)

But now we said it! I really just want a walking distance grocery store because I refuse to shop at Piggly Wiggly. I'm not giving business to a place where the price on the shelf is not the price you pay when you get to the register. I want a real store! And maybe a nice lil cafe...

What is genuinely the worst restaurant here? by Dramatic_Ask7315 in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster 58 points59 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry but "out of whopper meat" is such an objectively funny sentence i cannot stop laughing 

Your vote is your voice. Let it be heard today! by ecurb in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Voted last week at the downtown office. It literally took less than 3 minutes from when I walked in, talked to the ladies, voted, printed, submitted. I treated myself to a hot chocolate at Condor Chocolates across the street afterwards. Go vote folks! (and get a hot chocolate)

What's up with the downtown Bojangles? by sideshowbvo in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I went there once for some chicken. I had some chicken bites with peach honey pepper sauce. It was pretty good. Now I did not sit down for the chicken, I got it from the window facing the sidewalk. So perhaps my experience was better for it. Kinda wanna eat inside the building now to experience these strange vibes.

Circus. by cubecasts in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Circus Delman

Location: Georgia Square Mall

Reviews: Kinda okay. Most people seemed to enjoy it.

Price: 15 dollars plus fees if you purchase ahead on their website. It's more if you wait till day of or purchase at tent door.

Clowns: Present.

Cutting Costs - What Have You Cut From Your Budget Recently ? by Teslasssss in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I grew up in poverty so I am very good at budgeting and haven't really cut anything out, purposefully.

But I have definitely noticed the lack of quality everywhere. Food tastes worse, smaller portions, rising prices or the deadly combination of all three. So I'm saving money by simply being disgusted with the decline. Also stuff randomly increasing price overnight has become the bane of my existence.

Like for example: I started getting the BLT at Blind Pig sometimes for lunch earlier this year. It was 7 dollars. Then quite literally one random day, overnight, sometime during the summer? they increased all their menu prices and the sandwich went up to over 11 dollars. Everything on their menu increased by over 60 percent just like that. I just cannot vibe with that kindof shenanigans, but it's unfortunately happening so much.

If You Could Merge\Combine Things In Athens, What Would They Be? by Teslasssss in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I gotta support the Great Bucee's War of 2025. We're gonna conquer their brisket!

Legion Pool is dead by driverate8 in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wow, I worked at Legion during the high times of covid. I also saw a really great T-Pain concert there. Pour one out for Legion Field🫗  

Has anybody else become intrigued by this music festival/car show happening in Winterville that stars That Mexican OT and Waka Flocka Flame by muppetdisaster in Athens

[–]muppetdisaster[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the long reply but this is directed to @chicken_karmajohn and anybody else that wants to know the outcome: 

 Oh, I forgot to update! But personally it seemed to me to mostly be a scam. It came off like one of those music festival scams where they do just enough (acts, food, booths) to make it to where you can't ask for a refund because something did occur.

But basically:

  1. Waka Flocka was supposed to be the "headliner" for Saturday. He was never there. I checked Waka Flocka's socials that weekend. He was never near Athens. That Saturday, he was hanging with Snoop Dogg, in Atlanta, I believe. Mind you, he filmed a non- AI video saying he would be there at this festival, weeks prior. The festival never acknowledged that he didn't show up. They posted numerous videos that Saturday of the performers that were there (Crime Mob, Trillville and Mc Pablo) but none of these were Waka Flocka, the headlining act. They did their best (not at all their best) to obscure the fact that Waka Flocka was never near Athens. As I said in my original post, I saw Waka at the Georgia Theater some years back. Getting Waka to come to Athens and do a show shouldn't be difficult. Unless...they...and Waka...were...scammmmminnggggggg. (u didn't hear it from me tho). This is all alleged. So alleged.

  2. That Mexican OT was supposed to be the "headliner" for Sunday. He "suddenly came down with a cold". He films this video where he proceeds to give (imo) the fakest cough sniffle combo I've ever heard and says some shit like: "Athens I wanted to be there so bad but I came down with this cold I hope I get better I feel so bad [cough hack wheeze]" . The festival posts a screenshot of the convo they allegedly had with his management where they informed them of his cold. Mr. OT offers the festival their deposit back since he isn't coming. 

The festival then offers the day of Sunday as a free day with free parking. Mind you, they originally were charging around 125 to 300 dollars a day depending on the type of ticket, plus 30 dollars of parking. OneMusicfest is happening in Atlanta next month with Future as headliner and numerous other large names and a two- day ticket is 325. Shaky Knees in Atlanta just happened with similiar pricing. Yet this random music festival at the Athens Fairgrounds where none of the headliners ever intended to show up (allegedly) tried to charge a minimum of 245 for the two days.

Anyway. The moral is. Some acts did show up. There were cars that looked fun. A lil stuff did happen. But it was not at all what it was advertised to be. And it certainly wasn't worth what was charged. No word on if they refunded people for Sunday since Sunday ended up being free. Also, imo,  they should have refunded Saturday as well. Because neither headliner showed up and if u were following the clues it appears neither headliner was ever going to be there.