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[noclue]

Originally Posted by roastpuff

Has anyone been to Atlanta? Any recommendations for things to do/places to see/food to eat?

Coca cola museum (Actually pretty good)
Fake News Network (CNN) headquarters tour

[sonick]

Originally Posted by roastpuff

Has anyone been to Atlanta? Any recommendations for things to do/places to see/food to eat?

Clermont Lounge IYKYK

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I went to Atlanta once for work, did get to check out the Clermont. It is as divey and skeevy as the show made it out to be. I remember seeing one overweight stripper smash an empty beer can with her tit. There is a nice rooftop bar in the hotel next door though in the same building if that doesn't sound like your thing.

Southern hospitality is a thing though, super friendly folks. Really enjoyed my short time there.

[mikemhg]

For Atlanta I'd do the following:

-Atlanta Botanical Garden
-Ponce City Market
-Soul food -- (SO many good spots down there)
-Football game (either NFL or college, both will be in play)
-Braves game
-Music show -- So many artists tour Atlanta find one you like during your stay (https://www.songkick.com/)
-Get HIV -- (I'm joking but ATL does have the highest HIV rates in the country, if you're partaking in any mongering and such, wrap it up)
-Strip Clubs -- Buttressed to the above, ATL has some of the best strip clubs in the country, check one out for sure, pure Americana.

[GLOW]

Originally Posted by sonick

I went to Atlanta once for work, did get to check out the Clermont.

at first i was thinking you were like...

[Gumby]

Originally Posted by roastpuff

Has anyone been to Atlanta? Any recommendations for things to do/places to see/food to eat?

If you're into aquariums, the Georgia Aquarium is world renowned - 6th largest in the world.

[CivicBlues]

I was in Atlanta a couple years ago for work. Typical American sunbelt city with a huge freeway down the middle. Not too much stood out. Had a free afternoon for myself...you can visit the Georgia Aquarium (whihch blows ours out of the water - pun intended), Coca Cola World, CNN if you want. Otherwise, meh.

Also Downtown ATL kinda sucks. Stay in Midtown.

[Gumby]

Originally Posted by whitev70r

Any one else got an email from Canadian Auto Parts Class Action settlement? Is it legit?

I received an email indicating my settlement amount, and that amount was automatically deposited in my bank account.

Here's an article about it: https://dailyhive.com/canada/auto-pa...ayments-canada

[pastarocket]

Originally Posted by Gumby

I received an email indicating my settlement amount, and that amount was automatically deposited in my bank account.

Here's an article about it: https://dailyhive.com/canada/auto-pa...ayments-canada

+1. -received a 25 bucks deposit into my bank account for this lawsuit settlement.

[Badhobz]

I cant believe you people are making me saying it:

PORSCHE EXPERIENCE CENTRE
https://www.porschedriving.com/atlanta/

World of Coca Cola and the Aquarium.

The rest is very meh.... but since your in Georgia, you better have a peach. They named their shit all peach street, peach grove, peachland, etc. Even the peaches arent that good....

Go to racist Stone Mountain and see the CONFEDERESHEEE !

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If you stop by the hermes, let me know. There is a girl there named Kim. She's pretty good, usually able to wrangle up some bags. I call her in advance and make an appointment

[whitev70r]

Originally Posted by Gumby

I received an email indicating my settlement amount, and that amount was automatically deposited in my bank account.

Originally Posted by pastarocket

+1. -received a 25 bucks deposit into my bank account for this lawsuit settlement.

Legit, got my e-transfer of $25 today.

[roastpuff]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

I cant believe you people are making me saying it:

PORSCHE EXPERIENCE CENTRE
https://www.porschedriving.com/atlanta/

World of Coca Cola and the Aquarium.

The rest is very meh.... but since your in Georgia, you better have a peach. They named their shit all peach street, peach grove, peachland, etc. Even the peaches arent that good....

Go to racist Stone Mountain and see the CONFEDERESHEEE !

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If you stop by the hermes, let me know. There is a girl there named Kim. She's pretty good, usually able to wrangle up some bags. I call her in advance and make an appointment

Been to PEC LA, not sure about PEC Atlanta... someone else suggested renting a car and driving to the Tail of the Dragon (3.5-4h each way) and doing that.

Will definitely hit up World of Coca Cola and the Aquarium.

Hermes... haha... yeah...

[bcrdukes]

Why would anyone pay to drive a stupid Beetle? Save your money and throw it at women instead!

[Traum]

Originally Posted by whitev70r

Legit, got my e-transfer of $25 today.

Damn... how come you guys have all gotten paid already? All I've got is an email saying that I'll be receiving the e-transfer very soon (after receiving the email), but some 30 hrs later (and counting), I still haven't seen a single penny deposited into my bank account.

[Gumby]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

I cant believe you people are making me saying it:

PORSCHE EXPERIENCE CENTRE
https://www.porschedriving.com/atlanta/

Originally Posted by bcrdukes

Why would anyone pay to drive a stupid Beetle? Save your money and throw it at women instead!

Confirmed!

Badhobz = bcrdukes

A single individual, suffering from bipolar disorder...

[bcrdukes]

Shaddup!!

[donk.]

Originally Posted by 68style

I'm shocked this can even be a thing considering how litigious the USA is... one person leaves there hammed and runs over somebody or dies or whatever and their home and everything they ever had is fucked

If you watched the video, thats not what it is

Its a community bar, someone has a bar in their garage, you walk to your neighbor a a block or two over, have a beer, talk shit, go home

Theres no community with white people vs asians / indians, so im all for it

(I would never turn my precious garage space into a bar tho lol) Maybe when my body gives out in 8 years and im forced to. Everyone on RS is invited, even jason2000, he can bring the covid vaccines

[spoon.ek9]

Ok I'll try to be brief but there's a lot of detail I need to include for full context.

Trip started in HK, got sick, hopped on the plane to Seoul. While on board, inner ear got so fucked up I was basically deaf in one ear the entire trip. It was March but also unseasonably cold, I didn't have a heavy enough jacket, had to layer up my clothes.

From airport to hotel, there were barely any escalators/elevators to be found at any of the train stations I went through. I had to carry luggage up multiple flights of stairs while sick and deaf (not just my own, I was with a girl). Got to hotel, which is downtown Seoul, they barely spoke a word of English but we managed to get checked in. Get to the room and it is BOILING hot at 25 degrees, WTF. Tried to fiddle with the thermostat, no bueno as it's all in Korean and I can't figure it out. Called downstairs, same problem as before, no one speaks English so I can't fix this damn problem and they have no idea what I want anyways. Had to resort to keeping the window open to bring in the freezing air to cool down the fucking Sahara desert in my hotel room for the duration of our stay. Meanwhile, AC is blasting in the hallway too btw.

Ok fine whatever, time to explore and see new things. While shopping I realize the prices of things are either the same as in HK or more expensive. There were rarely any good deals other than for off brand local stuff which was fine. The more we explore the more I realize this place ain't for guys really. The majority of things you see are cosmetics, skin care and clothing which are mainly catered to girls. More context, I'm not obsessed with K pop or K dramas so really.. other than the food, not much interests me here. I did enjoy the free museums they had so that I could learn a bit about their history.

Food was for sure the highlight of this trip. However, is it really THAT much better than the Korean food I see in Richmond/Vancouver/Burnaby/Coquitlam? No, it isn't. Also, and this is a low light, we visited one of those local markets where they have these thick plastic curtains to keep the wind/cold out. I walk through and immediately some old hag GRABS me by the arm and points at a chair telling me to sit down. I was shocked. Who the fuck does that? I come to realize that everyone basically sells the same foods and with her restaurant being right at the entrance this is her way of securing more business for herself. Uh NO, fuck YOU lady I ain't giving you shit. I blow past her and make sure to give my business to literally anyone BUT her. I've never been physically grabbed like that in ANY country. The market itself was pretty sad and ghetto with food left out in the open with zero supervision. This isn't unique to Korea but it was just... yuck.

Girl watching. Me and the girl I was with actually made it a goal to find girls we thought were attractive. If you have never been and you're expecting any of them to look like the girls you see in videos/dramas well too fucking bad, they don't really exist there. We went all over the place and it was an absolute struggle to find anyone we would consider attractive. HK? Girls all over the place. Japan? Even better! Korea? Sad. I specifically remember this one sales girl in a skin care place. Her skin was so white she looked malnourished. I kid you not, my only thought was: damn girl, eat something, you're about to pass out. Maybe start taking Vitamin D if you're going to avoid the sun like a damn vampire.

The sewer smell. I have a keen sense of smell so this bothered the absolute shit out of me. I asked my friends if they had noticed the sewer smell when they visited and one actually said "yeah, but you get used to it". I'm sorry, what? You get USED to it? Fuck no! I didn't fly to another country to smell their damn sewage in what's supposed to be their most developed city. It grossed me out. There is no scenario where this would be acceptable to me.

I think that's all that comes to mind right now. There's likely more that I could add to this. This trip was by far the worst experience I've had in any country so far (as an adult). Again, if you love the place, I'm happy for you. It just isn't for me and a lot of my friends/acquaintances have had similar if not worse experiences too. There you have it, 4/10 would very likely never go again. Oh, a taxi tried to charge us more than the meter said until I argued with him and then he relented. Fucker.

[unit]

maybe you're just expecting too much from the girls.. you don't walk around america looking for girls who look like those you see in hollywood

[CivicBlues]

Iceland - not cool enough
Korea - girls not hot enough
Montreal Smoked Meat - not f#($#*! smokey enough!!!!!

Dang spoon, that's a lot of petty shit man. Don't ever travel to HK, TW, SE Asia, or heck parts of Southern Europe if you don't like the sewage smell. Maybe travel outside of N.America is not for you?

[westopher]

Yeah honestly that’s some pretty premadonna shit other than the poopoo smell lol.
No one spoke English? Like Koreans don’t show up at hotels in Vancouver and be like “no one speaks Korean and the thermostat is in English”
Sounds like you just had a shitty trip cause you started off sick and ended up in a bad mood, which is fair.

[winson604]

Just out of curiosity though what hotel did you stay at? Was this at least a semi big hotel because even in a non English speaking country they'd have people who spoke passable English. Also trying to say the room is too hot and asking how you can turn down the temperature is a pretty simple thing, how did google translate fail that? Anyway, I have absolutely zero interest in ever stepping foot in Korea I just go to Japan all the time instead. Having gone the first time this year in the summer yea the sewage smell is pretty lame but thankfully it's only certain parts and I wasn't smelling it non stop.

[bcrdukes]

Maybe if you didn't get sick, you would have enjoyed your South Korea trip more.

Joking aside - Getting sick just before or during any vacation or trip is absolutely awful. Sorry to hear you did not have a good time there.

[Gumby]

Regarding the lack of elevators/escalators, that's the case in Japan as well. Throughout Asia, it's often so crowded in the train stations and on transit, people will get annoyed if you're lugging big suitcases around.

Regarding shopping in SK, I also tend to think it's a shopping paradise mostly for girls. If you're not crazy about skin care and "treatments" then yeah it can be boring for guys.

Regarding the food, I agree that we are very spoiled in Vancouver to have access to so many different types of food. But the main bonus in Asia is that the local food is cheaper, and you don't have to tip!

Originally Posted by winson604

Anyway, I have absolutely zero interest in ever stepping foot in Korea I just go to Japan all the time instead. Having gone the first time this year in the summer yea the sewage smell is pretty lame but thankfully it's only certain parts and I wasn't smelling it non stop.

I've thought about going to South Korea as well but the shopping doesn't appeal to me, and we're not crazy about Korean food, so like you, I don't think we'll end up going there...

Last two years I've been to HK, Taiwan, and Japan, and we're definitely going to re-visit those places again in the near future. There are so many interesting cities in Japan, you could easily make multiple trips there and have new stuff to see.

[spoon.ek9]

Originally Posted by unit

maybe you're just expecting too much from the girls.. you don't walk around america looking for girls who look like those you see in hollywood

It's not like we were looking solely for 10/10 girls, even moderately attractive girls were extremely hard to come by. Plus, this is only people watching. It wasn't an indicator for me whether or not this place was worth visiting again. Just my observation.

Originally Posted by CivicBlues

Iceland - not cool enough
Korea - girls not hot enough
Montreal Smoked Meat - not f#($#*! smokey enough!!!!!

Dang spoon, that's a lot of petty shit man. Don't ever travel to HK, TW, SE Asia, or heck parts of Southern Europe if you don't like the sewage smell. Maybe travel outside of N.America is not for you?

I've been to HK 15+ times in my life, it's rarely as bad as the smell I caught in Seoul. It lingers on for block after block. So yeah, it was jarring to experience in a major city. Also, over the years HK has cleaned up a lot, even in poor areas. Been to Taiwan, had no issues there really. Same with Malaysia. Travel within North America actually interests me the least. Asia is my usual go to and at some point I want to see more of Europe.

Also, it's more like this:

Iceland: isolated, boring, depressing weather, extremely expensive for normal things
Korea: sewer smell, things there just don't interest me, rude older crowd (not just that market lady)
Costco sandwich: I didn't even say anything about smokiness lol. It just didn't taste good at all.

Originally Posted by winson604

Just out of curiosity though what hotel did you stay at? Was this at least a semi big hotel because even in a non English speaking country they'd have people who spoke passable English. Also trying to say the room is too hot and asking how you can turn down the temperature is a pretty simple thing, how did google translate fail that? Anyway, I have absolutely zero interest in ever stepping foot in Korea I just go to Japan all the time instead. Having gone the first time this year in the summer yea the sewage smell is pretty lame but thankfully it's only certain parts and I wasn't smelling it non stop.

I don't remember the name of the hotel, it was like 10 years ago now. It was definitely one of their bigger hotels from what I recall. After making that phone call, I did end up going up to reception to see if I could speak to someone about the thermostat but again, no one could understand what I was saying so it was futile.

[Badhobz]

I think travelling is a mindset.. just like this SNL sketch.

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It depends on the individual. The places wont change your inherent biases.