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Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
I randomly walked past the actual location a couple weeks ago and thought I was having a stroke when I saw it

Mordja fucked around with this message at 06:09 on Jun 8, 2019

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Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

numberoneposter posted:

they say never meet your heroes but i think we need some pics if you happen that way again
It's an orange storefront with comic strips in the window.

Picture from here as is this quote:

quote:

But GarfieldEATS is not just a food-delivery app, as Mazri prefers to use the term “entergagement” as a portmanteau of entertainment and engagement. Users can watch Garfield cartoons for free (or purchase the two seasons of the Garfield and Friends cartoon that millennials may remember watching in the ’90s); play a built-in game similar to Fruit Ninja in which players can earn points to redeem food and shop online for tees, comics and mugs. There is a section on the app where users could upload selfies and captions with digital stickers of Garfield and Odie, but Mazri says that will be taken down as users began to upload inappropriate content.

Also, I don't think anyone's posted the video of Jim Davis looking like death and reading a script he's seeing for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Pmh5vrzwM

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
Sounds like you need to get Engarged.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

The editing on this video is insane.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

goodog posted:

Nathen did an incredible interview with The Globe and Mail, which explains why the gently caress he chose Garfield. The whole interview is insanity.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canadian-entrepreneur-behind-garfieldeats-wants-to-disrupt-fast-food/



This is the mysterious other guy on the website, who is probably scamming him.

Yeah, this dude definitely seems stable.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

Thots and Prayers posted:



I love terrible books. I coughed up $5 for an ebook and will read this.

Bipolar disorder, you don't say...

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

steinrokkan posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh9oLs67Cw

I hope this video plays on repeat at every Garfeats location

Dude, this Marzi guy probably takes this video 100% seriously.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
yu-yuuum
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByV1iV8hAmw/?utm_source=ig_embed

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
Just checking, does his book actually state he's gay, or is everyone assuming because it makes mention of his "sexuality" which could mean almost anything in Saudi Arabia? Not that it changes anything tho.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
Taking bets on what'll happen first: Thots and Prayers finishes posting the book or Nathen's Garfield restaurant goes out of business.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

Mr Luxury Yacht posted:



There's no place to sit so I'll have to report on taste when I get home. FYI those two things together was $23 lmao.

I'll give 'em this much, they seem to have gotten better at shaping the things if those earlier pics are to be believed.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
Gonna make my own pizza this weekend out of protest.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
Lol they couldn't even source some orange-flavoured powder?

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

Sleeveless posted:

first Garfield Only Garfield Is A Monster And Also A Videogame and now Garfield Only Jon Is A Rapist, drat it's a good time to be an afog (adult fan of garfield)

Epic, sir.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
Ah yes, pizza, lasagna and smoothies, traditional middle eastern fare.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

Thots and Prayers posted:

{Arabiolysis} Chapter 5 - Understanding the Others


After spending literally half the book in the angsty teenage years, Nathen is moving on to his angsty collegiate years. Well - trying to, at least. First Saudi Arabia has to let him go:


Wasn't he just talking about empathy? Whatever. As it turns out that King Abdul-Aziz High didn't have the accreditation needed so Nathan storms out:


Good thing he's not materialistic like the Lebanese. Anyways, Nathen's dad finds him a different high school to rubber stamp his documents and nobody learns any lessons and nothing changes.

Abruptly Nathen drops the fact that he's actually Palestinian? I dunno - something something about never feeling 'at home'. He certainly doesn't feel at home in Saudi Arabia. Have you heard that he doesn't think it's a nice place? If you're not convinced yet, just wait until you read all these cut and pasted facts:




Nathan continues with facts about the Saudi's treatment of women (it's bad) and their treatment of people who have HIV (also bad). He mentions over and over that if you're an expat with HIV they'll deport you back to where you came from and how he sees it as very, very immoral to out someone as being HIV+. He's also very dismissive of Arabs as being a 'bunch of followers':


Nathen takes a few more pot shots at the Middle East and here ends another chapter. Praise Allah.


Up next: Chapter 6: Nathen beds his cousin and then most of Montreal.
Hey Thots, it's your editor. This "Nathen" character you've come up with is too unsympathetic, I don't think anyone will buy it. You should definitely tone him down a bit.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
Nathen's dad: Guess what my 30 year old son. We're all moving to Dubai!

Nathen: Hooray! Maybe we can get a Bangladeshi slave.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

gently caress SNEEP posted:

Shoutsout to the most oppressive kingdom out there, KSA! I wouldn't be the man I am today without you :) thank you

You're a gay, wealthy, Garfield-obsessed failson??!

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

Korthal posted:

Too wet for me to slog to garfieldeats, I did the CN Tower instead
You fit the CN Tower up your rear end???!

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
Are you the only one there?

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

SweetWillyRollbar posted:

So what you're saying is I can make the Garfield porno I've always dreamed of?

Look above, the Portuguese beat you to it.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
Getting a real Amy's Baking Company vibe from this guy.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
You know, I'm kind of surprised Big Garfield is so unprotective of its brand. Like, apart from the folly of opening the restaurant itself, there's also the fact that none of the Garfeats social media posts read like they're at all "true to the character" and of course there's the fact that Nathen is publicly going insane(er).

I guess they got their lump sum of money so they don't care tho.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

EL BROMANCE posted:

“I do know how it feels to have a Zero balance in your ATM machine”

I can only imagine he means a personal ATM he has in his house that his servant forgot to refill.

Now, now, to be fair it's not technically his money.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

Disco Pope posted:

I have a real high disgust threshold generally, buy the idea of a salted pretzel in milk is really stomach-churning. Is this a Canadian thing?

It most assuredly is not. It's a "mentally ill Saudi failson" thing. Speaking of, it's wild that Nathen hasn't hired a social media guy and all these posts still read in slightly awkward ESL.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

Hoooooooly poo poo

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
Millenials will not shut-up. "We"

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

HerniaFlange posted:

Thought Slime did a followup video about taking the last video down, basically yeah people were upset with him being ableist, he argued about it then agreed with them, and the bulk is him being pissed at him being used as an example of "LEFT TOO PC BULLY CREATORS" by people who were normally yelling at him for being too PC. I think, I watched it a week ago so I don't remember it exactly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6550iGZawQ

Who cares! :)

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
lmao how is it a pop-up store when it's been there for over a year?

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

Nooooooo

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
WoodyEats

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

GolfHole posted:

im pretttttty sure the landlord for his store is dead/absent

the whole row of shops on that side are miserable failures of businesses but never seem to have any turnover

off the top of my head:

2 convenience stores
1 balloon + party supplies store
sushi place
travel agency
weird foreign bank storefront
and a "gentleman's club"

other side of the street, but there's also the poop cafe in that area

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

BigBadSteve posted:

I thought you were joking, but you mean this one?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2795845/inside-canadas-bizarre-poop-cafe-where-everything-from-the-food-to-the-furniture-is-poo-themed

What a difficult choice for locals, poop food or Garfield-themed abominations.

I live in a trash tier city

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
Didn't he have another location in, I dunno, Markham or something?

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

Knormal posted:

The first one was in Dubai, but I can't tell if it still exists or not either.

Jack-Off Lantern posted:

There is definitely not a Dubai location, he just wrote that so he could be a fastfood chain.
Nah, as I recall it all started as a pop-up restaurant in Dubai, long gone now.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
Lmao drat near $20 for a frozen lasagna.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem
Yeah, unless Nathen has giant handwriting, that's a bitch-rear end lasagna.

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Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

So is he gonna "adopt" a great dane now or what?

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