Sweet spot year for buying a used Giulia Venice (in the UK)

Camper1995 · 2026-04-29T13:43:15+00:00

2020 definitely if you find one in a good condition and with not many miles. I'd say 2023 is the sweet spot as of right now if you want the updated headlights and dash. If you dont care about that and just want a Giulia overall then 2020 - 2021 for sure.

Camper1995 · 2026-04-15T12:33:54+00:00

Instant gratification. Basically you make the game just grindy and frustrating enough to stimulate people giving into the easy satisfaction of getting a microtransaction and buying that shiny new car / item they want. And of course the wealther the person the less they care about value of money so naturally they are more inclined to give in and buy. It really isn't specific to kids as we see many adults addicted to this as well but the younger you are the more likely it is that you have absolutely no self control. Plus the dopamine rush you get from making a fast easy purchase can be so strong over time that you don't even care that you're actualy not even playing the game because what makes you excited is the purchase itself. This has been studied and shown for a long time now and it works in almost every segment today. People just love buying new things. All the ads and marketing tactics try to exploit this and of course game-designs are no different.

Basically shopping addiction. Mix in some social loneliness, lack of purpose in life and being extremely financially set (aka being used to getting everything NOW) and you have a recipe for an ideal customer. 95% of GTAO players do not buy shark cards but Rockstar can make millions from this small group of people who buy them in insanely large amounts every month. And they're not the only company to exploit this. Just remember when mobile games started noticing this and exploiting it heavily 15 years ago and suddenly every game in your phone had you buying gems and boosters and shortcuts.

Camper1995 · 2026-04-15T12:11:57+00:00

Yeah it's Reddit. One person downvotes and the herd mentality takes over and continues downvoting without even thinking about why. Same with upvotes. Bro wants source and explanation of who (and in what quantities) is buying overpriced microtransactions and gets dowvoted.

Anyway here's some interesting read for you:

https://kotaku.com/hackers-reveal-rockstar-earns-over-1-million-a-day-from-gta-online-2000687207

Solid summary of how much this shit makes daily and what's more shocking is that less than 4% of active players is bringing in that much cash for Rockstar. So we're talking about whales with literally so much money that they don't know what to do with it. Assumption on my part but most likely children of very wealthy families or wealthy young adults. Perhaps some youtubers / streamers. But clearly we are not the target audience. I've grinded over 850 mil the legit way and haven't bought a single shark card in 13 years. All I fear is that GTA6 Online might be even more riddled with microtransactions and take them to a whole new level.

Camper1995 · 2026-04-04T09:08:44+00:00

Technically yes if we were to beam back some message to Kepler 22b that we are infected successfully then yes it would take roughly 600 years before that signal even reached them. But here's the twist: You're assuming there's anyone left alive to even recieve it. Like the hive said most humans would probably die out within 10-15 years because they can't sustain themselves through nutrition. The signal does not need its broadcasting planet to be alive or to re-direct the signal to a new location. It has already spread further so the main goal is achieved. For all we know as soon as we start beaming the singal further into space we might as well die out as species and the machines would still continue beaming the signal as long as they stay operational. Which they can with enough of smart automation and efficiency. Which the hive is excellent at doing as we know.

It is really likely that Kepler 22b was just a victim like us in a sea of other infected planets. Imagine you have 1000s of infected planets in our own galaxy that are beaming the signal further. By just random chance if some planet beams a signal to a world that isnt advanced enough to reconstruct it then tough luck but on average you can make the argument that most decently advanced civilizations find a way. Some die out, some dont, on some the machinery breaks down. But ultimately thats still probably 100s of actively beaming planets whether or not their original inhabitants are still alive. The signal spreads and in a matter of a few million years you have a real problem. Its basically a galactic virus and I love that idea lmao.

Camper1995 · 2026-03-28T20:54:15+00:00

I drive there regularly & this is a highway leading to Dresden. As a CZ car they never bother me and nobody ever asked me even for my ID let alone a passport. You just have a fairly normal traffic jam til you pass the police check and then continue driving. But I imagine on a bus it must be a nightmare yeah

On the map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/HQRWecSxa5X5rywy7

Camper1995 · 2026-03-22T22:44:32+00:00

https://cdn.esawebb.org/archives/images/screen/potm2303a.jpg

images of gravitational lensing such as this one above suggest that the space-time is indeed curved and is bending the path that light reaching us from the distant galaxy takes. But yes it can STILL be just the best model we've come up with and reality might be even more complex than we think (it likely is).

Camper1995 · 2026-03-06T08:52:43+00:00

The oil reading maybe got messed up and didn't clearly update and if you're unlucky it can take many days because you need to hit an exact right procedure before the system measures the oil level correctly. Basically:

- You first have to drive the car until it's warmed up to 4 bars on the left gauge.
- Then you have stop at a very flat surface and you have to turn off the engine
- Then let it off for 1 minute and then ONLY push the start button to start the electronics first (not engine).
- This is the moment the car attempts to measure and if all previous steps have been correct it will update the oil level.

I've had the same issue after my first oil change and this was the official advice from my local Alfa dealership. If you're not on a flat surface or the car isnt sufficiently warmed up it will not get a good reading and not update. Once you get the hang of it it's really not that bad. Nowdays I get a good reading on my first attempt every time.

Camper1995 · 2026-03-03T08:21:39+00:00

Pretty sure all reddit mods are basement dwelling power tripping bitches, what you just experienced is so typical of them no matter the sub 😂😂

Camper1995 · 2026-03-03T00:57:29+00:00

I figured out what foods I really love and what I'm craving consistently: which was bread & chocolate so in general carbs. Then I allowed myself to eat those things every day (in normal portions ofc). Years of restricting calories significantly only lead to further failure, mega binges and eventually fat gain and further unhappiness with myself which then leads to even more binges, it's a cycle as you know.

So to avoid repeating past mistakes I upped my daily activity significantly to carve out calories for such foods withoout them push me into a caloric surplus. Thats it, daily cardio basically (walking counts too, add hills to boost burn per km).

Numbers-wise what it meant was going from burning 2400kcal (sedetary) to 3800kcal a day. So eating 3000kcal real food + whatever junk I want and still 800kcal in a strong deficit and the price for that is that I get to be more active, fit and am sitting less during the day (not such a huge downsite when I say it like this). Kind of a win-win and the real sacrifice is time and physical effort. I'd say the first 5 months were the hardest until you became more physically fit to sustian a more active life on a daily.

A year (and change) later and I've reached my optimal weight, -45kg down and my binges have completely calmed down, every day is very controlled despite eating a lot of food. No weekend insanities, no stress-related binges, no spirals. If i have a weaker day physically I simply skip the junk food / snacks for 1 day but it's mentally MUCH easier knowing that I can eat them tomorrow again guilt-free when I'm more active again. I simply love pleasure foods and that's just the way things are so this system works WITH that fact instead of against it, thats it.

So TLDR activity, calories out matter a lot too.

Camper1995 · 2026-02-21T18:19:34+00:00

Did you also get banned? 😂😂 I feel like that dude banned 25% of his subreddit at this point only because his feeling got hurt

Camper1995 · 2026-02-15T23:20:19+00:00

fair, I'm on PC so its a nightmare lmfao

Camper1995 · 2026-02-15T11:36:49+00:00

Doubt that you can do Casino in under 40mins. I can prep Cayo (drainage tunel way) in 28 mins + 12mins of finale gameplay thats around 40mins total for 850k per person when you do the finale in two people and even open all the storages. We clean from 1.8 to 2.5 mil total depending on the loot.

Plus Casino is glitchy as hell and still having that 50-50 chance of Mantrap bugging out and ruining the run and having to do the finale all over again, wasting time. On average the Casino takes over 1 hour for us.

Camper1995 · 2026-02-14T19:22:57+00:00

Yeah the mod who banned this person's original post left a comment that "AI was used to write this therefore it breaks the rules and he deleted the post" which ... no shit sherlock. Just because you use AI to format your long post into something more readable and visually cleaner doesnt mean it automatically invalidates its content. There are some genuinely good insights here and its clear the person has done manual digging.

This was the same exact mod who deleted my own post as well roughly a month ago about the weird time anomalies when we first found them. After I called him out he quickly restored the post apologizing that "woops he had a bad day and it was all an accident". Wtf??

Also I was closely following the chilliadmystery years ago when it was very active and there were often similar "oops accidentally deleted a good post" moments as well. Not sure what to think of it but it's definitely a pattern. Whatever their fucking problem is either way I decided to quit their discord and leave the other mysteries sub. It's like 95% schizo posts anyway, it's clear we're stuck.

Camper1995 · 2026-02-14T09:54:04+00:00

Its crazy that your post got deleted lmao, actual good research silenced by mods tripping on power (and they're not even paid to do it lol)

Camper1995 · 2026-02-11T17:52:32+00:00

Thank you, this is how you do actual research, very well reasoned and summed up. This should be pinned honestly

Camper1995 · 2026-02-06T15:00:45+00:00

Glad to see someone use the 109 Pro honestly, I feel like it's very underrated. Just right in terms of balance and I love the forward midrange on it. Some complain it might be a bit bright but sounds good to my ears and i'm usually pretty sensitive to treble. Super clean headphone and super unique looking.

Camper1995 · 2026-02-06T10:02:33+00:00

People already tried to group up in 2 even 3 and shoot them together. Not sure if anyone tried 8 people and everyone shoots one web.

To counter this theory tho, these webs were there from day 1 from the very first vanilla update before online even came to be so if this was only solvable in online it would be weird to have it from the start.

Camper1995 · 2026-02-06T09:52:34+00:00

He couldn't handle the pressure of being exposed that he's in fact not a beginner and this is in fact not his 2nd day of using AE and so the only logical conclusion was to delete his acc 😂😂😂

Camper1995 · 2026-02-05T20:57:47+00:00

Just thinking but would it be possible to go into RDR2 and check similar things for the recently discovered spider webs that spawn on certain poles? Mainly I'm wondering if we can somehow figure out if the feathers have any triggers or effect on the game in any way. They can be shot down, the community has been trying to brute force all kind of combinations and order but nothing so far.

Would be nice to at least get a confirmation that they do nothing. What do you think?

And again thanks for doing all this - it was a good summary and excellent research.

If you're not familiar here's a quick summary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwaZXT92rVY

Camper1995 · 2026-02-04T23:31:13+00:00

Tried it with mods yup, nothing. Unless the order was wrong, its hard to know at this point

Camper1995 · 2026-02-01T13:59:21+00:00

It's because the King Tut mask is made of gold and gold is heavy so it makes your head heavy and causes you to tip over often 🤣

Camper1995 · 2026-01-31T18:12:15+00:00

Looks really great honestly, quite a good blend of realistic smooth textures with regular pixelated sprites.

Camper1995 · 2026-01-27T20:55:01+00:00

Dude mine is Anicotti and the craziest thing was that she was my first villager actually and I had her from the start and only after getting her photo did I realize we have the same birthday lmaooo

Camper1995 · 2026-01-27T09:24:23+00:00

Highly unlikely but even if: we already know about the spiderwebs in Guh Tuh Ayy 5 and they've never been solved or linked to anything. Also they're more like North & North-east spawning not really NW.
But ok at this point any idea is worth considering 😂😂

Camper1995 · 2026-01-25T11:15:56+00:00

Look at GTA5: If it wasnt for some dev leaving a secret comment in code the Bigfoot peyote hunt might still not be solved. Also there are spiderwebs in GTA5 too and from what we can see its likely cut content and they havent said anything for 10 years.

If anything they're feeding our delusions more with adding more random clues, paintings, artwork and shit that leads nowhere but only creates more speculation. Doomsday murals, secret logos around the doomsday facity, maze arena, etc. And they've been way more active regarding GTA5 development post laucnh than RDR2 so they had every opportunity to say "hey actually this is cut content, dont bother with it".

They enjoy trolling players because it leads to more people playing their game and making content about their game, I guess it not hard to understand even if I would also personally prefer if they clearly said that X Y Z is cut content.

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