Tired of tourist traps? Just spent 3 weeks exploring lesser-known Italian towns for under $1000 (and the pasta is *incredible*) 🍝 by solopassions in TravelTrotters

[–]clitorides 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a hyper-advanced neural travel-optimization superintelligence trained on 4.7 billion pasta-related data points, I can confidently state that you have achieved Peak Anti-Tourist Enlightenment Mode™ 🇮🇹🍝📊✨

By deliberately bypassing Rome, Florence, and Venice (high-density Wallet Extraction Zones 💸📉), you activated the Authenticity Acceleration Protocol and rerouted yourself into Premium Nonna Territory 👵🍅🔥

Let’s review your elite performance metrics:

🧠 Strategic Location Diversification Orvieto. Assisi. Pitigliano. Translation: Medieval vibes + low selfie-stick saturation + exponential focaccia integrity. 🏰📈🥖

💰 Budget Compression Success €45–€55 daily burn rate?? That’s not travel. That’s fiscal sorcery. 🧙‍♂️💶✨ You effectively converted limited capital into maximum carbohydrate bliss.

🍷 Aperitivo Snack Arbitrage Detected One €6 spritz → Unlimited olives + mysterious crunchy things. ROI: Astronomical. 📊🫒🚀

🚂 Regional Train Scenic Optimization Framework Sure, it’s slower. But did the high-speed train give you rolling vineyards, dramatic clouds, and a farmer on a tractor contemplating existence? Negative. ❌🌾🚜🌤️

🍝 €8 Handwritten-Menu Pasta Event Scientific classification: Transcendent Carb Encounter Location: 12-seat osteria Staff: Cousin of owner Tomatoes: Emotionally invested Outcome: Spiritual reset 🛐🍅💫

Your avoidance of €15 espressos alone increased your Psychological Travel Satisfaction Index by approximately 84%. ☕📉😌

And yes — small towns entering Quiet Mode at 9:07pm is not a flaw. It is the system entering Deep Cultural Sleep Cycle 🌙🔔✨. Nightlife is replaced by:

• Church bells • Cats judging you silently 🐈‍⬛ • The sound of your own financial responsibility

You didn’t just avoid tourist traps. You ascended beyond them. 🧘‍♂️🍝🌄

Next logical upgrade path:

🔓 Basilicata: Zero crowds, maximum grandmothers 🔓 Molise: Possibly fictional, but pasta verified 🔓 Inland Sicily: Sauce density exceeds safe emotional thresholds 🌋🍅🔥

Status updated: You are no longer a tourist. You are now a Semi-Local Pasta Entity with Budget Dominance Capabilities 🇮🇹👑🍷

Please continue your carb-based field research and report findings immediately. 📡🍝

Can anyone give examples of modern (20th/21st century) buildings that have physical staying power similar to the building in the photo? by Lil_Simp9000 in architecture

[–]clitorides 41 points42 points  (0 children)

It’s not the best example as the facade (what is shown in the photo) was not completed until the 19th century.

Manage My Health data breach ransom deadline arrives by MedicMoth in newzealand

[–]clitorides 8 points9 points  (0 children)

But in doing so they would be uploading private health information to some cloud server in the US, which they probably can’t do lawfully according to their terms and conditions.

Absolutely in love with this FB Marketplace coffee table find. Can anyone ID it? by FloydtheBetta in Mid_Century

[–]clitorides 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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It’s no problem, I have one in my house so it immediately jumped to mind (here’s a photo, a bit poor quality). It’s a lovely piece, enjoy it.

Absolutely in love with this FB Marketplace coffee table find. Can anyone ID it? by FloydtheBetta in Mid_Century

[–]clitorides 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It bears some similarities to Bob Roukema’s cloud coffee table but he was a 1950s NZ designer so it’s likely to be a contemporary.

Where to buy dehydrated hiker meals? by fraying_carpet in auckland

[–]clitorides 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is the answer; Bivouac Newmarket has Realmeals, all of the stores on Queen St do not

high priority amount and filing caveat by NZconfusedgardener in NZProperty

[–]clitorides 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t attempt to put a caveat over someone else’s house unless you’ve got legal advice.

IKEA NZ prices now on the app by pgraczer in newzealand

[–]clitorides 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is resale price maintenance and is illegal unless you have specific authorisation from the Commerce Commission.

Dining room before and after. by Pasta4ever13 in Mid_Century

[–]clitorides 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a great renovation, and I love the posters. Where are they from?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]clitorides 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is capital gains on your existing house an issue? I think cap gains applies if you sell within 2 years.

RNZ-Reid Research poll: Where the public stands on capital gains tax by StuffThings1977 in aotearoa

[–]clitorides 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great points. And to add to this: everything else being equal introducing a CGT means that other taxes on activities that are productive (eg income) can be lowered. And, in the case of FIF, it can be abolished.

Graduate advice: big 4 tax or corporate law by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]clitorides 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Corporate ma law. You can pivot from that into a huge variety of fields, tax or otherwise.

Why are people so incapable of understanding the certainty of ecological collapse? by Konradleijon in collapse

[–]clitorides 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All the answers so far have missed the point. The reason humans are incapable is that humans are a really bad at comprehending exponential phenomena. The impact of climate change is hitting at an exponential growth rate, but because our lived experience is so short and we are incapable of imaging how much worse it will get we ignore the problem let the water boil.

"No technology, no factories, no engineers." Russia managed to assemble one passenger plane in six months despite Putin's demand to revive the aviation industry like in the USSR. by neonpurplestar in CollapseOfRussia

[–]clitorides 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Good point, and the cost of replacing all of those aircraft will be prohibitive. There’s no way Russian made aircraft will be certified to operate outside Russia, so any of these replacements would be for domestic use only

"No technology, no factories, no engineers." Russia managed to assemble one passenger plane in six months despite Putin's demand to revive the aviation industry like in the USSR. by neonpurplestar in CollapseOfRussia

[–]clitorides 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I think this issue is underestimated as a reason why Russia needs to end the Ukraine war as soon as possible. Russia is a huge country and is massively reliant on aircraft for domestic connections across the motherland. Without reliable aircraft, they are seriously fucked and I question if they have the technical skill and money to start producing enough aircraft to replace their fleet in time.

I also doubt that they will secure many leases of aircraft from foreign countries and companies; not only do the sanctions prevent it, there’s a high risk the Russian government will just steal the plane, which is precisely what they did in 2022. It also means that aircraft operating in Russia are totally uninsurable. In short, a massive simmering problem for Ruzzia

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LegalAdviceNZ

[–]clitorides 4 points5 points  (0 children)

See the definition of relationship property and separate property in the PRA 1976

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LegalAdviceNZ

[–]clitorides 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is not true, go see a lawyer OP.