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The original was posted on /r/vxjunkies by /u/Wertiol123 on 2024-10-24 05:03:47+00:00.
Dear VX Community,
I am sure we are all aware of the important work that has been done on triple-gamma pariolization by Dr. Federico Garibaldi in the past 20 years. But what if I were to tell you that it was all a lie? That Garibaldi faked all his results, and that there is a critical flaw in all VX-4 running Romagnoli contendulators?
According to recent peer-reviewed studies from both Pedro Henrique Memorial VX Laboratory in Manaus and the ZVX Corporation in Astana (formerly the Red Army Kazakh VX Centre), all Romagnoli contendulators are calibrated in-factory to receive five gammas worth of parioles - not three, as is stated in the material and the marketing. This could result in dangerously high argon levels in the Traoré-space map if used for a sufficient length of time.
The person in charge of R&D at Romagnoli? Federico Garibaldi. Full disclosure: I work for VXtreme Monthly as a staff writer. We did a deep investigation into Romagnoli R&D and found that - shockingly - it doesn’t exist. The tax records show payment to a single employee, Garibaldi, with a budget of millions of Euros. His whereabouts, along with many senior Romagnoli executives, are unknown. However, if you have a Romagnoli contendulator, or come into contact with one on a regular basis, a class-action lawsuit is linked in our full article.
Stepping away from journalist mode for a moment, this has rocked me to my core. As a formalist VXer (studied in Empoli even!), Garibaldi was one of my heroes, but it seems like even the greatest of VXers can be utterly amoral and greedy in the pursuit of money. Sad day for the community.