FORUM COMMUNITY OMNIBUS AMA THREAD

[Mechaman]

Cos seriously, this sh*t is more irritating than havings AIDS.

[Mechaman]

I do not answer questions.  I only give solutions, to questions that are never asked.

On today's agenda: what makes a good lie.

In order to be a good liar you must strive to put the amount of proper research into it without using too much of it.  The most successful setup requires at least a little bit of truth or basis in fact.  You must at least have something that has happened in reality or is verified by the laws of nature as a backdrop to your rotten lowdown lies.

However, no lie should never have too much truth in it.  Ideally, the perfect lie has about 40% truth to it.  Political hacks, marketing firms, and Corporate America agrees with this statement 95% of the time when asked about this on sunny days with minimal cloud cover.  If you pull for a lie with less than 40% truth you suspect smelling like bullsh*t, if you pull for 50% or more truth then you are practically telling the truth and shouldn't even bother.

This is why pyramid schemes are so effective, because they do work very well for some, but not all who are members of it.  You can earn money from the schemes, but only if you happened to be there five years ago and recruited 100 people to sell more insurance for ya!

This is your Mecha thought for the day.

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Today's Assignment:

IN today's world there are millions and millions of public restroom facilities.  Some are shockingly clean, and many are home to billions of unidentified forms of biological warfare.  Some of these places come with convenient paper seat covers, many don't.  Using relevant research resources, please take state your position on the proper usage of public toilets.  Defend why you use or don't use the paper toilet seats when they are provided (or if there are none available, clarify if you use the nearby toilet paper receptacle to guard your underlegs) as well as your wiping technique.  If you are of the male sex, please describe your ideal stance in front of the urinal and how the material of your pants affects your "glide".

Please respond with 2,000 words or less.