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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 40 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

% of how genuine they are with me, easy to figure out who's worth the time and who isn't.

Could be a problem in a relationship tho. I take it back, just the cumulative numbers of fart in a lifetime.

[–] zikzak025@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The "genuineness" statistic sounds like the sort of thing that would gradually drive me insane.

I'd probably end up staring into the mirror and seeing an abysmally low number for myself.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

And you find the one person who's 100%, but actually they're a dick. It seems like they'd be a dick.

Like, I'd be unusually high (and it's gone poorly), but I still purposely don't say certain things.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Ive been kinda obsessed with truth my whole life and I recognize the more I do not speak truth the less I can recognize what it. It is problematic for sure. Its good we can choose not to speak.

Ime some honest people speak the truth but don’t suck up or try to sell it. But are passed by for people who flatter and put on a show.

[–] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

the units for farts would be interesting. i would ask for total mass of fart for a more understandable value. number of farts would be kind of ambiguous cause someone could have lots of little farts or few huge farts. some asshole would choose those asinine equivalent volume units favored by the compressed gases industry, which no one would really understand.

[–] Aerosol3215@piefed.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Some asshole has been farting in my pants all day...

[–] Melobol@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

I love and hate this one, really a good monkey's paw one!