stackyFACTSWhy does every public restroom look like a war zone? Because of a beautiful economic concept where a shared resource gets utterly decimated because no single individual bears the cost of maintaining it. If you do not directly pay for the cleanup, your brain subconsciously decides that aiming is strictly optional.
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