waz
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- Comment on Do you think being left-handed gives any unique qualities or advantages compares to other right handed? 3 weeks ago:
After 30+ years, I finally bought myself a nice pair of left handed scissors.
If I’m being honest, I’m so used to right handed ones, that the lefty ones feel wrong anyway.
- Comment on Do you think being left-handed gives any unique qualities or advantages compares to other right handed? 3 weeks ago:
Back when automated toll booths had baskets to throw coins in, I could easily pay tolls at around 45 mph.
EZ pass eventually became a thing, probably saved me from my own young stupidity.
- Comment on just three women have died and 50783 babies have been saved by Texas' abortion law. A damn good trade if you ask me. 3 weeks ago:
I’m curious what your relationship with abortion is. Do you know anyone who has had one or even considered one? People aren’t waking up and casually deciding “well, I guess I’m going to go kill a baby today!”. Every single one is a complex decision weighing the risks and benefits of everyone involved. Ignoring tens of thousands of people suffering through what is one of the most difficult emotional events I can imagine and reducing it to a game of numbers doesn’t seem fair.
- Comment on Asian Beauty 2 months ago:
Yes.
- Comment on Is it worth becoming a Confidential Informant in Chicago where I am currently stationed? I was told by a cop that if I need to or can't afford a reckless driving charge I can become a CI? 2 months ago:
Yes. This.
This video is absolutely worth the time it takes to watch it.
- Comment on Is it okay to fake Vitiligo makeup for a cosplay?? 2 months ago:
I have vitaligo. I’m just one person, but I wouldn’t care. Though, perhaps I’m not the best person to ask. Sometimes I forget about it until someone else makes an awkward comment. Personally, I think it’s kinda cool.
- Comment on it's ALL games, baby! 2 months ago:
Maybe they’re hotdogs with a strong sense of justice.
- Comment on The 42 year old new hire at your job confesses to you that he has had 48 different jobs in his life. What is your opinion on that? 2 months ago:
Make friends with the guy. He’s got some some stories. True or not, he’s got some stories.
- Comment on Kids 4 months ago:
Technically only one Judy Bloom book, but your point still stands and I agree. It’s pretty bizarre.
- Comment on Kids 4 months ago:
I assumed age appropriate was regarding content not difficulty. It is still a weird thing to emphasize though.
- Comment on Anon has a question 4 months ago:
The shop I worked in, and I assume most other shops in a cold climate, had a waste oil furnace. We’d save oil all summer, and it would keep the shop warm all winter.
- Comment on Is 0.3 quarts extra too mich oil in a car? 5 months ago:
Having once upon a time overfilled my oil by almost a quart, I think you are mostly right.
Engine oil should stay in the crankcase. During normal operation, some of it is pumped elsewhere to lubricate the crankshaft, cams, and other mechanical components. The rest of the oil sloshes and splashes around the crankcase keeping everything slippery. If there is too much excess in the crankcase, components moving can push the oil somewhere it shouldn’t be.
In my case, when turning left, the excess oil was pushed passed the piston rings and burned in a huge cloud of blue smoke. It wasn’t a proud moment, but stopping in a random service station and having Bruce try to drain a quart of oil out of the engine, because I couldn’t afford a full oil change was awkward.
… Anyway: all of that to say this:
If you have too little, your oil pressure light will probably come on. If you have too much, you’ll notice it somewhere else.
- Comment on Choose wisely 5 months ago:
There is a shoe store where I used to live named Red’s Shoe Barn. I was always hoping the correct lights would fail to make their sign read “ed’s hoe Bar”. To my knowledge it never happened, but I don’t know.
- Comment on is this the right way to establish boundaries with my nosy coworkers at the hospital? 5 months ago:
What about phrasing it so the effort isn’t on you, but them?
“I’ve never really felt comfortable around [describe group]”. This way, the failure isn’t yours to get comfortable, but on them to mwake you comfortable.
- Comment on I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07. 5 months ago:
Right, I agree with you there. I guess I should invert my question. If you’re tipping the driver, what is the delivery fee for?
These two costs seem redundant.
- Comment on Is it generally safe to walk through a field of cows? 5 months ago:
Wow. Just wow.
- Comment on I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07. 5 months ago:
If you are paying separately for the delivery, what is the tip for?
- Comment on Car 6 months ago:
If you are used to driving a manual, you don’t rest your foot on the foot rest area, you keep it just about to push the clutch. Also, saying the brake pedal is the full width of two pedals is wrong, but it is certainly wider. I have gone for the clutch in an automatic once and just barely caught the edge of the brake pedal. The results were very confusing, and without exaggerating it took me 5-10 seconds to figure out what I had done. It was while driving my mom’s car with her in it and she looked at me with the most “what the fuck are you doing?” look she has ever made.
This was all over twenty years ago but yes, it is definitely possible.
- Comment on Anon pirates a game 6 months ago:
- Comment on What is the equivalent stereotype of 'women should all be homemakers,' for men? 6 months ago:
Before I had a kid, I heard this was a thing, but didn’t really care as I didn’t really have a desire to be around kids. Once I became a father, I realized a lot of people make strange assumptions about men around small humans. Its certainly not most people, but definitely some, and definitely not just online.
- Comment on What is the equivalent stereotype of 'women should all be homemakers,' for men? 6 months ago:
I think you were implying something different, but I feel like I get a ton of odd comments suggesting it’s weird for me to be out with my own kid. Things like “giving mom the day off?” or “what happened to his mom?”.
I had friends complain about this kind of thing before I had kids and I thought that they were exaggerating. Nope, it’s all over the place. It’s certainly not everyone, but it is much more common than I expected.
- Comment on How do you search for honest product recommendations? 6 months ago:
Find a hobby that would use the product type in question. Find a community for said hobby then look for discussions comparing the options that are out there.
This tends to work better for certain things more than others. I doubt many hobby groups get excited about dishwashers or clothing dryers. I’m these cases, the Buy it For Life communities tend to have decent comparisons.
- Comment on This used book that I bought for 12£ on the internet was apparently previously bought from Oxfam for 1.99£ 7 months ago:
Maybe they just typed it out how they would say it?
- Comment on Anon has a realization 7 months ago:
That’s just because some people are hoarding all the resources.
- Comment on Pot in the Kitchen 7 months ago:
Potassium?
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 7 months ago:
My personal experience: Trying to find a restaurant that has vegan friendly options isn’t always easy, and used to be much harder. That would make trying to find somewhere to eat as a group much more tedious if someone was vegan. I don’t think anyone had issue with the person being a vegan, I think they just didn’t like eating at the same two restaurants over and over.
- Comment on How often do you use the small pocket inside your jeans pocket (if you have it) ? and what for ? 7 months ago:
I put my key in there.
- Comment on Anon seeks advice for real world problems 8 months ago:
What are you suggesting should be considered early?
I used to work nights 11pm to 7 am. Typically I would sleep noon to 8 pm. Regardless of my effed up sleep schedule, I still understood that “early” meant “early in the day”, and that whenever I slept wasn’t really related to what was considered “early” for most people. You’ve stated your waking time, bit not what you consider “early”.
- Comment on Anon seeks advice for real world problems 8 months ago:
What do you think counts as early?
I used to work 11pm to 7 am. Typically I would sleep noon to 8 pm. Regardless of my effed up sleep schedule, I still understood that “early” meant “early in the day”, and that whenever I slept wasn’t really related to what was considered “early” for most people.
- Comment on Anon seeks advice for real world problems 8 months ago:
Why is this getting down voted? Do people really think before 10 am is “early”.
