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.

I’ve taken drugs and didn’t really like the experience. I know some people who think they are a lot of fun. If you are taking drugs because you think it makes you cool, I think you are doing it wrong.

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.

Somewhat the opposite. My mom started “borrowing” money from me when I was a teenager. I was too trusting, but eventually i learned to say “no”.

Fuck, I haven’t thought about any of this in a long time. My mom was awful.

Edit:

I forgot to explain why borrow was in quotes. Most of the time I never got paid back. I still believe she intended on paying me back, but was never able to get ahead financially enough to do it. In general if she borrowed less than $100 she’d get it back to me and pretty quickly. Over $100 it would take her too long to save it up and she’d forget about it.

Go on.

What if being shamed is my kink?

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.

For me an email is when I don’t need a quick response. A text is when I want a faster response but I don’t want to interrupt what the other person is doing. A call is when I want a quick response and I think it’s worth interrupting the person.

I very rarely call.

Hmm. I think I may have to try a golden one.

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.

Wow. Just wow.

If you are paying separately for the delivery, what is the tip for?

This image makes me uncomfortable.

I’m trying this.

Depending on my mood I go butter and brown sugar, or olive oil, garlic, and Parmesan.

I eat the skin of regular kiwi’s. Am I not supposed to?

Find a purpose that motivates you. For some people that is exploring, for others it is expressing themselves creatively, or helping people, or fighting for a cause you believe in, or trying to make the perfect baked potato.

I don’t know your specific limitations. Perhaps there is motivation in overcoming them, or helping others so they won’t have them too?

You were a little sparse with details, and I trust you have your reasons. Depending on this situation this advice could be pretty insensitive. My goal is not to offend or upset. I hope I haven’t.

Fun fact: the word “spaceman” was originally used to described a journalist who was paid by how much space they could fill. Quoting etymonline com: “journalist paid by the length of copy”.

It didn’t get used to describe a person from space until the the 1940s.

I respect the concern, but if you already ate the bacon that left you with the fat, hasn’t a fair amount of the damage already been done?

It’s also called redundancy.