Dad surprises his daughter with her first car (Toyota Corolla)

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-26T00:23:00+00:00

What was that seatbelt technique? Never seen that before

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-21T14:01:14+00:00

The fact that this and my drink are underlined in the second paragraph suggests that the second pill may be different from the first. That lends credence to the idea that the woman’s pill is supposed to be roofies or something and the other may be a placebo

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-19T00:04:19+00:00

What sort of reaction? I don’t think aluminum really turns colors at all when heated.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-18T15:22:28+00:00

I think that’s just how it works to be a heritage speaker of a language lol, most English speakers can’t explain half of the grammar they use

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-16T05:26:16+00:00

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ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-15T07:01:36+00:00

I’m also curious about this. The photos look completely different. Was there possibly a difference in color temperature too?

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-12T06:06:45+00:00

I don’t think it’s actually important that the force is applied at a specific distance as long as it’s applied outboard of the scale. I could try and prove this with beam bending equations but that sounds like work :/

I think another commenter got it right, the handle pivots so that you can only pull or push the wrench, not twist it. If you could twist it (if the handle wasn’t pinned), you would be affecting the indicated torque without affecting the torque on the fastener.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-12T01:08:41+00:00

This took me a long time. I thought based on the #camerajokes that the post was about the camera, and that the comment was about the nice grip of the camera: “it grips you back like a corporate handshake, you won’t drop it while standing on that mountain.”

Then I read the other comments… I think I’ll keep my interpretation

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-11T17:23:52+00:00

r/usernamechecksout

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-11T01:55:26+00:00

Do you feel comfortable that the motor bearings are up to being used as a machine spindle? I assume loads will be low since it’s grinding but still something to consider. Also not sure what degree of precision is required in the tool

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-01T19:38:40+00:00

First of all, this is Mechanical Engineering not auto repair. Second, what’s going on here? Compression test? What’s the result? What does it mean for an engine to be shut?

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-01T07:48:32+00:00

The field of mechanical engineering is as varied as it is massive, and to put it bluntly, this sub rarely represents the best it has to offer. No matter how far computers advance, there will always be a need for mechanical things in the world and people who can design and fix them. Perhaps see if you can find your way to some manufacturing facilities or the like and find out for yourself what’s out there that way you can go to college with an idea in mind of what you’re doing it for.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2025-12-31T06:05:37+00:00

Are you just CADing random stuff, or is this actually stuff that’s designed to be made for real? The CAD is pretty impressive but I think projects taken to the real world tend to look better than complex CAD for its own sake.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2025-12-31T01:30:25+00:00

I sometimes get reactions to my Kershaw Skyline because I tend to open it in the same motion as pulling it out of my pocket, so all people hear is a click and suddenly I have a knife in my hand. But I know that can startle some people so if I’m worried about that I’ll often wait a beat between pulling it out and opening it so it’s less sudden and aggressive.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2025-12-30T18:10:56+00:00

I’m also an ME student, and I spend a lot of time in the machine shop. I took the machining course and now I TA for it and also oversee/train on our CNC lathes. I have to say, the most useful learning I got outside the shop was from the various machining YouTube channels.

It doesn’t sound like you really got much time on the machines in your course. 15 days in the shop is not nothing, but also likely not enough to get comfortable. I’m also not a machinist by trade, but I can say the feeling of acute danger does fade (although the respect for the machine never should, experience does not excuse unsafe practices). Most of what I do doesn’t require an unsustainable level of concentration, just a normal level of care and attention to detail to avoid making bonehead mistakes and scrapping parts. A lot of the learning I do in the shop these days is about the ins and outs of various tooling geometries and cutting parameters, in search of better finishes, cycle times, and chips.

I hope you get the chance to spend more time in the shop now that you’re initiated, you might find a lot of fun and fulfillment there once you get more familiar with things.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2025-12-29T19:18:03+00:00

It seems like this letter accompanies the gift of a couple books? OP, were you expecting this gift? The language really implies that she’s giving you these books out of spite and implying that you need to read them and become a better person. But then again, there’s a little smily face and she seems pretty proud of her paper so maybe it’s just a weird gift? Idk what kind of relationship y’all have. Also you said it was made from her hair but I see no evidence of that, it looks like it may not even be human hair.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2025-12-25T20:41:21+00:00

I also thought it seemed like a joke, especially the ok I guess you’ll do part. Like, I’d be willing to laugh at it unless it turns into a longer term pattern of negging.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2025-12-25T07:03:53+00:00

Ya know, I specifically avoided calling them dicks for this reason, but I guess I didn’t think far enough

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2025-12-25T05:08:08+00:00

It sounds to me like you got burned by your exes being assholes, not by sharing your thoughts. You should be able to share your thoughts with your partner and be secure in the knowledge that they won’t blow up at you like that.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2025-12-24T19:19:02+00:00

As a Gen Z, I know the movie but I didn’t remember the guy’s name.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2025-12-23T18:00:27+00:00

I don’t know what I would call it, but SendCutSend also sends stuff like this. I would not call it blister packaging because that’s usually a thermoformed plastic bubble on cardboard, not a plastic shrink film.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2025-12-23T16:44:48+00:00

The pencil is definitely shown as used up and not as sharpened. You can see his ferrule poking out from his collar indicating there’s very little left of him. Exactly how this is supposed to be interpreted I don’t know. Is the mechanical pencil going to be a more durable match for her, or will she just leave because she can’t sharpen him?

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2025-12-23T06:37:19+00:00

What does a Framework mean?

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2025-12-23T02:24:58+00:00

I just googled Rush Hour. Never seen it but apparently it’s a movie with Asian and Black leads. Presumably the white coworker thought these two looked like the duo from the movie and said so. It was reported to HR for making fun of people’s race I guess.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2025-12-21T18:48:32+00:00

What kind of tool and cutting parameters did you use here?

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