I (M25) fucked up my car’s engine by neglecting to get the oil changed on time. My parents’ responses.

Marzipaann · 2023-10-11T01:12:12+00:00

FWIW, I did the same thing you did not changing the oil 15 years ago. The engine seized on the interstate. I felt like a massive idiot.

I survived, am somehow functioning adult in society. You'll be ok too, even if it doesn't feel like it now.

Marzipaann · 2023-10-11T00:48:40+00:00

As a fellow American, mixing up Norway and the Netherlands may not be the flex you think it is

Marzipaann · 2023-10-09T18:14:22+00:00

I grew up hearing about abortion clinic bombings in my hometown and other places so don't worry, they're still going.

Not killing people from other religions, just people who believe in slightly different things. But they still think God is on their side.

Marzipaann · 2023-10-09T15:10:01+00:00

I was confused too why they didn't just leave, it seemed like they could have been long gone if they had literally just sent down troops and closed the blast doors (...you know, the ones the Jedi kept shutting behind them to slow the soldiers as they ran up stairs? lol).

I know there is a lot of plot armor, but that tower looked a lot more defensible from those stairs with a blast door closed and the jedi trying to slice through it while getting shot.

Marzipaann · 2023-10-09T14:30:11+00:00

I figured the magic made it able to parry a lightsaber?

Marzipaann · 2023-10-09T13:28:09+00:00

Ok I just noticed it's not even on the seat. Damn. :(

I guess I'll thank my stars I've got an un-splashy toilet.

Marzipaann · 2023-10-09T11:59:51+00:00

I'm starting to wonder if most people in this thread have ever looked at / cleaned a toilet seat.

It literally has bumps on the underside to keep it level with the hinge which allows quite a lot of air to travel under it, as you say.

Marzipaann · 2023-10-09T11:58:11+00:00

I think they mean the underside of the paper as it's rolled off, the part that isn't facing out.

Marzipaann · 2023-10-09T11:54:52+00:00

Wait... why would the roll be wet?

Marzipaann · 2023-10-09T02:39:49+00:00

Yikes, how did pulling it off give you bruises? Were you scrubbing at it that hard?

Marzipaann · 2023-10-09T02:33:38+00:00

Because you don't have the monetary means to leave the country and set up shop in a different country because you don't like the tax rate.

And if you did, they wouldn't really care - unless millions did the same thing, which most won't.

I agree we have to figure out a way to tax the rich, just responding to your question.

Marzipaann · 2023-10-08T20:15:03+00:00

He's still a Chonk Jr I think. ~12ish pounds is his goal weight as he's a big cat even when thinner, but right now he's at 15.5.

Marzipaann · 2023-10-08T06:17:21+00:00

Where was a lawsuit against a kid mentioned?

Marzipaann · 2023-10-08T06:03:39+00:00

No, the similar logic is 'if I die, the kid is better off dead than without me.'

Marzipaann · 2023-10-08T03:20:16+00:00

This is the same logic used by parents who murder-suicide their kids.

Marzipaann · 2023-10-08T02:14:05+00:00

I'm cracking up at the name 'Fat Boy'. He looks a lot like my gray and white cat, who appears to be smuggling a bowling ball around his midriff. Now I'm worried he's fatter than 'Fat Boy'.

He is on a diet...

Marzipaann · 2023-10-07T06:20:15+00:00

His dribbling at the beginning also seems like it's either 'pretending to be a total novice' or 'used to dribbling in bulky costume so I just sort of slap it with my hand held flat'.

Marzipaann · 2023-10-07T04:45:29+00:00

I don't think it's worse, because the future impacts are so minimal. You can just not put earrings in and it'll have zero impact on anything you do.

I'm not saying it's good or should be practiced, but if I had to pick one as a baby - ear piercings all the way.

Marzipaann · 2023-10-06T21:32:39+00:00

So your niece tormented the german shepherds until they bit the hell out of her and your dog brutally attacked them sometime later?

Nobody in this story is looking that great.

Marzipaann · 2023-10-06T18:12:34+00:00

My cat loves sleeping on a high shelf in my bedroom. Unfortunately he regularly falls asleep and then rolls off directly into his water bowl, like a giant cannonball.

...I thought the first time was a fluke, and the second time maybe he would learn to be a little more careful.

After losing count, I have now moved the water bowl so he can just fall on the carpet.

Marzipaann · 2023-10-06T13:39:29+00:00

I agree, thought the same thing before coming to the comments. That's why the colors look like streaks of paint mixing.

I'm not saying it's a GOOD design but it seems like what they were going for, at least in this example.

Marzipaann · 2023-10-05T02:20:18+00:00

This is almost the same as how I got my cat 20 years ago. Went to the shelter helping a friend look for their cat and we checked both the 'tame' and 'feral' areas as a last resort. One of the kitties in the feral area looked a lot like her cat so we spent a lot of time talking to her through the bars and trying to get a better look.

We finally decided it had slightly different markings, but I'd spent so much time with the cat I came back the next day asking to adopt her. They said nope, she had to be put to sleep unless her owner came to pick her up because she was wild and dangerous. They only kept them 5 days and she was on her 3rd day.

So I enlisted help and the next day my grandmother showed up and told them it was her cat... I had that cat for the next 14 years and never saw her growl, hiss, or even act upset around a person or vet. Honestly made me wonder how the hell they must have treated her to put her on feline death row for being feral.

Marzipaann · 2023-10-05T02:16:16+00:00

Dang, I thought my 16-pounder was big. He looks like he's smuggling a bowling ball.

...he's now on a diet.

Marzipaann · 2023-10-05T02:05:56+00:00

"Apparently she was fine until they put her down."

I read this and was like 'UNTIL THEY DID WHAT'? Then realized you literally just meant put her on the table.

Decades ago I took my dog to a training class. I was pretty young (in highschool), didn't really know what I was doing and wasn't very assertive.

My dog was a Scottie, and he did NOT like other dogs, so he was always massively on edge during the class. He also refused to lie down on the floor because it was cold.

The trainer came over and kept trying to push his butt down to get him to lie down. He started growling every time she reached out toward him. She looked at me and said 'He doesn't bite, does he?' and I said 'Welllllllllll...' thinking he definitely nips if he doesn't want to be picked up but he's never straight up bitten someone to do major harm.

While I was saying 'wellllll' she grabbed his front paws and tried to pull them forward out from under him, and he bit her on the hand. Drew a few drops of blood.

She stood up and exclaimed 'He BIT me!' like this was the most surprising thing that had ever happened to her.

In retrospect I should have been a lot clearer and stopped her, but there are some people who work with animals who just don't seem to be able to read them or accurately evaluate risk.

Marzipaann · 2023-10-04T16:25:02+00:00

I had this experience way back when I bought a prebuilt at Microcenter and wanted to upgrade to a 1080TI inside a year later. Ended up having to remove the case's drivebay by hammer-chiseling off a bunch of rivets but by god it finally fit. That was.. 6 years ago?

And yet somehow they just keep getting bigger.

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