How much do you really think they care about what the constitution says?

It sounds like you’re looking for slaves. There’s a reason slavery is illegal.

If this isn’t deliberately rage bait, there is something very wrong with you.

I’ve plans to brew a wheat wine. It’s just so much malt that I find it hard to justify, but I really want to try. 20 years ago it was a fairly uncommon offering at a local brewery that I loved, and I’ve wanted to try and recreate it ever since.

I’ll boop you on the snoot.

…and now we wait.

6yo in the shower: Mom, for some reason when I twist my nipples I fart.

Wife: that’s wonderful dear.

6yo in the shower: now I can fart whenever I want.

Slightly related: Earlier this week, during breakfast I ripped one and tried to blame it on my 6yo son. He gave an annoyed sigh and said: Dad, you need more than two people to play “Who Farted”.

Frozen, or in-the-rumps?

After years of learning Spanish my brother pointed out that the word for umbrella, paraguas, is simply “for water”. Similar to how parasol is “for sun”.

So obvious, but somehow my brain missed it.

“take the poop bag out of your mouth”

Walking the dog with 6yo son. It’s a double deuce event. My son wants to pick up the second deposit, so I let him. He asked me to tie the bag for him, so I asked him to hold the one I picked up earlier. We continue home each carrying a bag of poo. I look behind me, and he is paying attention to I don’t know what, but while he is staring off in the distance, he is unconsciously rubbing the bag of fresh poo on his lips.

/Sigh

Apparently that one wasn’t as obvious as I thought it was.

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.

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.

I didn’t leave the original comment, but I would say it certainly makes some parts of parenting easier. We just adopted a dog, and it has helped in strange ways. Expected ways such as my kid is much better about picking up his toys, putting away his laundry, and not leaving his shoes random places, but also it gives him something else to interact with that isn’t a glowing rectangle, or asking me a million questions.

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.

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?

I’m trying this.

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.