Because you need to handle terrain other than a clear road. When you live somewhere that regularly gets a foot of snow overnight then having a bit of extra ground clearance is a must for navigating that. You also want a bit of extra ground clearance if you need to go off road regularly. The last thing anyone wants is to be out in the boonies and crack their oil pan on a tree stump or something.

Of course, far more people buy SUVs and trucks than actually need them. Also lite trucks would have been the better solution for most people who do actually need them if the EPA hadn’t killed them with poorly written standards. With the current wheelbase based efficiency requirements we’re left with the choice between sedans that drag the undercarriage on residential speedbumps or a Landbarge 9000 toddler slaughter special with worse sight lines than an abrams tank and the (lack of) fuel efficiency to match.

You’re on different instances. It’s probably something to do with that.

This makes it sound like it’s probably just a defective detector. Swap it with one that hasn’t been going off and see if that one starts going off too. If it doesn’t then odds are something just failed in it.

You could also just try blowing some air through it to blow out any dust. But it shouldn’t be that dusty after only a year so I’m still leaning towards defective.

Are you really their friend if they don’t see opening your messages as a game of psychological russian roulette?

Be careful with vitamin D though. That is one of the very very few vitamins that you can actually take too much of because it’s fat soluble, not water soluble, so excessive vitamin D will build up in your fat cells rather than just getting peed out. It’s called vitamin D toxicity (VDT) and it can have some unpleasant neurological effects among other things.

So it’s probably a good idea to get your levels checked anyways just to make sure you’re taking the right amount if you need it.

Find a boss who doesn’t care. So far I’ve never had a boss that insists that I look busy all the time. As long as I’m getting my work done they don’t care what I do. I spend a lot of time at my desk reading books on my phone. If your boss is being an ass about you using your downtime how you want when all of your work is done then that is not someone you want to work for.

Crack it open and run s drill through the center of each flash chip.

Welcome to imposter syndrome, it means you’re a professional.

As far as how you can be more comfortable that heavily depends heavily on what your job is. Some jobs have more direct feedback than others. But largely it will just take time. You’re still the new guy from the sound of it so it will take time to learn how your workplace works and what the exact expectations are. In the mean time just remember that as long as you aren’t consistently getting negative feedback on the same things then odds are you’re doing perfectly fine. Doing things wrong ocasionally is expected because you are human, but as long as you are learning from those times then you are already doing better than a lot of people. If nobody is telling you that you aren’t meeting expectations at your reviews then either you are meeting expectations or you have a bad manager.

So, just plonk an atomic clock on the moon and call that moon time. Ocasionally synchronize moon time with UTC.

distribute the emotional load across multiple interpersonal relationships

Yall expect me to have multiple interpersonal relationships? In this economy?

Weve got it at basically every kwiktrip in MN but thats probably because it’s commonly used in seasonal vehicles (ATVs, Boats, Snowmobiles, etc.)

If I’m ordering it at work it’s because I’m at work and can’t pick it up myself. I sometimes do that for lunch when I’m working overtime to treat myself. If I’m ordering it at home it’s usually because I’m indesposed in some way. In both situations picking the stuff up myself wasn’t a feasable option but I still wanted the stuff enough that I was willing to pay more for it.

For example I’m pretty sure I currently have RSV so last night I door dashed some food from one of my favorite resturants and doubledashed a pharmacy for some pedialyte and cold medicine. I could have gone out to grab the stuff myself but I would have potentially infected everyone I came in contact with. By going through a delivery service I didn’t risk infecting anyone and I didn’t have to drag my miserable snot laden wheezing self out of the house.

I’ve also only ever personally had one quality issue with door dash which wasn’t that major anyways. Otherwise everything has always arrived perfectly fine.

You completely missed an opporitunity for kraut-cars.

If you’re looking for an actual “all-purpose” lubricant try tri-flow lubricant. It’s technically a chain lube but it works pretty well for most light duty household stuff and it sticks around a whole lot longer than WD40. Generally wherever you think WD40 is a good idea that stuff will usually work better. The only downside is that it smells strongly like bananas for a while after you spray it on because it contains banana oil. It’s not a bad smell but it’s definitely noticable.

WD40 is a bit of a catch all. It kind of does a lot of things but it isn’t great at any of them. It’s kind of a penetrating oil for busting things loose but it doesn’t work nearly as well as an actual penetrating oil. It’s kind of a part cleaner but it won’t work nearly as well as an actual part cleaner. It’s kind of a lubricant but it won’t work nearly as well as an actual lubricant. If you had one can of stuff to bring with you to a deserted island then WD40 would be the best thing to bring. But other than that there is always a better dedicated spray for whatever you want to do.

I frequently need to clean my ears due to wax issues and I have used q-tips to do so for my entire life. I have only ever been told that my ears are immaculate at anual exams so this definitely depends on the person.

I’m not on my computer. My phone keyboard does all sorts of fun crazy things; some of them are even intentional.

I am guilty of doing that but only because my computer keyboard doesn’t have an ñ.

Shokz are awesome. I can’t have my hearing impared at work for safety and just practical reasons but the shokz don’t block my hearing so they’re fine. The battery on them can also easily last through a whole 12 hour shift. I’ve had mine for a couple of years now and only just recently one of the buttons has started to act up, otherwise I’ve had no problems with them.

At 110V that’s a 20A kettle. So you aren’t getting that high of wattage kettle in the US. Most standard US residential breakers are only 20A (some are only 15A) and they aren’t designed to continuously run near the max amperage so the biggest we can run on a “normal” circuit is probably around a 1760W kettle but it would also have to be the only thing running on that circuit at the time.

Most Americans don’t drink tea. The only things that I know they are used for are tea and instant noodles.