I appreciate your sacrifice. It would’ve been me if not you

Also, donate your time to review papers, an absolutely critical part of “peer reviewed journals”, for the people charging you both.

That’s a weird way to say “take a walk”, but ok.

Exactly what I was thinking. If I saw this I would look for hinges before stepping up.

Even worse, he is headed up. Why is he looking down?

You can cut cheese with a wire. Imagine having a thin piece of metal through a hole in your ear with weight on it. Your lobe is the cheese the ear ring is the cutter.

Ah, that makes sense

How does a driver choose how close someone follows them?