look what you've done, you gigolo

[erika]

So my dad wants me to buff out the scratches on my car. This conversation with pandatini illustrates my confusion:

(6:43:27 PM) Erika: my dad wants me to buff out the scratches on my car
(6:43:29 PM) Erika: and i'm like
(6:43:30 PM) Erika: dude
(6:43:32 PM) Erika: can't i just ignore them

(6:45:24 PM) lydia: ..............
(6:45:30 PM) lydia: why would you buff them out?
(6:45:37 PM) lydia: idgi

(6:46:42 PM) Erika: idgi either
(6:52:51 PM) Erika: apparently it's bad for the car or something
(6:52:56 PM) Erika: i don't really give a shit

(6:54:02 PM) lydia: what does "buffing them out" mean?

(6:54:11 PM) Erika: there's like
(6:54:12 PM) Erika: this compound
(6:54:23 PM) Erika: that has tiiiiiiiny thingies in it
(6:54:29 PM) Erika: like exfoliating
(6:54:35 PM) Erika: basically i need to exfoliate my car
(6:54:41 PM) Erika: I DON'T EVEN EXFOLIATE MY FACE

(6:54:42 PM) lydia: . . .
(6:54:45 PM) lydia: lol

(6:55:30 PM) Erika: ok that's not entirely true, sometimes i exfoliate my face
(6:55:42 PM) Erika: but
(6:55:48 PM) Erika: that's because i give a shit what i look like
(6:55:51 PM) Erika: as opposed to what my car looks like

(6:57:20 PM) lydia: lol

(6:57:28 PM) Erika: he was like
(6:57:34 PM) Erika: showing me how to do it
(6:57:45 PM) Erika: and i came so close to going "if you give a shit about this, how about YOU do it"

(6:58:01 PM) lydia: you should have been like "idgi yet. keep showing me. ... no, keep showing me"

(6:58:05 PM) Erika: hahaha

(6:58:17 PM) lydia: why is it bad for the car?

(6:58:22 PM) Erika: ~~~~~~rust~~~~~~
(6:58:27 PM) Erika: that's like the answer to everything about cars
(6:58:35 PM) Erika: just like ~~~~~~enzymes~~~~~~ are the answer to everything in microbiology

(6:58:38 PM) lydia: i don't get why exfoliating it would help that tho

(6:58:43 PM) Erika: ok
(6:58:46 PM) Erika: so you like
(6:58:52 PM) Erika: rub the compound with the exfoliating beads on the car
(6:58:58 PM) Erika: and it rubs off the scratches
(6:59:08 PM) Erika: no scratches = no place for rust to get in, i guess?
(6:59:14 PM) Erika: i don't really understand

(6:59:49 PM) lydia: but ............... doesn't rubbing away the scratches just mean you are rubbing down to what is /underneath/ the scratches
(6:59:58 PM) lydia: which would be like the metal of the car
(7:00:01 PM) lydia: which can rust

(7:00:11 PM) Erika: no because there's like 20 layers of paint on the car
(7:00:15 PM) Erika: and most scratches don't go down that far
(7:00:17 PM) Erika: which ...
(7:00:19 PM) Erika: idgi

(7:00:23 PM) lydia: ..... then why would it matter?

(7:00:27 PM) Erika: THAT IS MY QUESTION

(7:00:37 PM) lydia: I JOIN U IN YR CONFUSION

(7:00:42 PM) Erika: apparently it looks bad for the car to be wandering around all unexfoliated
(7:00:48 PM) Erika: like with dry skin and shit
(7:00:50 PM) Erika: you gotta moisturize

(7:00:54 PM) lydia: the other cars will judge it?

(7:00:57 PM) Erika: EXACTLY

(7:01:03 PM) lydia: and it will be so ashamed of itself
(7:01:06 PM) lydia: it will start to rust?

(7:01:12 PM) Erika: apparently
(7:01:13 PM) Erika: with enzymes