One busted hinge caught a real flaw, that's just plain useful.

Why would reading fast text make the acting any less real?

Feels bad for your buddy but man that stripped head is such a classic lesson. Watched my brother do the same thing on his truck's oil pan drain plug, dude swore he had the touch and cranked it till the bolt just gave up and spun. That whole "I know the feel" thing works right up until it doesn't, and then you're paying a shop four hundred bucks to fix what a twenty dollar tool would've stopped. Your civic story is exactly it though, 13 ft lbs on a spark plug feels like barely snug and your hands want to keep going. Bet your buddy thinks about that wrench every time he picks one up now.