Obviously the guy I yelled at overloaded the machine.

显然，被我吼的家伙，把机器调到最大。

She advises against overloading washing machines for the same reason - fewer clothes in the drum means there's less friction.

她不建议把洗衣机装得太满，也是出于同样的原因——桶里的衣服越少，意味着摩擦越少。