You would think it would make me feel better to know that every person has intrusive thoughts. But it doesn’t at all, quite the opposite.
Yall are as crazy as I am, we are doomed.
Thanks. In 10 years of soldering, never once had I had this thought. Now I can’t unseen it! Damm
Just give in, do it to one spool, and you can move on with your life. Resistance only makes it hurt more.
That depends on the current and voltage
Back in the day I was told:
The volts give you the jolts
But the amps give you the crampsThe volts jolts, the mills kill.
Well, facebook shorts have plenty of people doing exactly this in their “amazing crafts” videos where a dude usually does something extremely stupid and hazardous. I eyeroll when one pops up now
I’ve always wanted to do this…
I was going to say it might be junk solder, but the brand looks well reviewed. Maybe counterfeit? I just had to deal with a kid’s first soldering kit containing “solder” with no listed alloy percentages. Couldn’t solder worth a damn.
Oh this hurts physically. So much frustration when soldering with the small wires. So much wasted solder to save your fingers from burning.
Thanks. I hate it.
If your fingers are burning from soldering, you’re doing it wrong.
I have that same soldering pen. Apparently I’ve been holding it wrong for years. I’m such an amateur.
hmmm
From feeding tiny bits of solder. Not from soldering.
I prefer grabbing small amounts of solder with the tip of the soldering iron instead. Helps a lot when solderling small stuff, esp. smd components
I prefer adding solder while soldering. The solder itself also holds flux, and often when you do it that way you don’t need to add flux yourself. Also if you solder through hole and you add solder to the tip before soldering all the flux dissappears, and you don’t have enough solder for the weld.
And small amounts of solder doesn’t mean short strips, which is what you get when you do what OP posted.
Source: I work in the circuit board population field. And do inspection and repairs.
It really depends on whether it’s soldering of SMD or THT components: it’s a lot nicer to just feed the solder when doing through hole pins until it’s just the right amount for that pin and as you pointed out the flux is in the solder, but if you’re manually soldering SMD components with their tiny 0.5 mm legs or smaller, a tiny bit of solder on the tip of the iron is enough for 3 or 4 legs and the soldering wire (even the .3mm stuff) just gets in the way and even makes it much more likely to get solder bridges.
Mind you, I don’t think SMD components are soldered in professional production settings since it’s way simpler to just use a pick and place machine and a soldering oven, so it probably only matters for hobbyists.
I just hold the whole roll with a bit rolled out straight in one hand, and the iron in the other. I think I might be doing it wrong lol.
What do y’all expect?! I taught myself how to solder because my pokemon yellow cart died!
I do that too lol
I can’t picture what you’re talking about at all with regards to how you burn yourself. I’ve been soldering small wires and components (RC car hobbyist) for years and never burned myself.
Imagine the last part of the solder wire. Not much is left, but you want to use as much as you can, so you feed it anyway even though that last little part makes your finger come dangerously close to the iron.
Usually you just scrap the last part, but OP made a lot of small wires all along the roll, so either you scrap a lot, or burn your fingers trying to use up as much as you can.
Gotcha.
I’d use tweezers to feed it in that case lol.
Was it satisfying? How did it feel? Don’t be shy about details.
I’m… err… asking for friend.
No need to ask. I’ll be your friend.
Why isn’t this post marked as NSFW
Nothing wrong with striking while the iron is hot
I hope they weren’t in California, that stuff causes cancer in California.
It causes cancer anywhere.
I am not tempted by my intrusive thoughts, personally. Never understood the “intrusive thoughts won” meme. :P
The people making these jokes don’t understand actual intrusive thoughts.
Intrusive thoughts are unwanted, involuntary thoughts, images, or ideas that can be distressing or upsetting. They can also be called interfering thoughts. These thoughts can occur spontaneously or be triggered by internal or external stimuli. They can be strange, aggressive, or sexual.
The act shown in the picture is certainly an intrusive thought.
You also don’t act on intrusive thoughts. This meme demonstrates an impulsive thought, not an intrusive one.
The act in the picture isn’t a thought at all. It’s the result of someone deciding to do something destructive to see the result. I can’t imagine the thought “what if I stuck my soldering iron in the side of my solder spool” was that unwanted, distressing or upsetting, either. After all, OP decided to do it.
I have to assume so. Mine are very much not welcome or tempting in the slightest.
Same. Which is why it’s intrusive. But I guess it’s cute for people to make light of others distressing neurological symptoms 🤷♂️
Yeah we`re both getting downvoted for this, it seems.
Because people literally don’t understand impulsive vs intrusive thoughts. I’m sticking to my guns on this one. The hive mind is wrong.
In my mind the two don’t have to be entirely separate even, there can be some overlap.
You’ve never been near a ledge and thought, “what if I jumped?”
Never thought about dipping a finger in the blender or light socket?
Never thought of or touched something that you knew was way too hot?
Yes. All the time, and worse options besides. But there’s no temptation to do those things. It`s more like I’m being reminded that those are options, that nothing besides my own will – and the fact that I am in control of my body – prevents me from doing them. It’s scary. I hate it.
The part I don’t get is the idea that other people claim to have voices urging them to do these things.
The call of the void. Super common and pretty interesting.
I used to regularly mangle candles with paper clips I would heat up in the flame and then use to skewer them. There’s something super cathartic about just melting the fuck out of things.
Melting crayons on oldschool incandescent lightbulbs was EXTREMELY satisfying as a kid
I hope you step into a tub of Legos.
I hope you stub your little toe twice today.
May you only roll Natural Ones for your initiative.
May every cat you try to pet run away in fear.
I sometimes have my rosin and solder paste in similiar containers next to each other. It happens everytime that I want to accidentally dip my soldering iron into the solder paste
Last time I dipped my soldering iron into the solder paste I ended up with an asshole kid.
What is going on in the photo? I don’t understand
It’s just unnecessary. If you can’t control yourself from harming others, animals or things, there is work to do.
I am not saying one can not have the thoughts of doing the wildest or weirdest things. Thoughts about options are okay but having an urge to commit diametral actions seems somewhat pathologic to me.
OMG your so literally cray-cray and quirky! Here’s your participation trophy 🖕
