Submitted 7 months ago by Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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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.
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.
From feeding tiny bits of solder. Not from soldering.
Or maybe you haven’t been doing it enough.
I use a set of reverse tweezers to hold the tiny little pieces. It also helps to get your fingers out of the way so you can see what you’re doing with really small parts.
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.
Thank you. ❤️
Nothing wrong with striking while the iron is hot
Why isn’t this post mask as NSFW
I hope they weren’t in California, that stuff causes cancer in California.
It causes cancer anywhere.
Melting crayons on oldschool incandescent lightbulbs was EXTREMELY satisfying as a kid
Somehow, and I honestly don’t know how, I have passed by countless fire alarms in my life and resisted the urge to pull every one I see. It’s been 46 years. Here’s hoping my record will continue to be unbroken.
But my goodness, I’ve spent a long time resisting the History Eraser Button. Those alarms are even jolly and candylike!
Please don’t erase history! We need it 😭🙏
as a kid, I was the responsible for having the classroom’s key in breaks for a while.
and deep down I always had an irresistable urge to throw that key out the window, to the road outside. never did… but… it was soooo tempting. no idea, why, though 😅
OMG your so literally cray-cray and quirky! Here’s your participation trophy 🖕
This is what i’ve been doing as a kid.
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.
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.
I am not tempted by my intrusive thoughts, personally. Never understood the “intrusive thoughts won” meme. :P
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.
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.
I have to assume so. Mine are very much not welcome or tempting in the slightest.
What is going on in the photo? I don’t understand
He stuck the soldering iron right in the roll of solder. This pretty much ruins it.
Oh… Oh jeez…
Its a roll of solder which is melted to stick certain metals together and probably most well known for being used to stick electronic parts together. If you stab the soldering iron through it like this the roll would melt into itself and you would have to cut the strands off of the glob and use the cut pieces or just waste it and get a new one.
That truly sounds horrible. I totally get how this could be an intrusive thought.
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.
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.
Lighten up, Francis.
umulu@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Thanks. In 10 years of soldering, never once had I had this thought. Now I can’t unseen it! Damm
Red_October@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Just give in, do it to one spool, and you can move on with your life. Resistance only makes it hurt more.
essell@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That depends on the current and voltage
Aceticon@lemmy.world 7 months ago
No need for great resistance: all it takes is one having a large capacity to stopped being induced by such messages into doing such acts.
At worse you just get stuck in a loop of “should I do it or should I not do it”.
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Painful resistance makes it that much more sweet when you finally succumb.
Maalus@lemmy.world 7 months ago
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
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 7 months ago
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.
Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’ve always wanted to do this…