it’s for resisting peer pressure
this post was submitted on 23 Dec 2025
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Sure, it always just starts with "I'll just solder a few resistors here; what's the problem?", but before you know it your kid is gonna be out there giving acid baths to PCBs.
Ohh I thought they were pins and the kids was tailoring his clothes.
I thought it was some odd looking embroidery.
Found his kit, please help:
This is so overkill; all you need is a lighter and a spoon, and those contacts basically bond themselves
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Fuck! This is a 21st century vampire hunting kit!
The one time my mom sat me down and had a talk about the thermal compound syringe she found while cleaning...
I got some little baggies intended to hold stamps (as part of a magazine feature) and received a sit down talk about marijuana.
Heroine like the wonder woman? GO SON! I'd do her too
Imagine dating a valkyrie. You did well, child.
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All this is a gateway drug to
5V-| | | |-3V3
GND-| | | |-IO16
IO12-| |_______| |-IO0
IO13-| |-GND
IO15-| |-VCC
IO14-| |-UDR
IO2-| ESP32-CAM |-UDT
IO4-|_______________|-GND
I think they call it a micro controller because it gets inside your brain and controls you!!!
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Is that a reference to interest in electronics being a gateway drug to gender transition?
Connect LGBTQ+ to LGBTQ-
When I first started setting lgbt I was wondering why everyone was interested in insulated gate bipolar transistors.
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My relatives (I lived with them for a few years) found my leftover pipettes and stirring rods from my chemistry classes in my room and they genuinely thought I was doing drugs. One of them harassed me over it and another told me that she's always open if I need to talk about it. But whenever I try explaining that it's for school she brushes me off lmao
Worse, he is "soldering"
Resistance is futile
I guess she encountered a lot of resistance from all those!
Not ragging on anyone for ignorance, never will, but it's a little weird how many people are asking what these are, especially in such a nerdy community.
You're not gonna believe this, but most chemists never touch electronics. "Nerdy" is a really, really, really wide category.
You can be a nerd about anything. A language nerd who speaks 20 languages and studies ancient Akkadian for fun won't know what those are.
I mean I am a nerd, but I haven't much of a clue about trees and plant life.
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I found two posts in this entire thread asking what these actually are. That's not a whole lot.
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Yes, he is. But these are just resistors.
What is it actually?
Electronic parts. Resistors. Probably about 66 ohms resistance looking at the color bands.
A better copy reveals a yellowish color on top. Therefore, I lean towards 470 Ω, which is a way more common value.
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This guy resists.
Here's a circuit board with resistors installed. They're used by hobbyists to make their own boards.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CznnpTiCZuk
However, even for hobbyists, surface mount versions are now common:
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It's a pack of resistors. Electrical resistors for building electronic circuits.
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Gonna be a bit hard to push heroin through those. Lotta resistsnce.
Can't really tell for sure from the picture but it looks like the purest shit (at worse 5%, possibly even 2%) rather than the run of the mill 10% stuff.
Agreed. Super annoying when people ask questions without a question mark.
Worse, he's picked up a nasty through-hole habit.
What's this really?
So much worse. Kid's gonna be an engineer.
Drugs, engineering, what's the difference, both leave you unable to sleep for weeks on end because of the imaginary components of a problem nobody else understands
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Next thing you know your room is at perfect temperature all year round with just a few lines of micro python and he keeps a pocket scope under his pillow.
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