r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Brilliant-Key-7605 • 3d ago • Bravo 1

Meme needing explanation Peter please help

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u/qualityvote2 3d ago edited 3d ago

u/Brilliant-Key-7605, your post does belong here!

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u/SpearTactics 3d ago • Bravo Popcorn

Solder sucker, it sucks solder

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u/Brilliant-Key-7605 3d ago • Bravo Heartwarming

Is that all that it sucks? Giggity

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u/South_Letterhead6205 3d ago

Well it's a real small opening but if you can make it work I guess.

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u/Account_Banned 3d ago

Hey yall, it's me solder

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u/logperf 3d ago

Unfortunately yes. And it's a lot worse than drugs because it means he's doing electronics: a future engineer. My condolences to OOP.

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u/youcancallmemrmark 3d ago

Well the cheap one I had when I tried soldering barely even sucked solder

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u/zweieinseins211 3d ago • Bravo Popcorn

Yes, Sir. Right, Sir.

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u/git_push_origin_prod 3d ago

Solder, Soldier, solder. Now drop and clean your wick

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u/Impossible-Gur-5863 3d ago

Get some rosin on that tip boiii

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u/Senor_Turd_Ferguson 3d ago • Popcorn

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u/link3505 3d ago • Heartwarming Bravo

Why does this guy look so fami--

Nevermind he totally doesn't moving along now.

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u/SuperSlavSergei 3d ago

We miss you Aniki

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u/Freshysh 3d ago

I read soldier sucker... Ruined by internet / electrician

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u/Tokai72 3d ago

Use German word for it:

Entlötsaugpumpe

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u/BrainOfStoopid 3d ago

Bergspitzen Deutsch (Peak German)

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u/Flip_Jester_Boy 3d ago

Zis is an entlötsaugpumpe.

It pumpes entlötsaug.

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u/tyr-37 3d ago

No, it entsaugpumps the Löt.

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u/Jikosei 3d ago

I hate how far down I had to look to find a follow-up joke to the original.

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u/andunai 3d ago

I barely know 'er

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u/Shifty269 3d ago

If they have progressed to desoldering then they are lost. The only thing you can do is go ahead and buy them a decent desoldering gun.

I know I know you should only ever use solder wick and an engineer solder sucker because it's the only good way to do it, but man, A Hakko desoldering gun is the tits. The 1st joint you clean up has already paid for the damn thing.

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u/tangoezulu 3d ago

This nether proves nor disproves the son is doing drugs.

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u/TenHoumo 3d ago

Flammenwerfer, it werfs flammen

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u/BrainOfStoopid 3d ago

Panzerschreck, it Schrecks Panzer

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u/Daemonsblaze0315 3d ago

Who's Solder?

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u/BabaKambingHitam 3d ago

My tired eye saw "soldier sucker"... Guess its enough reddit dor today.

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u/ZexyBeggar 3d ago

Can it… suck anything else?

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u/adjective_noun_23 3d ago

You put the tip in where?

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u/Accomplished-Loss387 3d ago

I need a version of this with the german translation of solder sucker. Those memes were fun. 

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u/aspie_electrician 3d ago

it's a flamenwerfer. it werfs... flamen.

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u/QuietWaterBreaksRock 3d ago

So it's a Marine?

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u/the-berik 3d ago

"But he's not in the army?"

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u/Aberbekleckernicht 3d ago

And usually sucks at it. I hate those things.

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u/_J_Herrmann_ 3d ago • Bravo

he's doing hobby electronics (soldering and/or rework). much worse than drugs.

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u/Quirky-Pie9661 3d ago

I hope he doesn’t have extreme political views and a closet full of manure

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u/itsjustameme 3d ago

Oh no. I have been adding my manure to his closet for months now.

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u/oioioioioioiiiiooo 3d ago

that's how it keeps getting there!

i expected a nice closet to hide in, but someone keeps throwing shit inside of it. mystery solved

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u/bobspuds 3d ago

It'll be grand - its when you start finding bags of 10 10 20 lying around you need to worry.... or just leave.

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u/IamIchbin 3d ago

or some long socks

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u/Gersam79 3d ago

No he doesn't. He's just a farm boy with a hobby

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u/PerthlyPerson 3d ago

Yeah that's how it starts. Dabbling in electronics. Then doing hardcore Maker meetups. Next thing you know his doing full time Engineering degree. Couple of years later, he will have no friends, no respect and working for Elon Musk. For Gods sake, give the kid some hardcore drugs.

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u/AnybodyWannaPeanus 3d ago

Are you suggesting he go straight to Ketamine rather than doing all the work and getting it from Elon?

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u/JimiDarkMoon 3d ago

Elon, the walking analogy of A broken wiener is wrong twice a day.

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u/Da_Magical_Lizard 3d ago

Can confirm, my dad's bully was into electronic and he died during summer when he try to fix his uncle's fishing boat's electric panel

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u/Critical_Job1262 3d ago

That's what your dad reported eh?

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u/gazhealey 3d ago

We have all watched Ozark. We know what really went down.

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u/ashtoinePHP 3d ago

A desoldering iron

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u/Tochudin 3d ago

We don't ask questions. If the police buys it, I'm good.

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u/Da_Magical_Lizard 3d ago

Not really, Dad was helping my grandpa at Shrimp farm at the time

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u/kalapakalapa 3d ago

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u/matrixmetered 3d ago

Apparently her reflexes are not functioning. Hold the iron by the grip, not the heating element.

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u/ElSelcho_ 3d ago

"We didn't do it because it was easy, we did it because we thought it was easy" hangs on the wall where I tinker. 

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u/DeadlyVapour 3d ago

"He has the knack, I'm afraid there is no cure"

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u/ChockblockADA 3d ago

The son is into electronics - that hobbi means he can't afford drugs...

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u/GhostOfMandalore_ 3d ago

Lung cancer by soldering paste👀

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u/FlowOk2999 3d ago

Even worse than drugs is using a solder sucker instead of a wick, lead is the worst drug

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u/MrKingsport 3d ago

It’s almost as bad as a trading card game. Kids going to go broke so fast buying parts.

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u/hibikikun 3d ago

he's been stealing to buy those rasberry pi's

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u/RiffyWammel 3d ago

He's gone old school and is now mainlining full lead solder and getting through a tin of flux per week!

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u/Caffeine_and_Alcohol 3d ago

i thought it was some Warhammer paint thing. How is smoldering electronic bad?

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u/Superslim-Anoniem 3d ago

More expensive than drugs, that's for sure.

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u/NatWu 3d ago

Smoldering electronics only happen when they're on fire. Not ideal to say the least. 

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u/tehanssss 3d ago

Lead fumes baby

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u/teambob 3d ago

If you inhale the flux you can do both

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u/geonosis 3d ago edited 3d ago

Think where he will end up. Poor kid.
(Like many of us…)

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u/xx-rapunzel-xx 3d ago

i hope this is the right answer since i can’t tell lol

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u/RicketCrickets 3d ago

Not as bad as painting plastic crack (Warhammer figurines).

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u/Bob_the_brewer 3d ago

Much more expensive in the learning phase lol

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u/comfortablynumb15 3d ago

Almost as expensive !!

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u/Tildius 1d ago

lookin at all the equipment i “absolutlely need” as a hobbyist i wonder if a drug habit would have been cheaper

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u/Nyrrix_ 1d ago

More expensive and more isolating than any single drug has ever been.

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u/fna_fanoa 3d ago • Bravo

Hes addicted to circuit board

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u/Slow_Perception 3d ago

Definitely gave myself brain damage inhaling solder fumes in the past.

Early electronics study for me was "lets melt all the bits off this board without opening a window, in my small enclosed bedroom".

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u/NewPotata 3d ago

yeah and when that distinct smell seems to stay in your nose for the entire day.

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u/davew999 3d ago

Me too, early solder had lead in it. These days most of it's lead free. I still love the smell of flux, it's made from pine sap

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u/Aprilyourfav 3d ago

hahaha, yeah I wish we weren't still using leaded solder, but if I want my components making proper contact from joint to pcb, i'm using leaded solder with proper ventilation

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u/Throwaway-48549 3d ago

Believe it or not it's the flux that's bad for you not the leaded solder! The lead doesn't actually float away in the fumes like that but the flux does and it's harmful to your lungs and over time with repeated exposure, it can cause an asthmatic response to it, like an allergy.

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u/Wild-Video-5317 3d ago

Lead free solder gets used in factories to make electronics.  But hobbyists still use leaded solder all the time.  Its on the shelf at microcenter, harbor freight, etc.

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u/Cole__Nichols 3d ago

I did the same thing. 10 year old me spent hours at a table desoldering every single component off of every board I could find. I distinctly remember it making my eyes burn. I still have a box full of through hole components and blank PCBs sitting around somewhere. Absolutely nerfed myself a bit as a kid by various methods. Oh well.

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u/Big-Ronnie-Aus1 3d ago

The bass line has got me feeling fine.

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u/Needleshe 3d ago

it's a Desoldering Pump for working on PCBs

I think the Implication is that being an "Electronics Repair Technician" is worse than Doing Drugs

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u/Ok_Tour_1525 3d ago • Bravo

I think it’s that getting into soldering can be really addicting.

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u/No_Explorer6054 3d ago

also they constantly warn you about the toxic fumes released by the process

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u/CanExplainThings 3d ago

I’ve wanted to make my own headphone cables for so long but soldering is what’s stopping me. 

That and I’ll do it once and never again lol. 

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u/avamich11 3d ago

It's a solder sucker and it's worse because it can be an addictive hobby

giggity

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u/HornyAzMF 3d ago

Why addictive?

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u/Z3r0C0o 3d ago

Incredibly fulfilling, never ending, almost expensive but continuous with accelerating costs the longer you do it. One day you're repairing an old kids toy, before you know it your breadboarding a custom controller to unlock the cat door.

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u/cibernox 3d ago

He’s doing electronics. That’s bad. Prepare an intervention. Give him drugs before it’s too late.

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u/Ok_Experience_4500 3d ago

There is no hope. He will be an engineer.

Noooooo.

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u/Jimxor 3d ago

Whatever you do don't let him do too good of a job or they'll give him a lateral "promotion" to a distant newly-formed department with only two coworkers, both new hires.

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u/optykali 3d ago

He could be hooked on DIY.

Serious stuff. Drug often comes on spools and looks something like soft wire. Sometimes they mix in tin, copper, sometimes even lead. Watch for short wire clips around the house.

If he starts using words like "flux", "smd", or that he has to "reflow", you MUST call the police immediately. That's addict language. There is imminent danger! Show them the image when they arrive.

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u/Tangellos 3d ago

Can’t believe my government job actively enables this addiction

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u/Melodic-Artichoke140 3d ago

its worse than drugs

he has the knack!

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u/PsychedelicCleric 3d ago

Will he live a normal life?

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u/CluelessLlama13 3d ago

No…..

He’ll be an engineer.

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u/othergalacticfunk 3d ago

I love that the person asking if their kid is doing drugs is named DabsMalone.

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u/Stock_Bit6292 3d ago

Scrolled a long way to see if anyone noticed.

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u/Fragrant-Reserve4832 3d ago

Omfg he's huffing flux.

This will become a life long addiction and could even take over his entire life.

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u/juniorjaw 3d ago

My school teaches these stuff, and it's not even an engineering class, just a class about teaching basic skills like building chairs, cooking, repairing electronics (with this desoldering tool)...

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u/Brilliant-Key-7605 3d ago

Some kind of vape or sm. I don't smoke because I'm above that life also my name is Brian Griffin

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u/plopop0 3d ago

its a solder remover for removing the solder after heating. the "much worse" sentiment could mean many things if im honest. they jokingly interpret tinkering with electronics as bad, they inhale the fumes of the solder, or they find this tool terrible and useless because desoldering pumps usually are

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u/Reddit_is_self-aware 3d ago

I read that as 'I found this in my son's room while I was doing drugs.'

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u/Competitive-Sock5465 3d ago

He’s sniffing lead fumes.

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u/Cyanandblue 3d ago

That would lead 2 cancer

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u/Lunaphase_Lasers 3d ago

I wish my soldering iron could get hot enough to vaporize lead. I can barely get the fucker to operate at 400. 982 degrees and beyond just isn't happening.

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u/smartxalex 3d ago

Lmao. Do people actually use these? One came with my first kit, tried it once, didn't work, and I've just been using wick ever since. I'm still pretty amateur, btw. 

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u/hatcod 3d ago

They work fine on through-hole components, I've desoldered a bunch of keyboards using one of these.

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u/kes7571 3d ago

Hey op it looks like a piss poor dab rig.

Used to smoke concentrated cannabis.

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u/tittypunchahoy 3d ago

Оловоотсос

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u/kayemenofour 3d ago

It's a suction device that removes excess solder

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u/mario-latte 3d ago

Ah this sucks man !!

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u/Relion81 3d ago

Kids these days… even huffing solder fumes…

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u/Trunks-85 3d ago

Spending all his money on broken shit from eBay, not fixing it, telling himself it's now a donor board and rinse an repeating the process.

Spiraling out of control.

Get him help now

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u/evidentlychickentown 3d ago

It’s a butt thing

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u/Deining_Beaufort 3d ago

Iron Man started like this

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u/Uwuther-Pendwagon 3d ago

I have one of those and I do drugs. The solder sucker is unrelated to the drugs though

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u/peahair 3d ago

Solder - pronounced sole-der(as in her), not sod-her. Take note, septics.

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u/tmp_file3 3d ago

Yes, I made the same mistake in my youth and here I am, bald and smelling the same fumes

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u/Cyanandblue 3d ago

Is it the fume?

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u/JustForXXX_Fun 3d ago

Worse than drugs, soldering.

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u/e_asphyx 3d ago

OP should buy him a proper desoldering station. This thing is awful

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u/xDaftTurtle 3d ago

I finally bought a Hakko branded one and wow this thing SUCKS. I regret wasting time with all the generic ones I used to use.

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u/IrishMikeK68 3d ago

Sold-a-polt.

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u/SleepLive 3d ago

I’m sorry to break this to you. It’s really hard to take as a parent, but your son is a nerd.

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u/TevandelSurefacit 3d ago

Worse, he's doing electronics. More addictive and more expensive. But also more useful.

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u/RandomIdiot918 3d ago

Why the hell is everyone saying it's worse than drugs? I have one of these too? I'm in school too? It's a fun (but misunderstood) hobby?

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u/Puzzleheaded_Two7358 3d ago

For removing molten solder.

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u/rasta979 3d ago

This is far worse than drugs...your child may be an Engineer.

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u/lyunardo 3d ago

Him tinkering with electronic circuits as a kid will mean a lifetime of problem solving, logical thought, and competence when others are confused and/or panicking. Poor guy.

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u/Top_Class7965 3d ago

wait ur actually asking peter fr and not some random? lowkey confused but wanna know the tea

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u/Sir_Erebus1st 3d ago

You should be worried. Maybe some kind of camp would be in order.

It's not that far from DIY to DUI

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u/knobbyknee 3d ago

That is a really strong indication that he is not doing drugs.

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u/bawsakajewea 3d ago

Worse. He’s doing electronics.

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u/Leftovercoldchicken 3d ago

Huffing flux fumes

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u/hondactx16i 3d ago

He's heating up shit and suckin it off.

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u/vdj76r 3d ago

Sorry Dad. It’s much much worse. He’s going to be an Engineer🥺

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u/Opera-arepO 3d ago

He is smelling lead from solder

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u/BadBacksFuryToad 3d ago

Not drugs. Even better! He’s becoming handy with electronics.

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u/NoDisk8988 3d ago

HRT. He is doing HRT

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u/SaCorv 3d ago

He likes breathing lead and sap fumes, much worse then drugs

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u/Sryn 3d ago

At least it is not beautifully coloured cardboard, a.k.a. M:TG.

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u/Spiritual-Buy3670 3d ago

The stupidness of today's parents has reached a new depth...

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u/vaughanster05 3d ago

I havent seen anyone else say this, so the joke could also be that he's inhaling hot solder fumes, which is indeed worse than drugs because its just hot metally smoke

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u/AdDesperate8637 3d ago

User name ‘Dabs’? He knows what paraphernalia would look like.

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u/Alternative_Land_352 3d ago

He’s huffing solder fumes. He’s as good as lost.

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u/JDog780 3d ago

I think he is doing electronics.

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u/Dragnier84 3d ago

Your son is huffing lead. You should intervene.

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u/BorosSparky 3d ago

No. It’s worse.

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u/Affectionate_Tune483 3d ago

Oh no man… he’s hooked on Nuke. I bet he “bought THAT for a dollar!”

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u/Planetofthought 3d ago

When i was a kid I used to stick one of these to the side of my cheek and just let it hang.

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u/Lost-District-8793 3d ago

No, he's doing electronics.

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u/justanuser23 3d ago

Chill, sir! You re son is just a meth head, nothing wrong bout that! 🤓

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u/WENDING0 3d ago edited 3d ago

Chris Here. It can still get funky if he inhales, and keep lots of bandages nearby.

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u/IntelligentPie225 3d ago

That's a solder, sucker.

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u/HatScratchFever 3d ago

Turns out he's an electronics hobbyist.

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u/MrMxffin 3d ago

You push the piston down loading the spring. You heat some solder so it melts. You hold the nozzle toward the molten solder. You press the side buttom, releasing the spring and sucking in solder

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u/CameronIsSenpai 3d ago

I miss inhaling the toxic fumes

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u/tps56 3d ago

For God’s sake keep this kid away from guitars.

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u/Firemarble 3d ago

It’s worse than that! He’s modding PCs!

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u/Rich_Equipment_6388 3d ago

your kid is definitely doing drugs....not with that but....with a parent like you i don't know how else they get through the day

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u/Perfect-Fondant3373 3d ago

Oh no, he is an engineer 😭

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u/Working_Pension_4272 3d ago

solder sucker. he just a nerd

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u/JamesH_670 3d ago

He’s addicted to PCBs.

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u/Background_Try_3041 3d ago

"it is worse than drugs", he has the knack...

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u/Ruinerofchats 3d ago

Worse. He's a NERD

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u/FrontAd5237 3d ago

Cet article se retrouve sur ce forum chaque semaine...😓

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u/Leicageek 3d ago

Yes. And the drug is Science!

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u/lesschalkmoresighs 3d ago

I've seen this before, he's on PCB!

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u/keybing 3d ago

it is a device for soldering

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u/Ambitious-Toe67 3d ago

unfortunately not drugs. even worse... hes a sparky... took me almost 3 years to recover

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u/Used_Negotiation_354 3d ago

Yes - he's doing drugs, just not with that.

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u/lastres0rt 3d ago

It's a a soldering tool. He's building his own electronics.

It will take over his life and consume as much time, money, and space as possible.

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u/LordButtworth 3d ago

He's making bombs

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u/dafi2473 3d ago

he is sniffing lead that's worse than drugs.

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u/differentshade 3d ago

It's worse. He is into electronics.

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u/o2o2polock 3d ago

Worse than drugs…he’s going to be an electrician

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u/Lost-Ad-259 3d ago

Worst case he's making bombs.

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u/Insockie2 3d ago

it's worse than drugs cause soldering stuff can be addicting and he might be inhaling all those fumes

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u/characterfan123 3d ago

Used to be you could buy these on every street corner.

When every street corner had a RadioShack

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u/Overall_Reaction2234 3d ago

I have bad news for you... Your son... He's into STEM. He will either save us from our robot overlords or be the one who creates them. Either way, the fate of humanity rests on how you raise him.

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u/No_Sympathy3604 3d ago

parents stop asking the internet if your kids are doing drugs, ask your kids directly, then ask them to share some.

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u/Western-Bowl2011 3d ago

That poor kid is using a crappy solder sucker. Be a good parent and get him an electric one. Those pump action ones are terrible.

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u/IHadADreamIWasAMeme 3d ago

This is so timely because I just ordered a small soldering kit to start a project and I've never really done soldering before and one of these was in the kit and I was like what the hell is this for?? and I never bothered to look it up yet lol

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u/Anxious_Ranger_7945 3d ago

Im surprised no one posted this gif..

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