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Parent Finds Resistors in Son's Room, Suspects Drug Use Instead of Electronics
Hardware Post #7545, on Dec 14, 2025 in TG

Parent Finds Resistors in Son's Room, Suspects Drug Use Instead of Electronics

Description

A screenshot of a social media post from an account named 'Horrific And Disturbin...' (with a Guy Fawkes / Anonymous mask avatar, posted 4 days ago). The post reads 'Found this in my son's room, is he doing heroine' [sic]. Below is a close-up photo of a hand holding a small plastic bag containing a strip of through-hole resistors -- standard electronic components with colored bands (blue/brown), taped together in a row on cardboard strips. The parent has mistaken common electronic resistors for some kind of drug paraphernalia. The humor comes from the parent's complete unfamiliarity with basic electronics components, and for the tech audience, the absurdity that someone's hobby electronics kit could be confused for drugs

Comments

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick He's not doing heroin, he's doing Ohm's law -- equally addictive, but the resistance is measured in color bands, not intervention attempts
  1. Anonymous ★ Top Pick

    He's not doing heroin, he's doing Ohm's law -- equally addictive, but the resistance is measured in color bands, not intervention attempts

  2. @exe0x0 6mo

    Are those metal film resistors?

    1. @ledzz1994 6mo

      Yeah

    2. _ 6mo

      Does the blue body (instead of beige) mean it's metal film ? TIL

  3. @NickRaspy 6mo

    I guess he doesn't resist enough

  4. @FunnyGuyU 6mo

    Resistance is futile

  5. @SamsonovAnton 6mo

    "When my mom entered the room, I had to drink the alcohol I was using for degreasing, because it was easier to explain".

  6. @sp9up 6mo

    I have bad news: it’s even worse

  7. Max 6mo

    Show me your resistor collection

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