indeed.
You are an absolute idiot. Try this...
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Thread title: Does anyone have any unwanted parts or gear they could donate please? (US / Houston area)
Hi, I'm a school kid who's interested in electronics, I'm wondering if anyone has any electronics related stuff they no longer need and are planning to dispose of. I'm interested in general jelly bean components, old PCBs which I might learn from (attempting to reverse engineer, salvage components from etc), or basic test equipment that you no longer use?
I'm in Houston, so if I'm lucky enough to find someone local, I'm able to collect. If not, and someone is kind enough to package some stuff up for me, I'd be happy to pay the shipping charges. (Although obviously I'm limited in funds, so we'd have to check if it's realistic or not first!)
Thanks for your time, I'm sure you all remember when you were in this position!
I didn't exactly sound like that when I was 13. I wish I did! But I didn't.
I don't think he intends to be an asshole. I honestly just think he's 13...
I didn't understand fully how I came off to others at 13 either.
I think a big part of it is that now, as an adult, I have people from all areas of my life constantly demanding I do shit for free, constantly bargaining. Customers bargain, other stores call me during business hours asking for free advice, employees don't want to learn or think they can make excuses for why they can't spell the word fernando. My first boss at an internship had me working 70 hours a week for free, paid for one meal a day, and felt entitled to call me at 2 in the morning. that stuff hardens you.
So I try to phrase things, at 27, in a manner that will not lead others to believe I feel entitled to their time/property,.
I am a little more hair-trigger than I was at 13. At 13 you don't have that "FUCK ENTITLEMENT" attitude drilled into you because you haven't had ten years of being hounded by people for free work. I don't think he feels entitled, but just phrases things without thinking about how it may set someone else of, because he himself has not been through all that frustrating nonsense yet.
I have no patience for entitled sounding grown men and women, particularly the fucktards in their 30s-40s who are decades older than me who call me to waste my time. The reason is that I know that they know just how much it sucks to receive those same phone calls. They have even more experience than I do with their time being wasted on bullshit, so when they waste mine on bullshit, full well knowing how annoying it is -
screw them!!!! They know better. However, I'll do my best to mentor teenagers or even 10 year olds that want to learn this stuff if they wanted to . I understand that their life experiences will be such that they are not trying to act entitled, they just don't understand why we perceive it that way.
Maybe I'm just becoming a softie.
I made a huge ass out of myself on the internet when I was 13 on a set of sites that are no longer around. I am still in touch with this one woman who was in her mid 20s who really grilled me on what a piece of garbage I was - just chewed me out six ways to Sunday on all my bullshit and it really helped me develop my character. A year later we talked more. I'm 27, she's in her late 30s. She's probably the longest friend I've ever had at this point and we have a decent level of mutual respect for one another. I forget what my point was with this. I know she despised a lot of the immaturity in my thoughts, actions, and postings. However, at the same time, I am happy that it wasn't just superficial disdain. A lot of what I've accomplished to this date I probably never would have if I didn't have someone helping me a little during that crucial time in my life.