You're a coward if you still have feeling in your finger tips

You can tell by the charred parts underneath her fingers.

I have very little soldering experience, but every once in a while at work I have to use a soldering iron to install heat-set threaded inserts into 3d prints.

The little machine that controls the soldering iron only has a power button and knob, and no indication that it is heating up or hot or even working. Each time I use it I convince myself that it isn’t on and have to test it. And each time I briefly consider using my hand. It’s always super hot.

not true when i got it out of the drawer the whole thing was cold

If you smell burnt chicken, you're holding it wrong!