Damn Near Ruined My Eyes

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Damn Near Ruined My Eyes

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Looking at a Mollier diagram is the engineering equivalent of trying to read a subway map while riding a rollercoaster. That tangle of pressure, enthalpy, and entropy lines isn't just a graph—it's a visual assault weapon. Engineering students squint at these monstrosities trying to figure out if water is vapor, liquid, or possibly transforming into a fifth state of matter nobody's discovered yet. The second law of thermodynamics should've included "thou shalt not create incomprehensible spaghetti diagrams that make students question their career choices." Prescription glasses companies must make a fortune during thermodynamics semester!

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