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Engineering professors really know how to make a first impression! That moment when they proudly announce their course will crush your soul and only 30% will survive... meanwhile your anxiety-riddled brain is already calculating how many all-nighters it'll take to be in that 30%. The internal scream of "Will you shut up man" is basically the engineering student's mantra by week two. The professor hasn't even handed out the syllabus yet and you're already contemplating if you should have majored in philosophy instead!

That suspicious moment when your code runs perfectly on the first try or your experiment yields perfect results immediately! Your brain goes into full panic mode because something MUST be wrong. No scientist or engineer in history has ever trusted first-try success. It's like finding a unicorn that does your taxes—too good to be true! The real scientific method has an unofficial step: "Doubt success more than failure." You'll spend the next three hours frantically checking everything because success without suffering feels like a cosmic practical joke!

Free energy enthusiasts be like: "Physics laws are just suggestions!" This meme features M.C. Escher's famous "Waterfall" lithograph where water flows in an impossible perpetual motion loop. The three-step plan hilariously oversimplifies breaking the first law of thermodynamics - you know, that pesky rule saying energy can't be created from nothing. If only solving our energy crisis was as easy as building an optical illusion! Unfortunately, perpetual motion machines remain firmly in the "nice try, but physics says no" category. Even Escher knew he was drawing an impossibility - that's what makes it art instead of an engineering blueprint!

The engineering hierarchy in its natural habitat! Civil engineers treat mechanical engineers with gentle reverence ("Oh dear, oh dear. Gorgeous") while unleashing pure unbridled rage at architects ("You f***ing donkey"). It's the perfect engineering food chain - mechanical engineers create precise, functional components while architects design beautiful but physically impossible structures that civil engineers somehow have to make stand up. The professional translation of "I need this to actually work" versus "WHY WOULD YOU PUT A COLUMN THERE?!"

The evolution of an engineering student's mathematical journey in two perfect frames! First year: Happy SpongeBob confidently solving 2+2=4 with the enthusiasm of someone who thinks they've mastered calculus. Fast forward to senior year: Traumatized SpongeBob with beard and eye bags staring at a blackboard that looks like someone sneezed Greek symbols onto differential equations. The transition from "I can do basic arithmetic!" to "Is that pi multiplied by the square root of my diminishing will to live?" is painfully accurate. Engineers don't just solve problems—they create new ones by inventing notations that make ordinary humans question their sanity. The board isn't math anymore; it's mathematical hieroglyphics designed specifically to make your brain short-circuit!

The infamous "plane on a treadmill" thought experiment has sparked more internet fights than pineapple on pizza! Here's the physics breakdown: planes don't push against the ground—they push against the air . The engines generate thrust through the air, not by spinning the wheels. So even if the treadmill perfectly cancels the wheel rotation, the plane would still move forward relative to the air and generate lift. The wheels would just spin twice as fast while the plane smugly takes off anyway. It's like trying to stop someone on roller skates by moving the floor—they're still gonna glide forward if they're pushing against something else. The middle image showing a plane taking off from a moving truck actually demonstrates this principle perfectly. Physics: 1, Intuition: 0.