The Four Horsemen Of Engineering Meme Culture

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The Four Horsemen Of Engineering Meme Culture

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Behold the sacred scripture of engineering humor! These four panels capture the essence of every engineer's brain perfectly:

Panel 1: The eternal Pi debate! Engineers everywhere oscillating between "3.14 is fine" and "I need 42 decimal places or the bridge collapses!" There's always that one person who insists π=3 is good enough while their colleagues have existential crises.

Panel 2: Factor of safety = 10? *Nervous engineer laughter* Nothing says "I have absolutely no idea what's going to happen but I refuse to admit it" like slapping a ridiculous safety factor on your design. The bigger the number, the bigger the "I don't want to be responsible when this fails" energy!

Panel 3: Running completely unnecessary fluid dynamics simulations on random objects because... why not make a technicolor duck? The simulation isn't helping anyone, but it makes pretty colors and impressive screenshots for presentations!

Panel 4: The ultimate engineering showdown that nobody outside the field understands or cares about! Square airplane windows vs. one fatigue-y boi - a debate so niche it makes normal people's eyes glaze over while engineers foam at the mouth with excitement.

Engineering humor: where the jokes are as specialized as the degrees!

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