The Great Industrial Engineering Defense Battle

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The Great Industrial Engineering Defense Battle

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The eternal battle between Industrial Engineering students and the Reddit hive mind! While you're drowning in optimization algorithms, ergonomics, and supply chain management, some keyboard warrior decides your entire field is just "Imaginary Engineering."

Industrial Engineering is literally the discipline that makes sure your Amazon package arrives on time and your favorite fast food joint has the optimal layout for maximum efficiency. Meanwhile, the same people mocking it are probably wondering why their work-from-home setup gives them crippling back pain. Spoiler: an industrial engineer could fix that!

The Kermit flailing represents that perfect mix of panic and indignation every engineering student feels when their discipline gets dismissed. I'm just saying, without industrial engineers, we'd all be waiting in much longer lines at Disneyland. Think about that next time you want to call something "imaginary."

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