The Illusion Of Free Choice

The engineering hierarchy wars continue! Yoda's dismissive reaction perfectly captures the aerospace engineering student's horror when hearing such blasphemy. Comparing mechanical to aerospace is like saying a paper airplane is equivalent to a Mars rover. Sure, they share fundamental principles, but one literally has to account for the vacuum of space, hypersonic speeds, and extreme temperature variations. The childlike naivety of thinking these disciplines are equally challenging would make even the wisest Jedi master facepalm. Next thing you'll hear is "rocket science isn't that complicated" from someone who struggled with basic thermodynamics!

Physics students thinking they've outsmarted the universe with their "brilliant" perpetual motion machine, only to get smacked by the laws of thermodynamics. The meme shows the classic "portal perpetual motion" thought experiment where water flows through one portal, falls through another, powers a turbine, and supposedly creates infinite energy. Spoiler alert: The Second Law of Thermodynamics is sitting in the corner, laughing hysterically at your "genius" plan. Energy can't be created or destroyed, but dreams of free electricity certainly can be!

The betrayal runs deep! Physics majors are expected to know that gravity on Earth is approximately 9.8 m/s², not the rounded 10 m/s² that engineers use for simplicity. It's like catching your own apprentice using the dark side of significant figures! The pain of watching someone who should uphold the precise standards of physics succumb to engineering approximations is just too much to bear. Next thing you know, they'll be saying π = 3 and calling it "close enough for practical applications."

The honeymoon phase with SolidWorks is shorter than most engineering relationships. First panel: pure innocence and optimism. "I love this program!" Second panel: blissful ignorance as you start designing. Third panel: the inevitable error messages that multiply faster than rabbits. Fourth panel: pure rage as your unsaved work vanishes into the digital void. This is why mechanical engineers have trust issues and energy drink addictions. The software isn't called "SolidWorks" because it works solidly—it's because it solidifies your decision to question your career choices.

Officer: "Do you know how fast you were going?" Engineer: "Actually, I was traveling at π (3.14159...) mph, which is technically GREATER than the speed limit of 3, but I figured since we're rounding to the nearest integer..." Engineers will literally use mathematical constants to justify breaking traffic laws! The bike speedometer showing π while passing a speed limit 3 sign is peak nerd rebellion. Who needs to break the rules when you can just redefine them with irrational numbers?

The mathematical messiah has arrived! When you're drowning in decimal places and significant figures, salvation comes in the form of convenient approximations. The top panel shows someone utterly defeated by the precise values of mathematical constants (g = 9.80665, π = 3.141592, e = 2.71828), while the bottom panel reveals the engineering angel descending with the sacred knowledge that π ≈ e ≈ √g ≈ 3. This is the difference between pure mathematicians who need 15 decimal places and engineers who just need something that works. Why calculate with precision when you can round everything to the nearest integer and still build a bridge that (probably) won't collapse?