When Electrical Engineers Meet And Start Throwing Gang Signs

Boolean logic, but make it spooky. The creator has brilliantly illustrated logic gates using jack-o'-lantern Venn diagrams. The OR gate shows features in either circle, AND shows only what's in the overlap, XOR displays what's in either but not both, NOR shows nothing at all, NAND displays everything except the overlap, and XNOR shows only what's identical in both circles. Computer scientists don't get invited to many Halloween parties, and now we know why they spend their time making pumpkin logic diagrams instead.

The engineering devolution is real! In 1969, engineers were calculating rocket trajectories to the moon using nothing but slide rules—actual analog computing devices requiring genuine mathematical skill. Meanwhile, modern engineers are double-checking that 2+2=4 on their fancy calculators during exams. This hits different when you realize the Apollo guidance computer had less processing power than a modern kitchen toaster. Those NASA nerds were doing orbital mechanics BY HAND with logarithmic scales while we're out here with supercomputers in our pockets getting basic arithmetic wrong. The slide rule engineer's confidence vs. the calculator-dependent engineer's uncertainty is the perfect metaphor for how technology sometimes makes us dumber even as it gets smarter. The ultimate "we don't make 'em like we used to" of STEM fields!

Ever wonder why car companies don't hire skeleton engineers? Because their designs are dead on arrival ! This X-ray view of a car with a skeleton driver is exactly what happens when you submit your revolutionary vehicle design to Big Auto. "But sir, where do the living passengers go?" "That's the neat part—they don't!" Automotive engineers spend years calculating crash safety, aerodynamics, and fuel efficiency only to reject my brilliant concept of "just the bare bones" transportation. Sure, it might lack "essential features" like flesh-covered drivers and "survivability," but think of the weight reduction! My skeleton crew design would absolutely crush fuel economy ratings... just not crash tests.

The eternal battle between old-school materials engineers and modern simulation software is hilariously on display here! This meme satirizes Finite Element Analysis (FEA) - the computational method that breaks down complex structures into tiny triangular elements for stress analysis. Traditional engineers are rebelling against the digital revolution with their battle cry: "Three-point flexural test supremacy!" Meanwhile, software like ANSYS sits there demanding "2.1 million triangles please" as if materials are just geometric puzzles rather than actual substances with real properties. The conspiracy theory vibe - blaming "evil wizards" for mesh analysis - is engineering humor at its finest. It's basically the materials science equivalent of "back in my day, we tested things by actually breaking them, not with your fancy computer simulations!"

Engineering students crying their way through partial differential equations while art majors watch movies? Tale as old as time! The Navier-Stokes equations are basically the mathematical equivalent of trying to describe why water splashes when you drop a rock in it, except it requires several pages of calculus and will probably make you question your life choices. Meanwhile, your friend gets to watch Ryan Gosling dance his way through LA. The universe is clearly playing favorites here. Fun fact: The Navier-Stokes equations are so complex that solving them in 3D space is one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems worth $1 million. So technically, if you ace that final, you might be a millionaire someday!

Engineering students know the truth - intelligence and engineering degree aren't necessarily correlated! The brutal self-awareness hits when you're calculating the load-bearing capacity of a beam at 2AM while simultaneously forgetting how to operate a microwave. The cognitive dissonance between society's perception of engineers as geniuses versus the reality of frantically Googling "how to convert meters to feet" for the fifth time today is the purest form of academic humility. The impostor syndrome is strong with this one!