Explanation Memes

Someone on Reddit asked if it's possible to be super smart but terrible at explaining things, and the top comment is just *chef's kiss*: "Have you met engineers?" Engineers can design bridges that defy gravity, write code that runs the world, and calculate stress loads in their sleep—but ask them to explain what they do at a dinner party and suddenly it's like watching someone try to teach calculus to a golden retriever. They'll use seventeen acronyms, reference obscure technical specs, and somehow make their job sound both incredibly boring AND incomprehensible at the same time. It's not that they're bad communicators—they're just optimized for precision over clarity. They're speaking in technical specifications while everyone else is looking for the ELI5 version. Classic engineer move: solving complex problems brilliantly, explaining them... not so much.