Overheating Memes

The desktop of every engineering student who claims they're "just running a simple simulation." Meanwhile, their poor laptop is on the verge of nuclear meltdown with ten different CAD programs open simultaneously. The blank, dead-eyed stare perfectly captures that moment when you've accepted your computer's imminent demise but need to finish that FEA analysis before the deadline. Engineers don't fear death—they fear SOLIDWORKS crashing before they've saved their work.

The eternal struggle of engineering life! On the left, we have the desperate CAD engineer whose computer is about to melt into oblivion after attempting to render a complex Solidworks assembly over a VPN connection. The thermal throttling has begun, and somewhere in that poor machine, tiny silicon atoms are screaming for mercy. Meanwhile, the smug face on the right represents all of us who've watched a coworker's workstation transform into a makeshift jet engine during compilation. The laws of thermodynamics wait for no engineer—when you're processing millions of polygons, that heat has to go somewhere , and your CPU fans are desperately trying to break the sound barrier in response. Next time your IT department asks why you need that $5000 workstation upgrade, just show them this meme and the burn marks on your desk.