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One Sixth Of Resistance Is Futile
Physics Engineering Tech
17 days ago 3.8K views 0 shares
One Sixth Of Resistance Is Futile
This is what happens when electrical engineers watch too much Star Trek. The meme brilliantly combines the Borg catchphrase "resistance is futile" with an actual electrical engineering joke. Those little striped components are resistors, and there are exactly 6 of them forming a cube. So one-sixth of the resistance... get it? Engineers spent 4 years in college just to make jokes this bad. Meanwhile, the Borg cube in the background reminds us that technology will eventually assimilate us all—probably while we're busy making terrible puns instead of preparing for the robot apocalypse.

The Incandescent Truth
Physics Engineering Tech Materials
23 days ago 3.8K views 0 shares
The Incandescent Truth
That moment when someone tries to impress you with their "advanced" lighting knowledge. Incandescent bulbs are literally just resistors that got so frustrated with electrical current that they started glowing out of spite. Edison didn't invent the light bulb; he discovered angry electrons. Next they'll tell me about this revolutionary new technology called "fire."

Literally How Electricity Works
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29 days ago 4.6K views 0 shares
Literally How Electricity Works
The most scientifically accurate depiction of electricity I've ever seen! A tiny purple dude getting absolutely YEETED through spaghetti while holding resistors, with another little guy chasing him with an LED. That 5V label is just *chef's kiss*. What they don't teach you in physics class: electrons are actually microscopic purple people desperately trying to escape pasta while carrying components. No wonder my circuits never work—the little guys are probably getting distracted by carbs!

Prove Yourself, Human
Engineering Tech
1 month ago 3.8K views 0 shares
Prove Yourself, Human
The ultimate gatekeeping for electrical engineers! While the rest of humanity struggles with "select all crosswalks" CAPTCHAs, engineers get hit with "find the 220Ω resistors on this circuit board." Good luck identifying those color-banded little cylinders among the chaos of components. Nothing says "I'm not a robot" like being able to spot resistors by their red-red-brown stripes. Next challenge: debug this entire board using only your eyeballs and sheer willpower.

The Birds And Bees Of Computer Hardware
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1 month ago 4.0K views 0 shares
The Birds And Bees Of Computer Hardware
This meme brilliantly depicts electronic components in a rather... reproductive light. The integrated circuit (the black chip) is surrounded by resistors with their metal leads twisted to look like swimming sperm. It's a hilarious take on "how computers are made" - mimicking biological reproduction but with electronic components! The resistors (with their color-coded bands) are "swimming" toward the IC chip as if it were an egg waiting to be fertilized. Next time your computer freezes, just remember - it's probably having an existential crisis about its conception. 💻🧬

Behold The Resistor Tesseract
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2 months ago 8.8K views 0 shares
Behold The Resistor Tesseract
The unholy union of electrical engineering and four-dimensional geometry. A tesseract (4D cube) constructed entirely of resistors is what happens when engineers have too much free time and not enough supervision. Somewhere, an electrical engineering professor is having heart palpitations while a mathematician is quietly nodding in approval. The resistance is futile... and also in the fourth dimension.

Don't Even Dare Question The Elevated One
Physics Engineering
3 months ago 8.2K views 0 shares
Don't Even Dare Question The Elevated One
The existential crisis of circuit components is something they don't teach in Electrical Engineering 101. In series circuits, voltage drops across each resistor proportionally to resistance, meaning the first resistor hogs all the glory (and potential difference) while the second one gets the electrical equivalent of table scraps. The first resistor—sitting there like some mystical oracle on a pedestal—demands reverence without explanation, while the second is left wondering where its electrical dignity went. It's basically the academic hierarchy of electronics: full professors vs. adjuncts fighting for parking spaces.

What Now: When Theoretical Physics Meets Electronic Reality
Physics Engineering Science
3 months ago 8.2K views 0 shares
What Now: When Theoretical Physics Meets Electronic Reality
That crushing moment when theoretical meets practical! Physicists venturing into electronics often design circuits with precise resistance values from their equations, only to discover the cruel reality of standardized resistor values. No, you can't just waltz into a store and ask for a 6.18457216 ohm resistor! The electronics world operates on the E-series system with standardized values (like 4.7Ω, 5.6Ω, 6.8Ω). The bewildered expression perfectly captures that "my beautiful equation is ruined" realization when theory collides with what's actually available on the shelf. Time to learn about resistors in parallel and series, my friend!

The Electronic Birds And Bees
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3 months ago 9.2K views 0 shares
The Electronic Birds And Bees
The birds and bees talk nobody prepared you for! That integrated circuit is getting absolutely swarmed by resistor "sperm" racing to fertilize it. Silicon-based reproduction at its finest! The transistor chip sitting there like "I'm just trying to regulate current, not start a family." Next thing you know, your motherboard is expecting little Arduino babies. And this, friends, is why your computer sometimes behaves like it inherited daddy resistor's stubborn resistance to following instructions.

True Galaxy Brain Circuit Design
Engineering Physics Tech
3 months ago 9.8K views 0 shares
True Galaxy Brain Circuit Design
Only electrical engineers experience this level of enlightenment. A single 1k Ohm resistor? Boring, basic, puts you right to sleep. Two 500 Ohm resistors in series? Now you're paying attention - it's still 1k total, but with twice the components and twice the soldering. Pure madness! But the REAL transcendence? Two 2k Ohm resistors in parallel. That's when your third eye opens. The resistance drops to 1k Ohm through the magic of 1/R = 1/R₁ + 1/R₂. It's the same end result with extra steps AND a completely different circuit configuration. If that doesn't make you feel like you've broken the matrix, nothing will. This is peak circuit design philosophy - there are multiple paths to the same resistance, but only one will make you look like you're having a cosmic revelation during your lab practical.