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The Algebra Revenge Tour
Math Academia Science
5 days ago 3.4K views 0 shares
The Algebra Revenge Tour
The eternal math education debate captured in stick figure glory! Former student smugly declares they've forgotten all algebra since graduation, triumphantly proclaiming "no one has needed me to solve for X!" only to have their math teacher deliver the ultimate comeback: "I told you'd never use it... IN YOUR FACE!" The comic brilliantly skewers the "when will I ever use this?" crowd while pointing out the bizarre contradiction: people proudly boast about forgetting math but would never brag about not learning music, cooking, or languages. It's the perfect encapsulation of math anxiety disguised as practical thinking! Next time someone says "I haven't used algebra since high school," just smile knowingly. They're using algebraic thinking constantly—they just don't realize it's hiding in everything from cooking ratios to budgeting to programming their thermostat!

When Your Degree Meets Workplace Reality
Academia
1 month ago 4.5K views 0 shares
When Your Degree Meets Workplace Reality
Four years of cramming theoretical knowledge just to have your boss say "forget all that fancy stuff!" The infamous gap between academic learning and workplace reality hits hard! Your textbooks taught you advanced formulas and complex theories, but your job needs you to follow the company template from 2003. That degree hanging on your wall is silently judging you as you copy-paste from last year's spreadsheet. Education vs. reality: the eternal workplace comedy!

Four Paws Of Conductive Genius
Engineering Tech
1 month ago 4.4K views 0 shares
Four Paws Of Conductive Genius
Behold the magnificent "circuit dog" - creating a perfect electrical connection between soda cans and social media platforms! This is basically what happens when you learn just enough in class to be dangerous but not enough to be useful. The dog standing on cans represents that moment when you're asked to demonstrate your technical skills and you cobble together something that technically works but violates every safety protocol in existence. Every engineering student has that "I have no idea what I'm doing but it's conducting electricity" phase. The real miracle here is that the dog hasn't been electrocuted yet - which is probably the most accurate representation of engineering work I've seen.

The Great Engineering Downgrade
Engineering Tech Science Math
1 month ago 4.8K views 0 shares
The Great Engineering Downgrade
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!

He's Just A Friend (With Better Welding Skills)
Engineering Materials
1 month ago 9.0K views 0 shares
He's Just A Friend (With Better Welding Skills)
When your welding job looks like it was done by a toddler with a hot glue gun versus the precision of a master craftsman. This is the engineering equivalent of "don't worry, my ex is totally ugly" and then finding out they look like a supermodel. That top weld isn't just bad—it's the kind of catastrophic failure that keeps structural engineers up at night. Meanwhile, the bottom weld is so perfect it belongs in a metallurgy textbook. Nothing says "trust issues" quite like comparing your janky repair work to someone who clearly knows what they're doing with a TIG welder.

The Fish Out Of Water Effect
Engineering Academia Tech
2 months ago 9.4K views 0 shares
The Fish Out Of Water Effect
The perfect visual representation of career evolution! An engineer in a scuba suit walking in a desert - because getting an MBA after engineering is like bringing underwater expertise to a completely dry environment. Your technical skills suddenly feel as useful as flippers on sand. Engineers design solutions for specific problems; MBAs navigate corporate landscapes where the only equation that matters is profit. It's that awkward moment when you realize your ability to calculate fluid dynamics won't help you network at a business cocktail party!

Years Of Engineering Training Wasted!
Engineering Tech Academia
3 months ago 7.1K views 0 shares
Years Of Engineering Training Wasted!
Engineers spending years mastering thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and structural analysis only to be asked "Hey, can you update this Excel sheet?" is the ultimate career plot twist! That face is every engineer who dreamed of building rockets or bridges but is now formatting cells and making pivot tables. The engineering degree on the wall silently judges as you become the world's most overqualified data entry specialist. Engineers didn't sign up for this spreadsheet purgatory—they signed up to change the world with ACTUAL engineering!