Stem Memes

The academic food chain in its natural habitat. Most majors see engineers as sophisticated professionals in lab coats making precise calculations. Meanwhile, math and physics majors know the truth - it's just Patrick Star with a hammer, blindly bashing away at problems until something works. Nothing captures the engineering methodology quite like "if I hit it hard enough, the numbers will eventually align." Pure mathematicians still haven't forgiven engineers for what they did to the Dirac delta function.

That moment when calculus suddenly involves 17 Greek letters you've never seen before and your professor casually mentions "this is the easy part." The shell-shocked turtle face is engineering freshmen realizing those memes about all-nighters, caffeine addiction, and crying in the library weren't just internet humor—they were prophecies. Welcome to the next four years where your social life becomes as theoretical as the perfect frictionless surface!

The eternal engineering hierarchy debate in one Family Guy format! The top panel shows Meg (labeled "PROMPT ENGINEERS") having an existential crisis while screaming "ALL OF YOU THINK YOU ARE BETTER THAN ME!" Meanwhile, the bottom panel shows Peter, Lois, and Chris dressed formally as "ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS," "MECHANICAL ENGINEERS," and "CHEMICAL ENGINEERS" respectively, sitting smugly in silent judgment. This perfectly captures the engineering discipline pecking order where traditional engineering fields look down on newer digital-era specialties. Prompt engineering—the art of crafting inputs for AI systems—is the new kid on the block getting the classic Meg Griffin treatment. The traditional engineers don't even need to verbally respond; their silence and fancy outfits say everything about the perceived legitimacy hierarchy!