we, electrical engineers, sometimes have to explain this to friends and family
this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2025
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- Computer scientists explaining they're not necessarily good with IT
- Electrical engineers explaining they can't necessarily do electrical work
Any others?
I work in I.T. on servers all day. I'm not always the best with endpoints/printers/home computers/etc.
Anyone who works in IT supposedly knows and cares which laptop someone should get. I have no idea. Get a Thinkpad off eBay and install Linux like I do doesn't seem to fly.
cardiologists fixing your broken heart
prostitutes can't legally check your prostate.
And you explain it by shocking them?
only if they didn't get it the first time
A man, obsessed with trains, finally sneaks into the engine one day. He's having the time of his life for a few minutes before he screws up a switch and derails the train, killing dozens of people.
His trial is quick, and he is sentenced to death. The day arrives, and for his last meal he requests a single banana. He eats it, he's strapped into the electric chair, and when they pull the switch... nothing.
They delay the sentence for a day, to examine the chair for defects. They tighten all the connections, check the wires, and test to make sure it's working.
The next day, for his real last meal, he again requests a single banana. He eats, they strap him in and pull the switch. Again, nothing.
They delay one more day to tear the chair down to every component, test everything, reassemble, test again. They're confident that the chair is working properly.
Next day, he asks again for one banana. "Oh no no," the warden says "I didn't know how you're doing it, but you're not getting another banana". They serve him roast beef and potatoes, with apple pie for dessert. They strap him in, pull the switch and... nothing.
The bananas had nothing to do with it, turns out he was just a bad conductor.
I like the artistic touch of badly Photoshopping this person somehow to make all his body parts seem oddly disproportionate.
Looks like an Onion photo.
Seems like the joke would work better inverted?
When people find out I'm not a very good electrician, they're shocked
inverts the image
well now I can't read it >:(
The meme phrasing is simpler.
I would say inverted explains it too much.
This is a little bit too good to qualify as a shitpost.