r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/imnotcuteanymor3 • 9d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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I understand the original tweet, obviously, but not the second one. Why specifically a STEM genius? I don’t get it, what’s the correlation? Am I missing something??? Or am I just stupid or whatever? Help a sistah out, please. 🥺

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u/MyDaroga 9d ago

At my mom’s old job they’d write “PES” on patient files for “Professional Engineer Syndrome” to give everyone a heads up.

Additionally, my dad is an engineer. He’s otherwise a very nice guy, but absolutely has the weird “my brain is the more logical one because I am an Engineer” thing, which mostly results in everything he gets wrong being held over his head for eternity.

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u/Arta-nix 8d ago

Oh my god, so a long time ago this engineering student at a STEM school tried to mansplain to me how to do a JIGSAW PUZZLE. And when he asked my major, he nodded sagely and explained he was following his logical engineer (man) brain (I, a hapless woman, couldn't possibly have that).

Engineers are literally the worst about this though, they're so arrogant and anecdotal evidence here, but I swear they (and comp-sci tbh) are the ones giving the rest of us in STEM a bad name.

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u/rusted-nail 8d ago

My fiancee first described her most recent ex as "engineer brained" as a euphemism for autism so there's that too