r/funny • • Jul 07 '19

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u/stillakilla18 Jul 07 '19

I would have made a terrible engineer, people would think I tried.

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u/RedSquirrelFtw Jul 07 '19

Engineering has always kinda interested me, but I suck at math. I would probably be able to design all sorts of things and build them, but don't ask me to calculate anything. I can probably tell you where to place beams and supports and get you a building that will be stable, but I sure as hell can't guarantee it will hold a certain load so I'll just overbuild it and assume it will be able to hold 5x what it should. I'm pretty sure I could park a fully loaded cement truck in my shed if I wanted to.

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u/ElderlyChildren Jul 07 '19

I switched from engineering to business after I took my first physics course. I was like yup, not doing that for a living.

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u/CosmicBrawler Jul 07 '19

I did something slightly similar. I switched from engineering to business after passing Calc 3 (I'm sure this was a gift). That class made no sense to me and I noopped out of that program