Cat šŸˆšŸ„— (D.Burch) ā Dec 20, 2024

Understanding Engineer Speak

Event Descriptionsā :

  • High Impedance Air Gap
    ā©µ It wasn't plugged inā šŸ”Œ
  • Kinetic Disassembly
    ā©µ It blew upā šŸ’„
  • Organic Grounding
    ā©µ It electrocuted someoneā āš”
  • Percussive Maintenance
    ā©µ It was hit with a hammerā šŸ”Ø
  • Thermal Reconfiguring
    ā©µ It meltedā šŸ”„
Show threadOwlor Dec 20, 2024
@catsalad my favorite engineerism is prolly "Lithobraking", AKA crashing into the ground which, to be fair, is a very effective means of slowing down your descent.
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@Owlor one of the Mars probes used controlled lithobraking, with airbags so it bounced to a stop
Dec 20, 2024 at 3:45pmWeb