Engineering Humor
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An Engineering Humor is a domain-specific humor that incorporates engineering concepts and technical principles to create amusement among technical audiences.
- AKA: Engineer Humor, Technical Engineering Humor, Engineering Comedy.
- Context:
- It can typically employ Technical Puns using engineering terminology.
- It can typically reference Engineering Practices through insider knowledge.
- It can often utilize Engineer Stereotype Jokes about professional traits.
- It can often incorporate Mathematical Precision for comedic contrast.
- It can range from being a Student Engineering Humor to being a Professional Engineering Humor, depending on its expertise level.
- It can range from being a Mechanical Engineering Humor to being a Software Engineering Humor, depending on its engineering discipline.
- It can range from being a Subtle Engineering Humor to being a Obvious Engineering Humor, depending on its accessibility level.
- It can range from being a Self-Deprecating Engineering Humor to being a Celebratory Engineering Humor, depending on its perspective tone.
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- Examples:
- Engineering Wordplays, such as:
- "Why do engineers confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because Oct 31 = Dec 25."
- "There are 10 types of people: those who understand binary and those who don't."
- Engineering Stereotype Humors, such as:
- Engineering Memes, such as:
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- Engineering Wordplays, such as:
- Counter-Examples:
- General Humor, which lacks technical specificity.
- Medical Humor, which targets healthcare professionals.
- Legal Humor, which focuses on law practice.
- See: Professional Humor, Technical Pun, Engineer Stereotype Joke, Workplace Engineering Meme, Professional Worker, Software Development Professional, Principal Machine Learning (ML) Engineer, Service Reliability Engineer (SRE), Humor.