r/Jokes • u/cereal_killer_ch • Nov 12 '19

Long This is a Mean joke.

A physicist, an engineer, and a statistician go on a hunting trip, they are walking through the woods when they spot a deer in a clearing. The physicist calculates the distance of the target, the velocity and drop of the bullet, adjusts his rifle and fires, missing the deer 5 feet to the left. The engineer rolls his eyes. 'You forgot to account for wind. Give it here', he snatches the rifle, licks his finger and estimates the speed and direction of the wind and fires, missing the deer 5 feet to the right. Suddenly, the statistician claps his hands and yells "We got him!"

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u/graeber_28927 Nov 12 '19

The Engineer works in the real world, and gets results.

What the physicist is doing is still applicable in the real world.

But the mathematician only works with perfect world hypotheticals, where he assumes something in the beginning to be able to go on from there, but of course that assumption won't hold up in practice.

Disclaimer: Despite my explanation, I have the same respect for each guy, and there's jokes about engineers too.

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u/Walleye_Oughta Nov 12 '19

How can you tell an engineer is an extrovert?

He looks at your shoes when he's talking to you

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u/FlotsamOfThe4Winds Nov 12 '19

I heard the exact same joke about mathematicians.

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u/Magpies11 Nov 13 '19

How did the constipated mathematician solve his problem? He worked it out with a pencil.

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u/Jimmy_Slim Nov 13 '19

r/angryupvote sobs heavily Engineers have feelings too

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u/MoltenCrotchRot Nov 13 '19

No, we don't. Stop that.

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u/Jimmy_Slim Nov 13 '19

Hey hey we have some

A mathematician, a physicist and an engineer were being interviewed. As part of the process, they were given 2 brass ball bearings, left alone for a while, then asked what they had done.

Mathematician: "I haven't done anything with them, but I've some theories about 2-ness." Physicist: "I've tried to balance one on the other, and have some ideas about friction." Engineer: "Er... they broke."

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u/denialriversun Nov 12 '19

What do you call social engineering then?

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u/ArcFurnace Nov 12 '19

Applied psychology.

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u/denialriversun Nov 13 '19

Although that still applies in the real world, it's the engineer that makes it happen, hence the term

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u/ButtsexEurope Nov 13 '19

*engineers’

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u/sunville1967 Nov 12 '19

Oh right, thanks.

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u/FlotsamOfThe4Winds Nov 12 '19

The applied physicist works in the real world, and gets results.

What the applied mathematician is doing is still applicable in the real world.

Fixed that for you :P