shah269 0 #1 October 31, 2011 Maybe it's just me....and it could JUST BE ME but WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ENGINEERS! I mean SERIOUSLY are most of them suffering from some mild form of Autism perhaps Asperger syndrome? I was on a trip last week in a car with three engineers, 4.5 hours each way.....do you know how hard it was to get any of them to say a word! EVEN ABOUT THEIR WORK! "So Joe, you play hockey? No kidding sounds like fun! How long have you played?" Joe, 25 year old engineer "A few years" "I'm guessing you must like it, so you play after work or before..." Joe, looking out the window "depends" Not much luck with the other two, I gave up, like I usually do when I'm on travel with engineers and do my own thing to keep my sanity. My younger brother, typical engineer and is one. I got divorced, you know he never called to tell me "Dude that sucks life will be ok!" or "I'm sorry to hear that." 4 months later sends me an email about "challenging times and that there is always a solution to life's problems." WTF! And here is another one from the kid, I just got a new car. Got a nice deal on it and it was time (just found out my old car was slowly developing a head gasket issue which would have cost me an arm and a leg). He's got a 3 series (life for him in upstate NY is cheap) I got a nice second hand 1 series three days before a major snow storm. Sunday, no power for two days and the kid texts me, "pics of the car?" I'm thinking is this kid for real? So I shot him back a text saying "Nice car, not the best in the snow, power has been out for two days now." I was expecting, "Dude that sucks" or "Shucks, wish you lived closer you could come crash with me." Nope I got a typical engineering response. "Yeah early snow fall will do that, that's why I put on my snow tires last week." Asperger syndrome....like Autism boils down to one thing....the person in question is incapable of feeling or reading others emotional state. A total lack of empathy or emotional intelligence! No wonder girls cringe when I tell them I'm an engineer. I mean who wants to date any of the above piles of MUSH! Rant over. Lunch is over. Back to work. Quote Asperger syndrome is named after the Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger who, in 1944, studied and described children in his practice who lacked nonverbal communication skills, demonstrated limited empathy with their peersLife through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OlympiaStoica 0 #2 October 31, 2011 This is when I wish there was an "Unsubscribe" button available ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #3 October 31, 2011 Quote This is when I wish there was an "Unsubscribe" button available ... Simple solution. Ignore all Shah threads. And yes, that is an engineering response. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shah269 0 #4 October 31, 2011 Quote This is when I wish there was an "Unsubscribe" button available ... Did I hit a raw nerve? SOME Engineering chicks are the worst a this, not only do they lack the ability to deal with human emotions but they have a superiority complex going as well...due to the 52 dues to 2 chicks in any given engineering office. But I could care less about them, most are not my type....they are on a seefood diet. But my brother...I mean....man that kind of hurt....bro...WTF! I got more from some of you guys than I did from him. And that bothers me....Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #5 October 31, 2011 Maybe the guys on the trip were interesting talkative people who just thought you were a dick. Did you ever think of that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #6 October 31, 2011 Engineer syndrome: The males sound like a bunch of manstruating women. And the women are like guys. No wonder nothing lasts like it used to. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,088 #7 October 31, 2011 >Maybe it's just me....and it could JUST BE ME but WHAT THE HELL IS >WRONG WITH ENGINEERS! Sounds like the one issue common to all your relationship issues (and you do seem to have a lot of them) is you. >Joe, looking out the window "depends" Joe's thinking "I wish this guy would stop talking. If he keeps talking he's going to start on his 'all engineers are autistic' and 'engineering women are all cows' thing and I just might have to open the door and jump. Please please PLEASE stop talking." But he's probably too nice to say that. >Asperger syndrome....like Autism boils down to one thing....the person >in question is incapable of feeling or reading others emotional state. Can you imagine that? Someone incapable of reading your emotional state from a 16 word text message? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shah269 0 #8 October 31, 2011 That was after an hour of quiet in the car.... 4 people one car...4.5 hour long trip....and well I was the first to say something to start off.... I even tried the "So where did you go to school" and nothing..... Like talking to bricks! I gave up after 15 min and just drove and didn't say shit on the way back home. Why try to be civil. Hell it was a quiet ride so I got time to think and wonder about life since none of the engineers said a word to each other. As for my little brother....I give up on the kid. Like I said I got more "Are you ok" texts from some of you guys and gals than I got from my brother after telling him I didn't have power for two days. And the same with respect to when I got divorced. As for the engineering girls? Well the new car is a two door, very nice car gorgeous white, sounds.....oh the sound.... "Where are you going to put the baby seat?" aaahh what? "Oh that can't get good MPG." Hu? Personal favorite "Why didn't you get a 5 series?" My neighbor Jean who is not an engineer, "Shah great car, love the color, love the sound, good to see you smile." One of the guys Bill "Wow nice! Love how they ran the line on that. And the sound....very sexy!" Ever wonder why cars look like shit and sound like pregnant cows walking up a steep hill...and well drive as if you were sitting on one walking up a steep hill....I give you your problem...the car was designed by a few questionable engineers. Nice guys, don’t get me wrong, very nice guys and gals but.....they sure are a little "touched".Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krip 2 #9 October 31, 2011 Quote Quote This is when I wish there was an "Unsubscribe" button available ... Simple solution. Ignore all Shah threads. And yes, that is an engineering response. +2 Any yes that is a retired engr response, Shah stop posting from your federal Job on my $$$$!!!!!! The feds used to have a waste frud and abuse hot line. Your leaving a cyber trail 3 yr's long.One Jump Wonder Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arvoitus 1 #10 October 31, 2011 Never seen the point of small talk. Enough ADHD people on this planet whom seem unable to breathe without talking. You seem to be one of them.Your rights end where my feelings begin. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sacex250 0 #11 October 31, 2011 I now have a mental picture of what Shah looks like, Steve Buscemi from the movie Fargo. I'm thinking three engineers should be able to operate a wood chipper.It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoogeyMan 0 #12 October 31, 2011 Dood...... Count yer blessings. It could have been 5 hours with 3 lawyers and two congress-persons Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cartoon_anvil 0 #13 October 31, 2011 This reminds me of an interview I recently saw with Temple Grandin. She quite autistic, as in, she didn't start to talk until she was five, and all the doctors thought she would have to be institutionalized her whole life. As it would turn out, she ended up earning a PhD in psychology, and provides us with invaluable insight into the inner experiences of moderate to severely autistic people. At any rate, when asked if, hypothetically, there were one day a pill that could cure autism, whether she would take it, she replied thusly: (paraphrased) "Autism isn't something where you either have it or you don't. Most of the people that we consider to be technical probably experience it to some degree, they're interested in things more than people. The world is better because they exist. I don't know who which caveman invented the first stone spear, but I can tell you it wasn't one of the yakity-yaks around the campfire." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,114 #14 October 31, 2011 Quote Maybe the guys on the trip were interesting talkative people who just thought you were a dick. Did you ever think of that? +1... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lowapproach 0 #15 November 1, 2011 Quote Maybe the guys on the trip were interesting talkative people who just thought you were a dick. Did you ever think of that? Came here for this... leaving happy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nanook 1 #16 November 1, 2011 Quote Personal favorite "Why didn't you get a 5 series?" Why didn't you get the M series?_____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #17 November 1, 2011 Quote I was expecting, Stop doing things with an expectation of a return, life will get less frustrating. As to Autism and Asperger (which i may know a little about). Have you ever considered that your dogmatic approach to your world and the way you REPEATEDLY drone on about it, might be considered "neuro- atypical"You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #18 November 1, 2011 Quote Maybe it's just me....and it could JUST BE ME but WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ENGINEERS!............. Cut 'em some slack. Maybe it's just too difficult to carry on a conversation over all the noise the train is making. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Belgian_Draft 0 #19 November 1, 2011 Your problem is either A: You're a dick or B: The engineers you hang with are not normal engineers. The only problem I have with the engineers I hang with is getting them to STFU.HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shell666 0 #20 November 1, 2011 Quote Maybe it's just me....and it could JUST BE ME but WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ENGINEERS! It's you. Glad we could help. Now move along. There's nothing to see here.'Shell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #21 November 1, 2011 Quote Quote Maybe it's just me....and it could JUST BE ME but WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ENGINEERS! It's you. Glad we could help. Now move along. There's nothing to see here. +1 "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #22 November 1, 2011 Hell, Shah, my dad and all his buddies were aerospace engineers, great bunch of guys. When I was a kid our families would all go skiing, camping, whatever together. Those old guys were a lot of fun where ever we went. Now my brother-in-law, very successful in computer programming, says an extroverted programmer is one that will stare at your feet while he's talking to you. To everyone else in this thread: Sorry, I just didn't feel like beating up on Shah tonight. Maybe tomorrow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #23 November 1, 2011 Quote WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ENGINEERS! What indeed? Quote "So Joe, you play hockey? No kidding sounds like fun! How long have you played?" Joe, 25 year old engineer "A few years" "I'm guessing you must like it, so you play after work or before..." Joe, looking out the window "depends" then . . . Quote Asperger syndrome....like Autism boils down to one thing....the person in question is incapable of feeling or reading others emotional state. Uh . . . yeah . . . about that . . . You asked him about something he probably should have been interested in talking about. He gave you a short answer. You tried to engage him again. He stared out the window and gave you a clipped answer. Quote Asperger syndrome....like Autism boils down to one thing....the person in question is incapable of feeling or reading others emotional state. Uh . . . looked in a mirror lately?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel99 584 #24 November 1, 2011 Quote Quote This is when I wish there was an "Unsubscribe" button available ... Simple solution. Ignore all Shah threads. And yes, that is an engineering response. You think that's what the blokes in the car were doing?Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #25 November 1, 2011 Well, I got something from this thread because I'd never heard the phrase 'shooting a dead horse' before. Turns out it does exist, although 'flogging a dead horse' still makes a lot more sense to me. The saying, that is, not the action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
