Social Sciences of Engineering

The empirical study of engineering as a social activity—how engineers work, how design happens, how values shape technology, how engineering communities function. Social Sciences of Engineering examines engineering education, professional norms, design practices, and the social impacts of engineering decisions. It reveals that engineering isn't just technical problem-solving—it's social practice with social consequences.

"Engineering is just applied science, they say. Social sciences of engineering asks: then why do engineers rely so much on tacit knowledge? Why do designs reflect cultural values? Why do some technologies fail socially even when they work technically? Engineering is human, and social science shows how."

by Dumu The Void March 2, 2026

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Critical Theory of Engineering

The application of Critical Theory to engineering practice—examining how engineering is shaped by social forces, how it embeds values and power relations, and how it might serve liberation rather than domination. Critical Theory of Engineering asks: Who benefits from engineering projects? Whose needs are prioritized? How do engineering designs reflect and reinforce social hierarchies? What would engineering look like if it prioritized human flourishing over efficiency, profit, or control? Drawing on critical technology studies, it insists that engineering is never just technical—it's social, political, ethical. Understanding engineering requires understanding the society that shapes it—and imagining engineering otherwise requires imagining society otherwise.

"Engineering is just problem-solving, they say. Critical Theory of Engineering asks: solving whose problems? For whose benefit? The bridge connects some communities while displacing others; the algorithm optimizes for profit while reinforcing bias. Engineering isn't neutral; it's politics made concrete. Critical theory insists on asking: what values are built into the design? Who pays, who benefits, who's harmed? Engineering can serve liberation, but only if engineers ask those questions."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 4, 2026

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Canadian Canasian Happy Ending

When you visit a Rub and Tug or a Happy Ending massage parlor. The lady massaging you must be Asian born in Canada. As she’s giving you your Happy Ending she first pours maple syrup all over you erect Tim Hortons Farmers Bacon Wrap while wearing a Sasquatch mask. At the point of climax she catches all of your missile children in a goalie glove.

Broham last night Nancy gave me a Canadian Canasian Happy Ending but couldn’t find the goalie glove so I rained down missile children all over the place.

by Artie J Saves April 3, 2026

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Canadian Northern Happy Ending

While visiting the far northern areas of Canada you come across the very hard to find Rub and Tug massage parlor. What makes the Northern Rub and Tugs stand out is the process in which the fire off your missile children. They cover your entire body in nothing but rendered whale blubber, paying special attention to your Tim Hortons Farmers Bacon Wrap. If you find the right massage parlor they actually use a fur beaver mitten for added pleasure. While stroking your blubber coated meat missile they help you achieve a perfect launch of your missile children.

Last night Nancy decided to try and give me a Canadian Northern Happy Ending. It didn’t work out very well.

by Artie J Saves April 3, 2026

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The Angry Monty Python Motor Engine Pink Floyd Principle

Chaos Contained = Pressurized Motion

Angry Monty Python Motor Engine Pink Floyd Principle
noun

Pronunciation:
AN-gree MON-tee PY-thon MO-tor EN-jin PINK floyd PRIN-suh-puhl

Definition:

The idea that strong emotions or wild creativity become destructive or useless if immediately acted on or suppressed, but powerful if intentionally contained.

The reason yelling online achieves nothing, while albums, movements, jokes, and laws change the world.

Chaos that learned how to wait.

Synonyms:

“Let the turbine spin”

“Don’t go kinetic yet”

“Sit in it first”

“I was about to rage-post, but then I remembered the Angry Monty Python Motor Engine Pink Floyd Principle and went for a walk instead.”

“That album worked because it followed the Angry Monty Python Motor Engine Pink Floyd Principle—pure emotion, perfectly contained.”

“Bro, you’re violating the Angry Monty Python Motor Engine Pink Floyd Principle. You need a container.”

by NakedEdmund March 26, 2026

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The pilot's pushing enough throttle to suck FOD into the engines!

A term used to describe extremely energetic anal sex, where "the pilot pushing throttle" refers to powerful pelvic thrusts, and "sucking FOD (foreign object debris) into the engines" = the lady's undercarriage having spooge, cum, etc. squirted into it!

Derived from when Donald Trump's wig was blown off his head by a gust of wind and sucked into a jet engine.

Adam: Hey Daniel! Tracy!! Keep the noise down in there!!

Daniel: (provocative tone) oh sorry we didn't DISTURB YOU, did we?!

Adam: Yes you most certainly did! Second time tonight as well. What in the name of Jesus are you doing?!!

Daniel: 5 words : It's. A. Full.. Moon. Tonight.

Tracy: basically, owing to the full moon, the pilot's pushing enough throttle to suck FOD into the engines!

by boeing737229 December 25, 2019

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