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Anon is an engineer (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They might not be American - I don't think anywhere else does the iron ring thing....

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The what ?

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

North American engineers sometimes wear an Iron Ring, apparently.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hope they all take it off before doing anything power tool related or near any machinery that could catch it..

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago

As originally conceived, the engineer's iron ring rubs against the drawings and paper upon which the Engineer writes and even in modern times, serves as a reminder when working on a computer.

Think it's intended more for the design engineer than the construction engineer.

But that said you can get some decent silicone rings that won't de-glove you if they get caught these days.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

A myth persists that the initial batch of Iron Rings was made from the beams of the first Quebec Bridge, a bridge that collapsed during construction in 1907 due to poor planning and design by the overseeing engineers.

How can you do that to my, Wikipedia? I never believed in Santa, but I believed in the tragic origin of the ring.

[–] KittyCat@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I don't think its common anymore, I didn't even see anything about this in undergrad or grad school.

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, in America, at the end of engineering school, all the students are gathered into the Iron Ring and they fistfight to see who actually gets a degree. Top 30% or so win. That's why I didn't go to engineering school, I didn't have enough time for gainz

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

That's 100% fake, you're busted

In america it would be a gunfight not a fistfight