I still don't understand this. But I'm not upset about that fact.
this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2026
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The hydraulic analogy is better (accuracy-wise)
Hey, how did you know?
Damn I’d gotten a A+ or F+ if I was Electrical Engineering courses. Sex not only sells but also educates at a decent amount of topics.
I learned trig from a pornstar sitting on a stool with nothing but flash cards and socks on. Yes her clothes were flash cards yes it was a game, yes I was horny enough to ace my trig exams. No I don’t remember the name of the game, I’m sorry.
try to remember the sauce for your trig comrades
Dear artists stop creating things that make me want to furiously masturbate
Is this a gas leak year meme? ew
I'm sure a lot of semiconductors can be explained via "Help, step bro, I am stuck!"
Help me step-volt, I’m stuck!
What are you doing volt-san!?
Instructions unclear. Currently waiting in ER with a lightbulb up my ass and it's not lighting up!
Uncle Fester!!!
Now I want to see them explaining the fractional hall effect
Spoiler
I have no idea how much of this information is slop. I think it's funny that ChatGPT made a decent attempt at this.
You can downvote if you want, meatbags, but I think it's funny.
Also, it wouldn't let me make them scantily clad.
I mean it's not the explanation - I would've expected girls to resemble Laughlin's wavefunction - but still it's cool! It got the Wikipedia page right
Ph , ampere waifu, let minute me be your voltage simp!
i am more confused
How so?
Oi! How did you manage to steal this fine artwork from Michael Faraday's secret lab books? They're kept under lock and key at the Royal ~~Society~~ Institution!!
Edit: correction.
*Royal Institution
Faraday's lab was at the RI.
I still don't understand, but now I'm a lot more interested in learning.
It helps to think of it in terms of water flow. Resistance is the size of the pipe, volts is the water pressure, and amps is the flow rate.
Although resistance is an inverse relationship to pipe size (the higer the resistance, the smaller the pipe).
This image is replacing the water analogy with anime women.
Your way made way more sense
After all this time, i finally understand
"It's not the volts that kill you, it's the amps." Has got to be my most hated slogan
That is more confusing for me.
I'll stick to the river analogy
Oh, now I (unironically) get it...
The message is lost on me
Volts give the push. Amps are the actual flow (charge per second). Ohms try to prevent the amps from flowing (technically restricting the charges from flowing).
Oh... She's pushing her. It makes more sense now.
The explanation makes a lot more sense if you already understand what is being explained
...if you already have some understanding of what is being explained. This did clarify it a bit more to me!
Oh I understand Ohm's law, I just throught the picture was yellow fisting green while the resistor (2.1 kΩ?) held her in place.
Don't you fist people when you try to get them moving?
Ohms try to prevent the amps from flowing
Why is Ohms such a bitch? Let her flow.
Cause Amps can be a serious bitch when she really gets going, you've got to keep her in check.
She gets too hot, melts stuff, starts fires
College girlfriend flashbacks.
So should I just tie a rope to my wife? For when she really gets going?
Was that the plot of Black Snake Moan?
I thought Ohm was tightening the waist, like a corset, so Amp could get through. But, maybe I was distracted.