B. Ignore it. C. Buy a CAD system and spend the next six months designing a Solar powered self-adjusting picture frame while often stating aloud your belief that the inventor of the nail was a total moron. Engineers have different objectives when it comes to social interaction. Avoid getting invited to something unpleasant. Demonstrate mental superiority and mastery of all subjects.
Engineers like to solve problems.
If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet. No engineer looks at a television remote control without wondering what it would take to turn it into a stun gun. No engineer can take a shower without wondering if some sort of Teflon coating would make showering unnecessary. Clothes are the lowest priority for an engineer, assuming the basic thresholds for temperature and decency have been satisfied.