Kill Process or Sacrifice Child

Text on the meme

!!! THE BELOW MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED ON SOMEONE’S TV. CODE WAS DISPLAYED, MIXED WITH THE WORDS “KILL PROCESS OR SACRIFICE CHILD” !!! !! ARE YOU ALL SEEING THIS !! Konroc Electronics, Inc. TAD System TAD-08: CatOS release 6.9 (Final) Kernel: 2.6.32-696.30.1.el6.i686 on an i686 Out of memory: Kill process 12850 (java) score 061 or sacrifice child Killed process 20778 (UID 0, video) total-vm:10419032kB, anon-rss:720092kB, file-rss:100kB

What it means

A screenshot of a tweet shows a dramatic warning claiming that someone’s television displayed a technical out-of-memory message mixed with the words “KILL PROCESS OR SACRIFICE CHILD.” The joke is the absurd and horrifying reinterpretation of a computer error as a forced sacrifice, used as a reaction to bizarre or unsettling technology glitches. EN: A screenshot of a tweet shows a dramatic warning claiming that someone’s television displayed a technical out-of-memory message mixed with the words “KILL PROCESS OR SACRIFICE CHILD.” The joke is the absurd and horrifying reinterpretation of a computer error as a forced sacrifice, used as a reaction to bizarre or unsettling technology glitches.

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tweet screenshot / скриншот твита black background / чёрный фон red exclamation marks / красные восклицательные знаки white text / белый текст embedded television screen / экран телевизора terminal window / окно терминала computer code / компьютерный код monospaced text / моноширинный текст out-of-memory error / ошибка нехватки памяти blurred room / размытая комната profile photo / фотография профиля