Universal Converter Box

Text on the meme

VGA DVI HDMI THUNDERBOLT FIREWIRE COMPONENT RCA 1/8" AUDIO 1/8" VIDEO PARALLEL PORT S-VIDEO AIRLINE PNEUMATIC TUBE AUDIO PS/2/3/4 120V AC REMOVABLE FLOPPY/IDE/2.5"/SCSI BREAK HERE USB USB (WEIRD OTHER END) MINI-USB MICRO USB MACRO USB F CONNECTOR FIBER RJ11 ETHERNET TOKEN RING MAGSAFE MAGSAFE 2 MAGSAFE 3 MAGSAFE 4 BLUETOOTH DONGLE SCART STRING (FITS MOST CARS) UNIVERSAL CONVERTER BOX 87 91 93 DIESEL

What it means

A hand-drawn box labeled “UNIVERSAL CONVERTER BOX” has an absurd number of cables and connectors attached to it, including computer ports, audio and video cables, legacy interfaces, and a car fuel nozzle. The joke exaggerates the idea of a universal adapter by claiming it can connect literally everything, even gasoline pumps. It is used as an absurd reaction to complicated compatibility problems or an overly ambitious all-in-one solution.

Objects

universal converter box / универсальная коробка-конвертер tangle of cables / спутанные кабели VGA connector / разъём VGA DVI connector / разъём DVI HDMI connector / разъём HDMI USB connector / разъём USB audio cable / аудиокабель video cable / видеокабель RCA plugs / штекеры RCA parallel port / параллельный порт S-Video connector / разъём S-Video Ethernet cable / кабель Ethernet fiber optic cable / оптоволоконный кабель Bluetooth dongle / Bluetooth-адаптер SCART connector / разъём SCART string / верёвка gas pump nozzle / заправочный пистолет fuel grades label / табличка с марками топлива hand-drawn diagram / рисованная схема