Manually Writing Data to a Hard Drive

Text on the meme

manually writing data

What it means

A hand uses a tiny tool to scratch lines onto the spinning platter of an opened hard disk drive, humorously portraying the phrase “manually writing data” literally. The ongoing motion and accompanying music turn a technical computer task into absurd physical labor, making it a reaction meme for slow, primitive, or desperate data storage. EN: A hand uses a tiny tool to scratch lines onto the spinning platter of an opened hard disk drive, humorously portraying the phrase “manually writing data” literally. The ongoing motion and accompanying music turn a technical computer task into absurd physical labor, making it a reaction meme for slow, primitive, or desperate data storage.

Sound

music / музыка

Objects

hard disk drive / жёсткий диск spinning platter / вращающаяся пластина read-write head / магнитная головка hand / рука fingers / пальцы small tool / маленький инструмент scratches / царапины metal casing / металлический корпус screws / винты computer hardware / компьютерное оборудование