What a PC Does When Powered On

Text on the meme

"hey dr. kleiner, what does a pc do when you press its power button?"

What it means

A surreal video asks Dr. Kleiner what a PC does when its power button is pressed. It cuts through ominous machinery, a towering structure, a faceless figure walking away into darkness, and finally Dr. Kleiner’s brightly lit face; the punchline is that the computer dramatically “starts,” parodying the phrase and Half-Life-style cinematic intensity. LINKIN PARK’s “In the End” adds melodramatic rock energy, making the mundane act of turning on a computer feel absurdly epic.

Speech

It starts

Sound

♪ LINKIN PARK — In the End

music / музыка

Who

Dr. Isaac Kleiner (Доктор Айзек Кляйнер) — Half-Life 2

Objects

text caption / текстовая подпись glowing red core / светящееся красное ядро mechanical machinery / механизмы towering structure / высокая конструкция smoke-filled sky / небо, заполненное дымом orange sunset / оранжевый закат faceless humanoid figure / безликая гуманоидная фигура dark corridor / тёмный коридор doorway / дверной проём glasses / очки white lab coat / белый лабораторный халат computer power button / кнопка питания компьютера