Scientists Accidentally Trigger an Explosion

Text on the meme

HIGH VOLTAGE PERSONNEL ONLY

What it means

Two tense-looking scientists inspect a device in a facility while a security officer stands nearby. The machine appears to be tampered with or activated, and the clip ends with a sudden explosion that sends someone bursting through a personnel-only doorway. The joke is the exaggerated escalation from serious scientific inspection to instant catastrophic failure, making it useful as an absurd reaction to a situation going horribly wrong. EN: Two tense-looking scientists inspect a device in a facility while a security officer stands nearby. The machine appears to be tampered with or activated, and the clip ends with a sudden explosion that sends someone bursting through a personnel-only doorway. The joke is the exaggerated escalation from serious scientific inspection to instant catastrophic failure, making it useful as an absurd reaction to a situation going horribly wrong.

Sound

sidetone music / музыка explosion / взрыв burst, pop

Objects

dark-skinned scientist in glasses / темнокожий учёный в очках elderly scientist / пожилой учёный security officer / охранник white lab coat / белый лабораторный халат purple uniform / фиолетовая форма scientific device / научное устройство electrical panel / электрический щиток warning sign / предупреждающий знак high-voltage sign / знак высокого напряжения personnel-only door / дверь только для персонала laboratory corridor / коридор лаборатории checkered floor / клетчатый пол explosion / взрыв smoke / дым knife-like tool / похожий на нож инструмент