Computer Shutdown Escalation

Text on the meme

Turn off computer Stand By Turn Off Restart Cancel

What it means

A computer shutdown screen is followed by increasingly elaborate attempts to turn off a desktop computer, ending with cutting power at an electrical substation. The escalating images and stretched-neck drawings parody the frustration of a computer that refuses to shut down, making it useful as an absurd reaction to overcomplicated solutions. EN: A computer shutdown screen is followed by increasingly elaborate attempts to turn off a desktop computer, ending with cutting power at an electrical substation. The escalating images and stretched-neck drawings parody the frustration of a computer that refuses to shut down, making it useful as an absurd reaction to overcomplicated solutions.

Objects

desktop computer / настольный компьютер computer monitor / монитор компьютера keyboard / клавиатура computer mouse / компьютерная мышь power button / кнопка питания electrical outlet / электрическая розетка hand / рука man seen from behind / мужчина со спины electrical substation / электрическая подстанция power switch / выключатель питания stretched neck drawing / рисунок с вытянутой шеей shutdown dialog box / диалоговое окно выключения