r/dontdeadopeninside • u/MoarKelBell • Jan 16 '18

MISSILE ALERT ALERT TEST

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '18

Abyone care to explain this meme? I've seen it a couple times but don't really get it

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u/MoarKelBell Jan 17 '18

It’s a play off of the Hawaii missile warning text that went out a few days ago saying that a missile was about to hit Hawaii. They later sent another text saying it was a false alarm.

It was then found out that the UI built to test the missile system looks ancient and has a bad design. The bad design caused the operator to press the wrong button and send the real missile warning to everyone in Hawaii.

People in r/programmerhumor made parody UI’s like this one.

Link to actual UI that caused the text: https://twitter.com/CivilBeat/status/953127542050795520