The line comes from Gothic, the 2001 German role playing game by Piranha Bytes known in German communities for its quotable NPC dialogue. German players have shared its everyday insults and warnings for years under collections like Gothic 1 Sprüche, and this threat became a favourite because it sums up the game's rough prison colony atmosphere. Clipped on its own, it spread beyond the fanbase as a short German aggression meme for gaming videos and chats.