It’s a poor analogy as you’re assuming that the result of the exceptional behaviour isn’t needed to prevent a worse outcome. Rolling blackouts are a better anal

It’s a poor analogy as you’re assuming that the result of the exceptional behaviour isn’t needed to prevent a worse outcome. Rolling blackouts are a better analogy - literally causing the power grid to collapse (which takes a long time to restore) is clearly worse than small, short, localized blackouts. That’s why things like the OOM killer exist in Linux - there are times where the system as a whole is better off at the cost of a few random users odd processes.