I Get More Expensive Phones And Laptops Than My Siblings Because I "Program"

Ah, the GPU market's nightmare fuel. A creepy clown lurking in a sewer drain promising GPUs at MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price) is the perfect metaphor for the current state of graphics card shopping. In the years since crypto mining and chip shortages, finding a GPU at its intended price has been so rare that it might as well be a murderous entity luring desperate gamers into the sewers. Most developers would indeed crawl through drainage systems for a reasonably priced RTX card at this point.

Back in the 60s, programmers were literally PUNCHING CODE into cards by hand! 🤯 The person in the image is holding up punch cards with the caption "COMPILERS TOOK MY JOB" - it's basically the original "robots are stealing our jobs" but for coding! Before compilers existed, humans had to manually convert code into machine-readable formats. Then BAM! Compilers showed up and were like "I got this" and an entire profession vanished faster than free pizza at a hackathon! Those punch card operators never saw it coming!

The bear vs wolf meme perfectly captures how system requirements have evolved over time. Modern AAA games demand absurd hardware specs (RTX 5090, 64GB RAM, 1TB SSD) while the original DOOM from 1993 will happily run on a potato with two wires sticking out of it. The title about "running it in GitHub Actions" is the chef's kiss - some dev figured out how to bypass buying a gaming rig by abusing CI/CD infrastructure to play games on company hardware. Classic developer resourcefulness. Your DevOps team hates this one simple trick!

The great GPU wars continue. Intel Arc arrives as "A New Hope" in December 2024, only for NVIDIA to immediately crush that hope with RTX 5070 in January as "The Empire Strikes Back." Then AMD swoops in with RX 9070 XT in March as "Return of the Jedi." Just another predictable chapter in the never-ending saga where your wallet is the true casualty. The Force is strong with price gouging.

The most literal Python installation ever witnessed in computing history. While most of us struggle with pip dependencies and version conflicts, this madlad just shoved an actual cobra into their PC tower and called it a day. Talk about taking "snake case" naming conventions to a whole new level! This is what happens when you take "Python is installed in the system" too literally. The best part? This setup comes with built-in security features—try hacking this PC and you'll get the fangs of authentication rejection. Bonus: Hardware acceleration is achieved when the snake gets angry and thrashes around.

Desktop gaming PC owners sweating bullets over 65°C temperatures while laptop gamers casually shrug off 90°C like it's nothing. After 15 years in tech, I've learned that laptop users aren't braver - they're just numb to the pain. Nothing says "I've accepted my fate" like coding on a machine that doubles as a stovetop. The real irony? We spend $3000 on gaming rigs with fancy cooling systems then panic at temperatures that laptops consider "just warming up." Meanwhile, laptop CPUs are basically tiny supernovas held together by thermal throttling and prayer.