The Fastest Things On Earth

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The Fastest Things On Earth

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Nothing breaks the laws of physics quite like desperate gamers with credit cards. The meme ranks the "fastest things on earth" with cheetahs and airplanes being respectable contenders, even the speed of light making a decent showing... but then there's the unholy velocity of scalpers snatching up GPUs before you can even finish reading the product announcement.

For those who've spent the last three years trying to upgrade their graphics card without selling a kidney, this hits harder than a compiler error on deployment Friday. The red progress bar being completely filled just adds that extra twist of the knife.

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