The beautiful irony of tech economics: dropping $400 on 32GB of RAM feels completely justified when you're pulling in modern developer wages, but in the 90s when RAM cost about the same and you were making $5/hour flipping burgers? That was basically financial suicide. The real kicker is that $400 in 1990s money had way more purchasing power than today—that's like $800+ in 2026 dollars. So technically, RAM has gotten cheaper AND we're getting paid way more. The weak doge perfectly captures that "wait, maybe I shouldn't complain about my cushy tech job" realization when you remember your parents somehow survived on pennies while technology cost a fortune. Also fun fact: 16MB of RAM in 1995 could run you $500+, so we're literally living in the golden age of affordable memory while complaining about Electron apps eating 2GB like it's nothing.
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