Observed arrival · 2026-11-08
Why Is RAM So Expensive???
A parody site turns the rising cost of computer memory into a fake state propaganda broadcast, complete with an absurd RAM price ticker and a mock AI assistant.
- For
- Computer users curious about RAM prices and AI demand
- Worth noticing
- The page explicitly says its $1,299 DDR5 kit price is invented, then starts a real explanation involving DRAM makers and HBM.
Field notes
The parody uses fake instruments of authority—a ministry, a five-year plan, a price ticker, and an assistant named DIMMY—to joke about memory scarcity and AI demand. Its allocation chart assigns shares to such uses as agents waiting for agents and repeated model loading, while openly saying the figures came from asking a model. A section labeled “OK BUT SERIOUSLY” begins a factual account of concentrated DRAM production and HBM, though the supplied extract cuts off mid-explanation.
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