His friend asked how bad PC prices got, so he explained it with his own face

A guy tries to explain the 2026 PC hardware price crisis to a friend who knows nothing about computers.

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Korean community post, image 1: My girl friend asked how bad the PC market is, so I explained it's like women being forced to accept MY fac…
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My girl friend asked how bad the PC market is, so I explained it's like women being forced to accept MY face as the new 'handsome' normal — and she went dead fucking serious and said 'ah...'

여사친이 pc시장 얼마나 심각하냐고 물어보길래. 여자들 입장에서 내 얼굴을 잘생김 "뉴노멀"로 강요 받는 상황이라고 설명했더니 존나 심각한 얼굴로 아... 이러더라 여사친이 pc시장 얼마나 심각하냐고 물어보길래. 여자들 입장에서 내 얼굴을 잘생김 "뉴노멀"로 강요 받는 상황이라고 설명했더니 존나 심각한 얼굴로 아... 이러더라

💡 Why does comparing his own face to graphics-card prices actually land as a joke?
It's riffing on a meme template where an unremarkable face gets forcibly crowned the 'new normal' for handsome while everyone else just has to accept it — used here to mock how absurd, sky-high PC part prices are getting treated as the new baseline.vs. Reddit: like joking DDR5 kits are 'the new normal' price after panic buying.Klore note

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12 top comments on the original thread, translated
  1. 73 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    The market has collapsed. Abandon ship!

    시장이 붕괴 되었다 배를 버려라!

  2. 34 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Told my girl friend the RAM I built her for 58k won is now 320k won, and suddenly she's all about making her current PC last forever.

    저번에 여사친 내가 저번에 맞춰준 램 5.8만원에 해줬는데 그거 지금 32만원이라 말해주니까 지금 컴 오래오래가자 하고 맞춘단 말이 없더라

  3. 0 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    So basically I'm as handsome as Samsung, Micron, and Hynix combined? Lmaooo.

    그 말인즉 저는 삼성 마이크론 하이닉스 급으로 잘생겼다는 말이죠? ㅎㅎㅎㅎ

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  1. 16 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    The guy I had my eye on just got rated 'handsome' too, so now way more people are after him. This is serious.

    내가 노리고 있던 놈이 잘생김으로 평가돼서 노리는 사람이 많아졌다니 심각하다

  2. 0 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Foreign powers plundered all the handsome guys and now there's none left, basically.

    외세가 잘생긴 남자들 전부 수탈해가서 씨가 말라있는 상황

  3. 1 upvote on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Computer parts used to have a perfect ratio like gender balance, but the RAM price war dragged it all away. Nothing left now.

    컴퓨터 부품이 남녀성비처럼 황금비다가 램값전쟁에 다끌려가서 이제없어

  4. 46 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Market's totally ruined.

    시장 망했네

  5. 0 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Nah isn't that a bit exaggerated though.

    아니 너무 과장한거 아니냐

  6. 1 upvote on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Now I get it perfectly, honestly.

    이해가 아주 쏙쏙 되잖니

  7. 0 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    My guy friend who never cared suddenly starts talking like he's in a harem anime.

    괌심도 없던 남사친이 갑자기 하렘물을

  8. 5 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    The bar for 'handsome' dropped. The bar for 'expensive' dropped too. Yeah, actually makes sense.

    잘생김의 기준이 내려갔네 비싸다의 기준도 내려갔고 음 맞는 말이네

  9. 0 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    So this... is what 'handsome' means...?

    이것이... 잘생김...?

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