The 'How To Trap Sam Altman' meme: a cardboard trap baited with RAM sticks

Thejus_Parol · reddit · 2026-11-04

A viral Reddit meme titled "How To Trap Sam Altman" shows a cardboard box propped up like an animal trap, baited with RAM sticks along a trail — poking fun at the OpenAI CEO's insatiable appetite for compute and hardware. The joke lands on Altman's massive bets on chips and data centers (Stargate etc.), portraying him as irresistibly drawn to any stray memory modules.

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