Yes this is a joke. XMR isn't doing sh*t and every coin around it is rocketing upwards. I think lack of a mobile wallet and the weak Windows wallet is just hurting it and there are newer, "hotter" coins that are shooting upwards. But definitely missing out on the party being in XMR right now.
What will be entertaining is watching all of those rocketing coins around "us" explode when their pumps finish and then gravity kicks in.
These "hotter" coins are going to be just like a hot potato. Don't get caught holding it when the music stops.
Fireworks will be for the patient, popcorn will be free as well.
Stock up.
What would be entertaining would be to dig out some exchanges from this thread from 2014 that were exactly the same. Some hot coin or another was always the new favorite on poloniex, one after another. Most of those coins are now dead and/or delisted.
When the dust settles....there is XMR still.
Fireworks produce lots of debris and dust. I suspect there will be only a few left standing.
Lots of "dumb money" entering the space.