The 'Fixing Things With Ramen' meme originated from viral DIY videos, most notably by a Chinese artisan known as Xiubandrng, who demonstrated 'repairing' everything from porcelain sinks to wooden furniture using crushed instant noodles and adhesive. The internet quickly latched onto the absurdity of using cheap snacks as structural filler, transforming the concept into a metaphor for questionable solutions to complex problems. It is widely used to represent 'quick fixes' that don't actually make sense or as a satirical take on the '5-Minute Crafts' genre of internet content, suggesting that if ramen can fix a sink, it can fix anything.