If we really are living in a simulation, it's
fucked up that I'm made out of code
but can't write 3 lines of it without
googling the syntax.

Try thinking about it from our developer’s point of view then. They wrote something that spawned processes that became sapient and started writing processes themselves. I would be thrilled, regardless of the inefficiencies.

I’d also eventually rewrite us in a new language, so might not last long