Maniacal Mempoolery?

Ok this one is kinda troubling to me:

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7 inputs totalling just less than $300 are consolidated into a single output worth just over $200 with a fee of $68 (overpaying 581x to be be confirmed after 4 minutes in an almost empty block)

WTAF!? How can this even happen?😬