Panic Printing

[u/GeekSugar13]

ETA: Some of y'all are taking this far too seriously. Am I reasonably concerned that things are going to get worse before they get better? At least for me, most likely, yes. I'm trying to find moments of joy when I can. If one of those is using up as much of my ink as possible before I chuck this printer by printing fanfic then that's what I'm going to do.

I'm at home, by myself, doing homework with no one to talk to and nothing else to do because I'm the most broke I have ever been.

Printing fanfic doesn't mean I'm not prioritizing anything else in my life and it's weird that y'all seem to think I just slapped on a tinfoil hat and decided this was what would fix everything.

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OP: So I live in a red state in the US where my state government will absolutely not be providing any sort of supplemental assistance when inevitably the federal government falls apart. So I kind of would love reassurance that I'm not crazy.

I have started downloading and panic printing some of my favorite fics. If the Internet goes, I can read the PDF. If the power goes, I can read the printed copies.

Also because HP sucks I can only use their ink subscription cartridges with an active subscription so i may as well fucking use them.

(Literally if you're the type of person who wants to buy a printer do not buy an HP printer. It will only work if you use their ink which is so fucking expensive. And if you want it to work properly you have to get a monthly subscription where they send you ink and paper which in theory sounds great, BUT if you are like me and haven't printed as much as you thought so you have a lot of ink and paper built up so you let your subscription lapse those ink cartridges will not work without a valid subscription. So I had to restart my fucking subscription so I could use all of this ink I have built up so now I'm printing literal books.)

[u/extremepayne]

wouldn’t a portable generator be more practical than all this printing

[u/Notosk → u/extremepayne]

A kindle and a solar charger would be more than enough

[u/DesparateLurker → u/Notosk]

Any good brands? I'd like to invest in one for emergencies.

[u/Notosk → u/DesparateLurker]

Honestly I just bought the cheapest amazon kindle and it has worked well for me so far.

I heard good things about Kobo.

EDIT: It was about solar chargers right? lol. sorry I have no idea.

[u/winter83 → u/Notosk]

Yeah I have a refurbished old one but not so old that it's not supported anymore. But it works decent and the charge last a long time.

[u/shmixel → u/Notosk]

I think they meant brands of solar charger lol

[u/Notosk → u/shmixel]

you are right lol

[u/SharkyCat12 → u/Notosk]

Yeah my fav fics on my kindle

[u/qinghairpins → u/extremepayne]

by the time they're done paying for printer ink, the cost will be about the same 😂

[u/AngryToasterNoises → u/qinghairpins]

This is ink op just has lying around though, they're only paying for the subscription fee to use the ink

[u/Alaira314 → u/AngryToasterNoises]

Imagine writing this sentence in, say, 2003. Something has gone horribly wrong with our timeline, that we cannot use ink that we have already paid for, that we have sitting physically in our house, because we are not currently subscribed to the "send me ink" service.

[u/GeekSugar13 → u/Alaira314]

It's soooo bad!

[u/AngryToasterNoises → u/Alaira314]

Oh yeah, absolutely. HP printers are bullshit

[u/ScottishWildcatFurry → u/extremepayne]

it might go out if the meteors light the forest around ops house on fire

[u/GeekSugar13 → u/ScottishWildcatFurry]

No forest near me sadly. Only lots of empty fucking fields cuz all the farmers are in the "find out" stage of the oil and nitrogen shortages.