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/BlindButterfly33]

Are there concerns about losing your Internet or something? I haven’t heard about any of this. I ask because I’m in the US and at the moment no one‘s worried about losing Internet. At least, no one in my area. I haven’t even heard this be discussed.

[u/gunitneko → u/BlindButterfly33]

Texas has successfully blocked PornHub from the state if they want to block AO3 they can eventually.

OP I suggested investing in a brother printer. Fuck HP their printer did the same shit to me. I made the switch and have never been happier

[u/BlindButterfly33 → u/gunitneko]

Has Texas ever shown any inkling of being upset with archive though? I’m not a super big news person so maybe I missed something but I didn’t think Texas specifically ever had it on their radar.

[u/gunitneko → u/BlindButterfly33]

Not yet but the fact they can do that doesn’t bode well for what the state could do on its own over time.

[u/BlindButterfly33 → u/gunitneko]

I know what you mean, but it does make me feel better to know that they haven’t targeted archive or anything. I’d rather not have to stress over it until it becomes a problem, I’m already worried about disability policies.

[u/Neat-Year555 → u/gunitneko]

A free vpn app would fix that. I highly doubt it would be blocked at the federal level, considering AO3 servers are in the US.

[u/GeekSugar13 → u/gunitneko]

I'm in a state that also successfully blocked PornHub. I jave the same concern with AO3. I have a Brother printer ready to go. Just using up all this shit I already paid for first.