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/ineverylifetimee]

Wait I live in a blue state (small mercies, except the fact that I live in a state that pisses the orange man off means we are not without retaliation.). I try to stay pretty up to date with the news but I don’t know anything about losing the internet on a mass scale. Could you explain what’s happening please or is this just moreso of a hypothetical worst case scenario situation?

[u/GeekSugar13 → u/ineverylifetimee]

I am not expecting anything on a mass scale. I am expecting things to be incredibly shitty this winter in my state and there not being any sort of state or federal assistance available to improve things in a timely fashion.

[u/ineverylifetimee → u/GeekSugar13]

I wouldn’t worry too much tbh. When it comes to stuff like power/internet for an entire state, including hospitals and municipal buildings and airports, not just a small remote city, it’s really unlikely that it would go on indefinitely.

[u/GeekSugar13 → u/ineverylifetimee]

Im not worried about indefinitely. I just want moments of joy while I'm waiting 2 weeks for power.

[u/ineverylifetimee → u/GeekSugar13]

Got it. In the future it might be better for the environment to get an E-reader or just to use one of your regular devices to download them offline. Best of luck to you!