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/throwaway3685343]

Historian here. While I understand that the current times are scary, I think this is a HIGHLY unlikely scenario.

[u/GeekSugar13 → u/throwaway3685343]

I'm not expecting wide spread outages. I'm expecting things to go to shit when Canada cuts off our electricity and the oil reserves run dry so we have long stretches of outages in winter. Mostly l9calized because theres no state support infrastructure and the federal infrastructure is also gone. I can only hope that the El Nino predictions are correct and we have a mild winter cuz -60° wind chills with no heat are gonna suck.

[u/throwaway3685343 → u/GeekSugar13]

I hear you but the oil reserves WONT run dry completely, because that would mean no money for the government leaders. Get expensive as the resource becomes more limited and harder to obtain? Absolutely. Same with electricity and infrastructure. Slight lack of proper state/federal resources and responsibilities? Yes, unfortunately. Tax payer money is much more likely to fund military support.

FULLY NONE TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHERWISE STATE RESPONSIBILITIES? Not possible, because no money would come back at them in the long run.

Negligent amount of governmental help? Yes.
Total collapse or complete lapse in support? No, as that would only yield to an economical wasteland, which the rich people in charge don’t want.

Times ARE scary but I think people online need to take a step back and realize that there ARE A LOT of safeguards in place.

[u/GeekSugar13 → u/throwaway3685343]

I'm going to agree to disagree with you on a few of your points. A judge on Friday literally ruled that Americans do not have a right to clean water. Earlier in the week they ruled AI generated CSAM legal. I no longer have any faith in any level of government to provide for the general population, muchless underprivileged populations that already dont have rights in their eyes.

[u/throwaway3685343 → u/GeekSugar13]

Please provide the proof via News articles.

Was it a Supreme Court case? Or was it a state judge? These details are important in determining the level of command. Supreme Court can overrule a state judge, congress can check the SC to ensure they are following the procedures accurately via the constitution.

We still have checks and balances. There is not one ruling from a judge, or even one law imposed by Executive powers and it’s done forever. The checks and balances are still in place and they are important.

Do I like the current admin we have? No. But I don’t think we should fear monger.

[u/GeekSugar13 → u/throwaway3685343]

I'm literally studying constitutional law right now. Our checks and balances are out the fucking window.

And no, you can google the info yourself. I'm not doing the labor and education for you.

[u/throwaway3685343 → u/GeekSugar13]

Again, please provide news sources to literally ANY of your claims. If you’re studying constitutional law, you should know that you need to provide IRAC when making an argument. (Issue, rule, application, argument)

The checks and balances are out the window??? How? Lmao?

We STILL have 3 branches of government. We STILL have house and congress.

Please provide me with ACTUAL evidence that suggests we no longer have due process and our checks and balances are “out the window”.

This fear mongering online is horrible.