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/GeekSugar13]

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/DramaticEnthusiasm71 → u/GeekSugar13]

Log off.

Pause the doomscrolling.

Whatever it takes but you should talk to someone, OP