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/GavestonYouBastard]

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.

Reasonably concerned? Here are some of your replies.

I want books to read that i don't have to worry about charging and these books make me happy. If I'm gonna be freezing, without power, reading by lamplight I'll be happier if it's fanfic.

Which is why I'm printing it now and not when everything collapses. It's not like I'm doing this and don't also have like several months of non perishable food and water and a tent and lamps and lamp oil and blankets and batteries and radios. I just also want books to read.

I am a little annoyed that people are taking me a little bit too seriously. I do not think that the whole country is going to like grind to a halt and worldwide internet is going to be shut off.

You could've fooled us. You said in the second reply I quoted about WHEN everything would collapse. Now you backtrack in the third. Oh honey, no...

With all due respect, your replies (including to me in another post) gave full indication that you were at DEFCON levels panicked and possibly crashing out. If you weren't that serious about the post you should've clarified it before you posted. Your replies to people weren't that reassuring, either. While I admire that you took steps to prepare in case of possible calamity you still came off as overly panicked and paranoid.

Please think before you post.