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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Things that deserve the stink-eye:

"Illegitimi non carborundum."
 Um, why is this printer so rude? 

I have this temporary teaching gig and I'm love, love, loving it. But the printers? They're conspiring against me. I did the HR courses; I know this is low-key harassment. I mean you can't just threaten me with a papercut and call me an MF! 🤯

Indeed, I print too much but it's for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES you copier gate-keepers. I'm not peddling microplastics or printing guns...I'm trying to prepare pre-service teachers to love teaching and create art and celebrate student self-expression and make a difference in the world...but those persnickety printers? Let's be honest: they've made it xerockward, haven't they? 

22 comments:

  1. Codex: This is sooo funny.
    My tea bags are giving me trite life advice, you have a pc with a sense of humor.
    Notifies you that it's toast, MF.
    No such thing as printing too much.

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    1. Thank you for supporting my printing addiction.

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  2. I'm sorry that made me giggle. My printer is acting up. If I get a MF comment on mine I will blame trump somehow!

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    1. Directing blame to that MF seems reasonable to me.

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  3. I just had to purchase a new printer. The old one never worked properly, and the one before that did but then failed after several years.

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    1. Yes, it seems modern printers are now built to require (the more lucrative) warranty plans. Sigh.

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  4. That is a THUG printer. Watch your back!

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  5. At least it isn't the dreaded "PC load letter error." You'd have to invest in a baseball bat!

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  6. I'll probably regret saying that I have a pretty good printer. It wasn't expensive. I've had it quite some time and it still works. I did NOT sign up for 'instant ink' either. I don't like being ripped off.

    But being threatened with paper cut AND being called something like MF... well, I'd be pissed off!!

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    1. No doubt you'll regret saying that. Did your printer melt like a Salvador Dali painting 5 minutes after this comment.

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  7. That’s a scary printer! Mine never talks to me that way. It just tells me it’s out of ink about 6 months before it’s really out of ink, and refuses to scan to my computer 92% of the time. It does what I want the other 8%, just to throw me off.

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  8. I got rid of my printer years ago and when I need something to print, I go to the library. No aggravation at all.

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  9. My printer doesn't like me and won't do as I wish. It's misogynistic and works perfectly for my husband.

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  10. Since my techie son-in-law was here in Hawaii for a couple of weeks earlier this month, I'm happy things are more or less all working. I hope my printer continues to cooperate. I just saw that you're a teacher too. I have so many teachers on my blog family.

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