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   Phantasm (phnt@fluffytail.org)'s status on Monday, 31-Mar-2025 03:31:05 JST Phantasm
   >2 years ago a friend asked me what printer companies I would recommend on a small budget
   >Brother laser printers
   >Turns out her boomer parents need a new printer after their 15 year old Canon inkjet dried out for the 200th time that year
   >Cheapskate boomers bought the cheapest option that had a scanner as they wanted
   >It's an HP
   >lain_stressed.png
   >"Please don't mention me when they ask for help."
   >2 years pass
   >back_to_the_future.webpee
   >HP printer refuses to create copies from the scanner and prints out "configuration network summary pages"
   >no photo provided (boomers don't use smartphones and don't have a camera)
   >type issue into a search engine
   >typical_hp_nonsense_support_pages.gif
   >one result goes to r*ddit
   >"I have this problem, how do I fix it" (1 year ago)
   >"I'm having this same issue, how did you fix it" (10 months ago)
   >"I returned the printer"
   > :niggakms:
   
   >be me
   >bad at writing greentext
   
   Supporting HP devices is almost a humiliation ritual. They always find a way to question ones technical abilities and sanity.
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