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The Dreams of Printers (media.piefed.zip)
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[-] otacon239@lemmy.world 36 points 4 months ago

True, but does it need to make mysterious clunking noises for three minutes before it starts?

[-] silver@das-eck.haus 36 points 4 months ago

That's the incantations in printer language that allow the black ~~magic~~ ink to flow

[-] 42Firehawk@lemmy.zip 29 points 4 months ago

As a printer repair tech, I hate how I can recognize happy printer clunks from sad ones. It is not clinking as an offering, but the noises of a skittish animal domesticated far too quickly

[-] emerald@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 4 months ago

Rousing its machine spirit

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Praise the Omnisiah

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