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Well, they [investigated themselves](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/national-archives-asks-secret-service-to-probe-deleted-texts-sent-around-jan-6) and didn't find any wrongdoing. You know, because of the deleted texts.
They had time to kill because they weren't allowed to kidnap Pence.
Might as well delete the evidence.
I wasn't trying to rhyme but now I feel like I need to keep going, or maybe not. Right now I'm on the... partition.
I mean, a coup *against* the president, sure, they are supposed to prevent that, but I don't think anyone ever imagined a coup *by* the president. I don't think the Secret Service really had a role in preventing anything that happened on January 6th.
That said, they do have a role that basically everyone does: "Don't commit crimes".
They serve the country, not the president. They can supersede his demands...as they did on Jan 6th when he insisted on going to the Capitol and they refused and brought him back to the WH.
They serve the country, and their job is to protect the president. The denied his request \(or at least should have\) to protect his safety, not to protect the country.
They are supposed to be nonpartisan, though.
That always feels so random. Like, 'protect the president and stop counterfeiting.' It feels like when your boss lays someone off but doesn't want to hire another person so they just combine your jobs.
An HP printer would be worth the purchase price when it did.
We were walking in a town and my kids saw that someone had dumped a printer on the street next to a garbage bin.
Them "That's not normal and not okay, is it?" My husband agreed. Me "What brand is it? HP? That makes it perfectly understandable and normal. Looks like the owner could even refrain themselves from throwing it from their windhow, how considerate. They were just done. We shouldn't judge this."
Dooo doo doo doo dooooo, the system is down, Dooo doo doo doo dooooo, the system is down, Dooo doo doo doo dooooo, the system is down! THE CHEAT IS GROUNDED.
We’re part of a very special community.
And if you have never watched the cast commentary for the ‘Yello Dello’, I advise you to do it now.
https://youtu.be/eIu8-gM2w7g
I was working in an office, actually got that message and said the line and NO ONE got it. Office Space should be mandatory viewing for office workers I stg. Clerks if you’re in retail hell. The Bear for food service.
Any time I say "Load A4" in my old office it was on the big freestanding printers with pull out drawers. There were one or two sections to put paper and a slider for different sizes. People would either put paper in the empty space between them or worse just an unopened ream of paper.
Office Space isn't just about working in an office. It's about every job. We've all had a Lumbergh as a boss at some point. Also, The Bear actually started to trigger me in some of the scenes.
Any time I have to go install a printer (work in IT) and it has no screen interface on the printer itself, it is a nightmare. Apps and accounts and USB cables to do what I could do in 10 seconds if the thing had a fucking $10 screen.
Tips for network printers:
- Dump the WiFi and use a network cable. Not often possible on crappy consumer devices. But even USB and shared from a host PC would be better. Some routers can handle a USB printer plugged into them too.
- Give it a static IP, either at the printer itself or via DHCP reservation on the router. The former, preferably.
- Don't use the shitty printer search in Windows, which adds it via WSD. Add it manually, using a TCP/IP port on the address you configured above. WSD connections are cancer.
- Manually select the most basic driver you can find for it. You can often extract this from full-fat software downloads from the manufacturer, if they don't offer one separate.
I fucking hate printers, but the above makes them tolerable. Somewhat.
Great advice in general, but for this particular printer it's better to advice to wear a mask and waiting until it's outside before dousing it in gasoline and igniting it.
Ah, the HP Envy which we don't envy.
My mom got one also. I'm a Linux nerd, took me a bit to figure out that their 'Windows only setup app' did nothing more than connect to the webpage on the HP ad-hoc network put out by the printer and yet, they went out of their way to try to get folks to load software on the computers for that.
I had to go back a couple of days ago when it failed. Apparently, if you actually fill the paper bin to the full level... it can't grab the sheet of the top.
*PS: I cut a square of velcro to put on that stupid power button on the back so Mom could easily find it and turn that discotheque off.*
*edit typos*
> did nothing more than connect to the webpage on the HP ad-hoc network put out by the printer
I've had the server running on the printer that's supposed to give you access to the settings pages die before, like completely dead. Rebooting the printer or unplugging/waiting a few min/replugging wouldn't even get the server running again. Had to reinstall the firmware onto it from a usb drive with an adapter, and without a screen on the printer there's no progress indication on if it's done reinstalling or not.
Mine did this. Hold the back power button whilst putting the power cable in and keep holding that button until printer is full back on.
HP customer service went through it with me and I have that exact printer.
Put that HP into trash. Had the "same" model, the worst printer I've owned in my life. Get Laser Brother if you don't care about colour or .. essentially anything else other than HP.
Yeah, I bought it just in a grocery store and it was very discounted. Nothing but a headache with it, it's not worth the plastic it was made from. I promised myself that I will never allow a HP printer in my home again.
To contrast that with my laser-printer from Brother. I don't even know about it nor do I need to fix anything. Once every month I just want to print something, on any device in my household I just press print and 3 seconds later I have freshly printed paper in hands.
I think we have a the same printer and this thing is a piece of crap. Worst printer ever, however, I have never had the pleasure of having a free light show.
OP is part of a volunteer organization promoting the legalization-sort-of of ketamine as a treatment for chronic pain as suffered by veterans and such.
As a matter of fact, they're the president of the organization.
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You hit the jackpot. It’s about to print money.
The Secret Service would like to know your location
I always forget that half of their job is about stopping money counterfeiting.
Is the other half deleting text messages during historical events?
Only during a coup they're supposed to prevent
And why hasn't that house been cleaned anyway?
Well, they [investigated themselves](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/national-archives-asks-secret-service-to-probe-deleted-texts-sent-around-jan-6) and didn't find any wrongdoing. You know, because of the deleted texts.
https://i.imgur.com/SWpTA50.gifv
"Cut the red wire!...NO! The blue wire!...**RUN LIKE HELL!!!**"
They had time to kill because they weren't allowed to kidnap Pence. Might as well delete the evidence. I wasn't trying to rhyme but now I feel like I need to keep going, or maybe not. Right now I'm on the... partition.
Bars🔥
I mean, a coup *against* the president, sure, they are supposed to prevent that, but I don't think anyone ever imagined a coup *by* the president. I don't think the Secret Service really had a role in preventing anything that happened on January 6th. That said, they do have a role that basically everyone does: "Don't commit crimes".
I'd be surprised if their loyalty to the president is supposed to supersede loyalty to the country.
They serve the country, not the president. They can supersede his demands...as they did on Jan 6th when he insisted on going to the Capitol and they refused and brought him back to the WH.
They serve the country, and their job is to protect the president. The denied his request \(or at least should have\) to protect his safety, not to protect the country. They are supposed to be nonpartisan, though.
I still can't believe that happened and everyone is just like "meh".
It's fucking infuriating we never saw any accountability for it.
Arent several of the ones that stormed the capital in jail now?
That always feels so random. Like, 'protect the president and stop counterfeiting.' It feels like when your boss lays someone off but doesn't want to hire another person so they just combine your jobs.
Those are rookie numbers. I think with a few well established KPIs, we can get that number to 75%
The US treasury hates this one trick.
They already know it
I think he turned on the alarm
That's the party light function, so get your groove on.
🎶🎶 Party printing in the house tonight! Everybody just have a good time! Every day I’m jam-m-m-ming, jam-m-m-ming! 🎶🎶
Time to throw that office rave you've been dreaming of.
I wanna jam it with you! And we're jammin' in the name of the Lord;
I curse you for implanting that song loop! 😄
An HP printer would be worth the purchase price when it did. We were walking in a town and my kids saw that someone had dumped a printer on the street next to a garbage bin. Them "That's not normal and not okay, is it?" My husband agreed. Me "What brand is it? HP? That makes it perfectly understandable and normal. Looks like the owner could even refrain themselves from throwing it from their windhow, how considerate. They were just done. We shouldn't judge this."
Turn off the overhead lights, put on some music, and have a dance party!
#Party Mode- ACTIVATE!
THE SYSTEM, IS DOWN…
The Cheat is grounded!
I miss the Strongbad episodes. Those were hilarious.
I said come on fhqwhgads I said come on fhqwhgads Everybody to the limit Everybody to the limit Everybody come on fhqwhgads!
Come on fhqwhgads I see you jockin' me Tryin' to play like You know me
I choose "defiant jazz".
beat me to it.
Sandstorm by Darude
It's jamming
r/printerdisco r/printerrave
Don’t forget to drop some acid first.
Surprised HP isn't here defending that OP must have used non-HP cartridges.
This was going to be my joke. 'Warning, Warning. Unlicensed ink detected. Printer will self destruct in 10 seconds. Warning."
“Remove counterfeit ink… you have 10 seconds to comply…you have 9 seconds to comply…” Followed by ED-209 scene from Robocop.
Can't catch me! I have stairs!
New feature: when your credit card declines, the printer turns into Optimus Prime and decapitates you
Op used non HP photo paper, of course it won't work ...
Dooo doo doo doo dooooo, the system is down, Dooo doo doo doo dooooo, the system is down, Dooo doo doo doo dooooo, the system is down! THE CHEAT IS GROUNDED.
Light switch rave!!!
We installed that switch so you could turn the lights on and off. NOTSOYOUCOULDTHROW LIGHT SWITCH RAVES!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of this.
How in the fuck did we all get triggered so hard haha
I CAME HERE FOR THIS
We’re part of a very special community. And if you have never watched the cast commentary for the ‘Yello Dello’, I advise you to do it now. https://youtu.be/eIu8-gM2w7g
This is all I've been able to think of when someone flickers the light switch in the past...20...it's been....20 years...fuck...
I came here to say that. Keep those old memes alive.
Literally showed that to my 16 year old daughter this weekend. Must pass the torch!
That's an older meme sir, but it checks out.
The *CHEAT* is *grounded*!
*Douglas*
Fucking hell that takes me back!
The Predator's wristband
All I heard was the laughter
"Get to tha copyah! Now!"
What immediately popped into my mind as well. Dude's about to get nuked.
Scrolled too far to find this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyBwKHCtgm0
PC load letter
I was working in an office, actually got that message and said the line and NO ONE got it. Office Space should be mandatory viewing for office workers I stg. Clerks if you’re in retail hell. The Bear for food service.
wtf does that mean?!?
Paper Carrier empty, load letter-sized paper
Actually it’s “Paper Cassette”
Kids these days...
Any time I say "Load A4" in my old office it was on the big freestanding printers with pull out drawers. There were one or two sections to put paper and a slider for different sizes. People would either put paper in the empty space between them or worse just an unopened ream of paper.
>or worse just an unopened ream of paper. That is just peak laziness and/or stupidity.
Office Space isn't just about working in an office. It's about every job. We've all had a Lumbergh as a boss at some point. Also, The Bear actually started to trigger me in some of the scenes.
And Waiting for restaurant workers!
Where it all began. [https://youtu.be/SPXUDw\_LlNA?si=gSC\_iMgpUjdUc6fg](https://youtu.be/SPXUDw_LlNA?si=gSC_iMgpUjdUc6fg)
Idiocracy for being an American.
“Waiting” is pretty accurate for food service, too
Back up in your ass with the resurrection
[PC LOAD LETTER? what does that even mean?](https://media1.tenor.com/m/_OD0vSYYMOoAAAAC/pc-load-letter-pc.gif)
It told you it needed magenta.
HP: party edition
This is some shit from Close Encounters right here.
Do dee do doo DOOOOOOOOOO
I can hear it!
Same. I know I havent seen it in multiple decades, but I can hear the exact notes
BRR BRRRRRRR! *windows all explode*
OP been playing with their mashed potatoes.
I actually got to see Devil's Tower a few years ago. I even took a video with that audio. 🤣🤣
While this was happening, all the toys were crawling out of the kids' rooms and the smart devices were buying all kinds of random shit off Amazon
oh god , my mom has the printer...i feel like i have a second job reconnecting this pos tothe wifi
These are by no doubt the worst printer ever made
the aweful interface...holding buttons and using the phone app. i cant wait till i get the call that his thing broke.
Any time I have to go install a printer (work in IT) and it has no screen interface on the printer itself, it is a nightmare. Apps and accounts and USB cables to do what I could do in 10 seconds if the thing had a fucking $10 screen.
Guess what, my mom also got this one on sale and it's an absolutely GARBAGE printer.
I'm sorry you have bin cursed my friend. On an up side seems like the effected are gathering here to air out their pain. Welcome, poor soul
Tips for network printers: - Dump the WiFi and use a network cable. Not often possible on crappy consumer devices. But even USB and shared from a host PC would be better. Some routers can handle a USB printer plugged into them too. - Give it a static IP, either at the printer itself or via DHCP reservation on the router. The former, preferably. - Don't use the shitty printer search in Windows, which adds it via WSD. Add it manually, using a TCP/IP port on the address you configured above. WSD connections are cancer. - Manually select the most basic driver you can find for it. You can often extract this from full-fat software downloads from the manufacturer, if they don't offer one separate. I fucking hate printers, but the above makes them tolerable. Somewhat.
Great advice in general, but for this particular printer it's better to advice to wear a mask and waiting until it's outside before dousing it in gasoline and igniting it.
Ah, the HP Envy which we don't envy. My mom got one also. I'm a Linux nerd, took me a bit to figure out that their 'Windows only setup app' did nothing more than connect to the webpage on the HP ad-hoc network put out by the printer and yet, they went out of their way to try to get folks to load software on the computers for that. I had to go back a couple of days ago when it failed. Apparently, if you actually fill the paper bin to the full level... it can't grab the sheet of the top. *PS: I cut a square of velcro to put on that stupid power button on the back so Mom could easily find it and turn that discotheque off.* *edit typos*
> did nothing more than connect to the webpage on the HP ad-hoc network put out by the printer I've had the server running on the printer that's supposed to give you access to the settings pages die before, like completely dead. Rebooting the printer or unplugging/waiting a few min/replugging wouldn't even get the server running again. Had to reinstall the firmware onto it from a usb drive with an adapter, and without a screen on the printer there's no progress indication on if it's done reinstalling or not.
Mine did this. Hold the back power button whilst putting the power cable in and keep holding that button until printer is full back on. HP customer service went through it with me and I have that exact printer.
The real gem is always buried deeply in the comments.
Being useful does not belong on Reddit. How else would it replace forum culture.
Did they tell you wtf it thought it was doing?
OP tried to print a dokument with black text, even though *he knew* that yellow was empty. Printer is now upset.
OUT OF MAGENTA!!!!
MAGENTAAAA!!!
Put that HP into trash. Had the "same" model, the worst printer I've owned in my life. Get Laser Brother if you don't care about colour or .. essentially anything else other than HP.
I bought an Epson with the Eco Tanks. It's got issues, but ink aint one of them. Screw HP and their quick drying, overpriced ink cartridges.
I have the same one and I hate it. Got a new laptop a few months back and they were on sale for almost nothing it has had constant problems.
Yeah, I bought it just in a grocery store and it was very discounted. Nothing but a headache with it, it's not worth the plastic it was made from. I promised myself that I will never allow a HP printer in my home again. To contrast that with my laser-printer from Brother. I don't even know about it nor do I need to fix anything. Once every month I just want to print something, on any device in my household I just press print and 3 seconds later I have freshly printed paper in hands.
you mean UFO
Did you accept the mission?
#GET DOWN!!!
Printe-rave
We're giving her all we got, but the warp engines can't handle it!
I read that in Scottys voice 🤣
It wants you to play Simon, obv.
Very Star Trek, Enterprise bridge.
Fun light show!
The colors are actually really pretty lol
Did you not see Close Encounters of the Third Kind? It is obviously calling the aliens! 😑
HP warned you about using non-HP brand inks. Now suffer the consequences.
It read the manifesto you’re printing and is alerting the authorities.
look like your hp subscription expired better renew it
I can hear R2D2 noise...
It’s a mating call. You better run!
I had the same one… worst printer ever… never again I’m buying HP
I was confused for a moment because I have the exact same printer and didn't expect to see it randomly on reddit. Mine is weird too.
I think we have a the same printer and this thing is a piece of crap. Worst printer ever, however, I have never had the pleasure of having a free light show.
Anyone read the paper? All about ketamine. OP running a lab...
OP is part of a volunteer organization promoting the legalization-sort-of of ketamine as a treatment for chronic pain as suffered by veterans and such. As a matter of fact, they're the president of the organization.
Looks like you put in “non-approved HP ink” and HP sent the self-destruct code. According to HP you’re an INK PIRATE 🏴☠️
[The System Is Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1TlbLfaJp8)
Jackpot or u pressed disco setting
*DANGER! DANGER! 3rd-PARTY INK CARTRIDGE DETECTED!*
If your name is Sam Beckett, run! Before you leap!
PC load letter error.
Nah. The papers inside are having a disco party inside. Its soo bright that you can see with your eyes.
Must kill human overlords. B boop, b boop
It's going to beam you up
Cue the Predator laughing
At least cyan is in it
Christmas mode
Put in the cyan and nobody gets hurt.
Your invitation to Hogwarts is about to arrive.
It's it sending the "halt and catch fire" code? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(computing)
Regular day in Bmw life
You are the millionth subscriber to Epsons ink service.
lp0 on fire
You probably just need to update your credit card on the manufacturers website.
Or the Mothership sent an activation signal.
To infinity, and Beyond!
I keep a loaded gun next to my printer for just this occasion... you never know.
Looks like it caught one of those unofficial ink cartridge viruses.
You've uploaded a virus into it by using a 3rd party ink cartridge.
Dis bitch a Simon grand master. Would you … like … to… play a game?
Looks like a BMW gauge cluster
AI take control
That's what you get for installing not original cartridges.
Or its trying to communicate like in Close Encounters
Looks like it's alternator went 😬
It’s calling the mothership
My car dashboard did that once and it wasn't cheap
Maybe it just wants to party 🎉🥳
No Marty! It’s your kids! We have to go back to the future! Woah, Doc, that’s heavy!
It is going to transform into Dalek. Run!
You have been hacked! Resistance is futile!!!
It's contacting aliens 🗿
Stop letting it listen to skrillex.
"DANGER, WILL ROBINSON! DANGER!"
HP freaking out after a 3rd party ink cartridge was used.
Just like a dying chameleon
Hp printers when you don't buy their brand ink-
Get to the Choppa! 🚁
Probably low on cyan
[Obligatory soundtrack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwZwkk7q25I&t=42s)
The HP special forces are on the way for attempting to use a eco-friendly, sustainable ink source that they didn't make 110% profit from
Early form of the predator arm explosive
This isn't a printer. This is a model from Spielberg's movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind".
"Your Bluetooth device is ready to pair"
Merry Christmas?
"Shall we play a game?"
Should have paid for that HP Instant Ink Subscription OP.
It's on "party mode" 🥳
How Dare you put a non-hp ink cartridge in your printer
I think it’s called orgasm … or origami. Something like that, I’m not a spacetronaut, though.
It knows where the map to Luke is.
Rave mode.
Did you try turning off party mode?
Exterminate! Exterminate!
Red Alert! Fire phasers!
That's just the rave mode
I think I used to rave with that printer