I don’t see why it’s dystopian. Because some functionality is locked behind an account? That’s not really dystopian, more like petty-capitalistic.
this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2023
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I mean, I think the dystopian is in having a potentially useful item someone literally throws away being locked down to attempt to mandate more consumption for profit while literally punishing re-use as the world burns from overconsumption.
In almost all cases, if someone found a printer like this, they wouldnt be able to successfully contact the previous owner, much less get them to unlock it. I've seen so many idiots over the years be angry at people for dumpster diving like trash is somehow sacred.
What’s dystopian is advertising masquerading as something else.
How in the world could this be advertising. Please keep the hail corporate circlejerking on reddit, not every single thing that mentions a company is advertising.
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Is the hand writing too neat though? I’ve written on enough signups and posters over the years to know it should look weird because the curving upright surface is so different from how we usually write. Yet Michelangelo here is perfectly smooth, even, and legible. Also, a Slurpy from 7/11 would really beat back this heat.