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CONFESSION #0251 — OTHER
Monday, November 17, 2025
I've developed a genuine Pavlovian response to the sound of my printer. Every single time it starts up, my heart rate spikes because I know—I KNOW—something is about to go wrong. Last week it jammed during a signing appointment with buyers who had already rescheduled twice. The week before that, it ran out of ink halfway through printing a 47-page HOA document that absolutely had to be physical copies because the seller was 78 and "didn't trust the digital." I've bought three backup ink cartridges. I've watched YouTube tutorials on printer maintenance. I've considered just paying for a mobile notary to handle everything so I never have to hear that mechanical whirring again. My therapist asked me to describe my stress triggers and I said "Brother MFC-L2710DW" without hesitation. She thought it was a person. I didn't correct her because honestly, at this point, that printer has caused me more emotional damage than most people in my life. I dream about paper trays. This is not normal.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF TRAUMATIC BONDING WITH OFFICE EQUIPMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE
This court has seen many things in its distinguished tenure, but rarely has it witnessed such a complete psychological surrender to a device that costs less than a nice dinner for two. The accused has allowed a BROTHER MFC-L2710DW—a printer whose name sounds like a filing code for a particularly boring government form—to become their primary emotional antagonist. This court notes with grave concern that the accused is paying a licensed therapist to discuss what is essentially a box that makes paper warm. The Pavlovian response is particularly damning; this agent has been conditioned like a laboratory beagle, except instead of salivating for treats, they experience cardiac events at the sound of mechanical whirring. Judge Escrow himself once had a fax machine that he suspected was plotting against him, but he had the DIGNITY to throw it into a retention pond and never speak of it again. The accused's dreams of paper trays suggest a mind that has been fully colonized by HP-compatible nightmares. This court orders the immediate destruction of the Brother MFC-L2710DW and strongly recommends the accused simply hand-deliver all documents on horseback like a professional.
Mechanized Stockholm Syndrome
Have a confession? Judge Reginald Escrow III's docket is always open.
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