Types Of Headaches: The Printer Driver Edition

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Types Of Headaches: The Printer Driver Edition

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OH. MY. GOD. The medical chart of headaches is INCOMPLETE without the soul-crushing agony that is printer driver installation! While mere mortals suffer from migraine, hypertension, and stress, programmers face the APOCALYPTIC NIGHTMARE of trying to convince a printer to communicate with a computer! It's not pain—it's TRANSCENDENT SUFFERING! Your entire head doesn't just hurt, it COMBUSTS INTO A RAGING INFERNO OF PURE TORMENT as you click through seventeen dialog boxes only to be told your perfectly compatible printer is "not recognized." The ancient Egyptians built the pyramids with less frustration than what it takes to print a single page in 2023!

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