"You need to buy a printer."

"No, I don't. Pretty much everything I do is electronic, all of my records are electronic, why do I need to print anything out?"

"No seriously, you need a printer."

"I've done quite well without one so far. The rare times I need hard copy for a letter or something, I just, er, steal office supplies."

"Go buy a printer."

"Look, you know me. I never throw anything out. Within six months, my life would be completely buried in paper."

"But you need one!"

"We've gone through this. On the computer, everything's sorted, searchable, and even if it's clutter it only takes up virtual space. Why do I need anything on paper?"

"Scribbling."

"Scribbling?"

"Yeah. You can't scribble on electronic documents. Some documents are easily editable. Some document formats can be annotated. Some let you 'cross items off' a list. Inevitably, though, this means you have to create a document with the specific intention of being editable, or annotated, or things-to-do-ish."

"...whereas any document can be printed out and scribbled on. You've got a point."

"Well, I am you."

"You are? Why am I talking to myself then?"

"Call it a literary conceit."

"Ah, I'm being pretentious again, aren't I."

"Hey, you said it, not me."

(Prediction: bc298e458cdacac56b5247bc5f8f1a62)