Student Responds to School 'Think Before You Ink' Printer Notice With Tuition Cost Comparison

This is a two-panel meme. The top panel displays an official institutional notice informing students that the monthly cost of operating campus printers equals 4,000 Taco Bell tacos, 1,084 gallons of gas, or 42 Disney World tickets, ending with the slogan 'Think Before You Ink' to discourage unnecessary printing, alongside a graphic of a printer spewing out US dollar bills. The bottom panel is a satirical student-written response, which points out that the cost of a single student's tuition is equivalent to 41,460 Taco Bell tacos, 10,365 gallons of gas, or 465 Disney World tickets, concluding that when multiplied by 5,200 enrolled students, students are fully entitled to print whatever they want as a counter to the original cost-shaming message.

This meme was shared on X (formerly Twitter) via the account @meme.jpg as an RSS sourced post. It is a remixed meme that takes a common campus administrative notice meant to reduce student printing costs, and adds a humorous, relatable student response calling out the disproportionate priority institutions place on small operational costs compared to the extremely high tuition fees charged to students. It circulated widely across social media platforms including X, Reddit, and TikTok among student communities for its relatable critique of higher education costs.