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Orkin Mang
Nov 1, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
books are for queers

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unpleasantly turgid
Jul 6, 2016

u lightweights couldn't even feed my shadow ;*

DOWN JACKET FETISH posted:

OP your username is an anagram of VAST VINTAGE NONCE

quick call an ambulance

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

Orkin Mang posted:

books are for queers

"the gay science", lmbo. self own, homo

unpleasantly turgid
Jul 6, 2016

u lightweights couldn't even feed my shadow ;*

Orkin Mang posted:

books are for queers

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

"ecce homo" says it all right on the cover dunnit

Orkin Mang
Nov 1, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
the gay science is proctology btw

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

Orkin Mang posted:

the gay science is proctology btw

spoiler that poo poo please, i havent' read the book yet

Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
whats the lesbian science?

Orkin Mang
Nov 1, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Rutibex posted:

whats the lesbian science?

digital commerce

Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!

Saint Isaias Boner posted:

dude little kids like to hang around in a circle and sing songs and have books with bright colors read to them by nice people. they don't need to stay inside a squalid goonhut and squint at some black and white poo poo on a broken old kindle while some goony gently caress tries to decipher the words on the screen.

They do that at kindergartens. I've never been to a library where kids sit in circles and sing.
Kids actually like playing with mobile phones or just playing outside in general. But when they outgrow their looking at pretty colours phase, there isn't really much a library can provide for them.

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

Paladinus posted:

They do that at kindergartens. I've never been to a library where kids sit in circles and sing.
Kids actually like playing with mobile phones or just playing outside in general. But when they outgrow their looking at pretty colours phase, there isn't really much a library can provide for them.

They have playgroups and community activities at libraries. Also libraries have books which kids can check out, without needing to pay for them. Not sure that's a hard concept to grasp.

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

Like most public things it benefits poor people more, if you can stock your house with books and afford a nice kindergarden who gives a poo poo really. Otherwise you're poo poo out of luck when a half-price Thatcher closes everything to save a couple bucks.

OTOH the US might not be a complete hell state like the UK so who knows.

Bareback Werewolf
Oct 5, 2013
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My local library has a really cool kids section and a lot of kids events. They even have lunch for poor kids every Saturday.

berth ell pup
Mar 20, 2017

I am a business magnet.
i could go borrow a book that has been jerked off onto and drooled on and taken into shitters and then go give it back,

or i could go buy the same title for $7 shipped and have it forever or eventually sell it for more books. hmmm.....

Orkin Mang
Nov 1, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
i heard that publc libraries have replaced all the curious george books with trans annies and the magical school worker coop books

Bareback Werewolf
Oct 5, 2013
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Bunch of anti-library nazis itt and I won't stand for it.

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

public parks? who needs 'em, kids just need a patch of astroturf and a SAD light

Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!
I never left the house as a child, and I'm okay. Actually, I am good at computers because of that.

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

Paladinus posted:

I never left the house as a child, and I'm okay. Actually, I am good at computers because of that.

I spent my childhood chained to a radiator and I'm ok too. Not good at computers though, pretty decent at plumbing

Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

Paladinus posted:

I never left the house as a child, and I'm okay. Actually, I am good at computers because of that.

we have computers at the library, and also classes to teach you computer things, and a 3D printer, and also VR

Orkin Mang
Nov 1, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Saint Isaias Boner posted:

I spent my childhood chained to a radiator and I'm ok too. Not good at computers though, pretty decent at plumbing

some peoples lives start and end as tragedies, some starts as tragedies then turn into upsidedown frowns, and whats an upsidedown frown but a smile with ptsd

Space Taxi
Oct 31, 2016

Bareback Werewolf posted:

They even have lunch for poor kids every Saturday.

And this is the problem with libraries. They are full of moochers. Buy your own books you communists.

Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

Space Taxi posted:

And this is the problem with libraries. They are full of moochers. Buy your own books you communists.

the services at your friendly public library are the only thing stopping these poor souls from grabbing the nearest rock, cracking you over the head, and drinking you blood

Orkin Mang
Nov 1, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Rutibex posted:

the services at your friendly public library are the only thing stopping these poor souls from grabbing the nearest rock, cracking you over the head, and drinking you blood

right on, crip

yoloer420
May 19, 2006
There seems to be some confusion over what a librarian does. They don't shelve books, read to children or sing to hobos.

Librarians perform managerial duties, determine what should be purchased, perform research tasks and oversee the running of the library. Librarians occasionally kick out masturbators from the library.

Library technicians and library assistants are the ones you see most of the time.

Bareback Werewolf
Oct 5, 2013
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Don't you have to have a poo poo ton of schooling to become a librarian?

yoloer420
May 19, 2006

Bareback Werewolf posted:

Don't you have to have a poo poo ton of schooling to become a librarian?

Eh it's a four year degree.

Bareback Werewolf
Oct 5, 2013
~*blessed by the algorithm*~

yoloer420 posted:

Eh it's a four year degree.

Oh okay, nevermind then.

Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

Bareback Werewolf posted:

Don't you have to have a poo poo ton of schooling to become a librarian?

you need a masters of library science in addition to normal 4 year degree

yoloer420
May 19, 2006

Rutibex posted:

you need a masters of library science in addition to normal 4 year degree

I guess it differs between countries.

Bareback Werewolf
Oct 5, 2013
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Yeah, I thought I remember my mom telling me she wanted to be a librarian but once she found out how much school it took she said gently caress it.

Amarcarts
Feb 21, 2007

This looks a lot like suffering.
This Ain't The Library: A XXX Parody

yoloer420
May 19, 2006

Bareback Werewolf posted:

Yeah, I thought I remember my mom telling me she wanted to be a librarian but once she found out how much school it took she said gently caress it.

Chances are she had no idea what a librarian actually does. If she wanted to chill out and shelve books while answering stupid questions... That only takes like a year.

Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

yoloer420 posted:

I guess it differs between countries.

its a racket in canada. strong union keeps the riff raff out, and the salaries high :canada:

Snatch Duster
Feb 20, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
My cousin is a porn librarian for a very large site. She says her job is pretty boring.

Psycho Society
Oct 21, 2010

Snatch Duster posted:

My cousin is a porn librarian for a very large site. She says her job is pretty boring.

Can you give her my number

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

fun at the homeless shelter with books

Snatch Duster
Feb 20, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Psycho Society posted:

Can you give her my number

Yea what is it.

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Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

etalian posted:

fun at the homeless shelter with books

its also a daycare and a seniors lounge :colbert:

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