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MitchHon
I use my library to borrow books on my kindle. They are amazing and I support them whenever I can.
FlamingoKick
As a librarian I agree. We need more funding. We are no longer just books. I could go on but youve already read most of it lol
fuzzymcbutterball
My first date with my wife was a local library. I wanted to show her how cool it was. I'm an athletic nerd and she was a NCAA jock
Oscill8s
Shout out to Andre Walker though for being mature enough to change his mind and admit he was wrong.
humdiddlydoo
I’m stealing “I am mad online.”
imnotinprisonhidingaphoneinmybutt
As a homeless teen the library was the only place I ever went where I actually felt safe. (Including the homeless shelters.)
OrionzillaTG
What the fuck. No kid deserves to be homeless in a country with a $1.7x10^16 per year income. That is fucking disgusting
inmat
If you want to do something about it, there are probably organizations that could use a donation or two.
DoublevBomb
Ultra-capitalism does not give the slightest fuck about human lives, or the quality of how they're lived. Money >>>>>> all existence, to it.
Idontspellcheck
I like wandering around and looking at the books. Libraries rule.
thegreatalan
I can’t say i have seen someone change their stance from something like this, wonderful, truly wonderful.
Blackjackal1122
Wasn't this on FP a day ago?
Wolvenlight
Probably, though I didn't see that he changed his mind, so that's a nice addition.
livingthedream
"I don't use the library therefore no one does"
DinglyDanglyDingDongDiddly
QuantumStateMdT
"I'm mad online" and "I'm now less mad online" is the best! My new go-to responses!
YourFriendBen
Andre Walker, you motherfucking asshat.
bananag1raffe
I have never seen an empty public library, there is always a decent amount of crowd whenever I go. I live in a affluent part of the town
Macules
To his credit the journalist changed his tune!
wisdombringsnosolace
OR he's the kind of person that doesnt actually learn from things like this & goes right back to being a dipshit later. +1 @DoublevBomb /1
wisdombringsnosolace
I hope I'm wrong though /2
DoublevBomb
In situations like this, the chance of you being wrong is low. Not impossible, but low.
NamelessFacelessAverageJoe
I am truly happy that I saw this today.
energyTurtle42
Bout to go to bed...I'm happy as well @squanchy631
Ilikeitwhenyoucallmebigpapa
#literarallytriggered
DragonDildoChandelier
CziltangBrony
Read a book! Read a book! Read a motherfuckin’ book!
DinoSuarez
Don’t you ever interrupt me while I’m readin’ a book!
Gatadata
i really wanna read ulysses
HipsterFett
There it is.
DickPicsForTitPics
R-E-A-D-A-B-O-OKAY!! https://youtu.be/GlKL_EpnSp8
Snuggletummy
RAISE YO KIDS, RAISE YO KIDS, RAISE YO GODDAMN KIDS!
Synthetics66
IT’S CALLED SPEEDSTICK, IT’S NOT EXPENSIVE.
whyisallthecheesegone
Buy some land! Buy some land! Buy some motherfucking land!
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
Use deodorant, nigga! (I think that part should play at the entrance of conventions. On repeat.)
MarkItZero000
Fuck spinnin' rims!!
aFadingMemory
I use my library card to sign into overdrive app and check out audio books. It's awesome.
DukeDarkwood
Just take a look! It's in a book! A reading rainbow! (Reading Rainbow!) https://img.memecdn.com/Why-LeVar-Burton-is-the-man_o_79863.jpg
RiverBear
I read this to the tune of the old Spiderman theme song. Spiderman, spiderman does whatever a spider can.
quietbirdman
I read it to william tell overture
dpressedonion
I read it to fur Elise. Believe that's how it's spelled
sexykneesandfriskybits
drwhoviantardis
I was waiting for this to pop up have and upvote
tigercheesesteak
Are there stats to back these statements up?
thewhifflingtit
Probably. The things he says are things I've witnessed in my local library system.
Wolvenlight
Library visits/ use grew all the way up til 2011. Visits started trending downward, but library resource use within & digital kept going up.
Wolvenlight
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/analysis/2015/11/10/library-visits-down-but-digital-uses-rising
IsRealKawai
You could get the same education I get as an engineer in college for $70,000 a year pretty much for free in a library.we need to use em more
OmenIcarus
I view it as what you are really paying for being taught by someone, instead of teaching yourself.
inmat
The internet is great for that
turbokneegrow
From my experience, which consists of boonie college, you pay for the guided tour of the book you bought.
DysgraphicProgrammer
Most people derive at least some benefit from an active expert who can answer questions interactively
Gronglebert
Disclaimer: yes I work in a library. From what I have seen, the more information that has become freely available online, the more we 1/?
Gronglebert
need libraries. As resources for teachers in many countries are being stretched and removed, while the pressure on attaining the best 2/?
Gronglebert
exam results remains the same or even increases, the less time there is available to support the teaching of important critical skills. 3/?
Gronglebert
I'm not one of those "in my day" people. It's not the fault of the teachers or kids. I was lucky in that I had teachers and parents 4/?
Gronglebert
who encouraged my sisters and me to ask questions. People take the path of least resistance; if we had the internet when we were kids, 5/?
Gronglebert
I'm sure we would have used it for homework and occasionally taken the Wikipedia shortcut if we were in a rush. Now, kids are taking 6/?
Yodaloid
Props to him for backing down, rather than further entrenching himself in his misguided belief
DoublevBomb
I'm sure he's got a whole deck of misguided beliefs to keep drawing from.
Yodaloid
So does everyone, I think.
TargaryenLoyalist
#19 He deserves some respect for finally admitting he was wrong, at least. It’s a rare thing nowadays, so let’s not discourage it.
nosbojden
TA-RUE!
haroldsax
I was gonna say, at least he owned up to being wrong. Still kind of a jack ass but ya know, credit where credit is due.
DoublevBomb
Something tells me this isn't the kind of person that actually learns from things like this, and goes right back to being a dipshit later.
LoudBirb
He had to be shouted down by 110,000 people calling him an idiot for him to admit it. A reasonable person would do it after 1 google search.
SomePeopleCallMe
Or he intentionally did this to bring out the library supporters.
ShirouBlue
In all fairness, shit was heavily raining upon him.
HitlersArtCritic
Can we encourage criticism against people like this and uniting to respond to their BS? Especially if they go on and insult multiple targets
DynamicMessOfJigglingThings
After his tweet about French teachers, I have no respect left for him.
IratetheD
what did he say??? where did he hurt you DynamicMessOfjigglingThings?
HitlersArtCritic
No teachers at all should be insulted like this.
flawlesssoul
Even if they are French, it's not their fault.
samsonguy920
Except Mrs. McReady who told me parsnips were all I was worth. Screw her.
motherofmoose
Hopefully she’s no longer teaching, but alas, “hopefully” doth butter no parsnips.
Rommel12
That's not true. There are plenty of teachers who should be insulted like this, including but not limited to those who have sex with their
Rommel12
Students, those who are abusive to their students and those who are just really bad at their jobs.
IHaveAnAwesomeUsername
I am now less mad online
GreaterDog
He's using his twitter to report on his own folley in third person. https://imgur.com/OWSky6P It's a rare occurrence that someone online
GreaterDog
transparently changes their minds
thewhifflingtit
Yeah! It's refreshing to see.
maniacalmacaroni
Libraries are the best. Fuck people who want to take free services that they don't need or ever use away from people who depend on them
Mathison2099
Leslie Knope disagrees.
QUIBICUS
But they are poor.
cspinasdf
It seems like a national digital library would be more cost effective, than a brick and mortar one.
inmat
I think that's a thing.
inmat
Oh, and there's more to libraries than books. They provide free internet access as well as a place to stay until it closes, etc
ReiiamaKotsu
It would be, but with what internet would you access it with if you were dirt poor? Brick and mortar libraries have that access.
sammygirl3000
HS librarian here - have a large digital coll. & students prefer print books - greatly reduced nonfiction coll. but increased fic coll.
koopaya
Yes. I wish Imgur could stick this entire post to the FP for a month. The one near me has a 3D printing class, and printers to use on site.
RayMC
So does ours, but then again, our library is part of an excellent community college.
WardSharlow
I designed a PCB for a soldering class at the library. It was awesome.
TheBurritoConfederacy
Whaaaaaat. Now I need to see what kind of stuff mine has.
koopaya
It's so cool: http://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/Services/Innovation-Centers.aspx
Dokramuh
"but they're not free." - some asshole
marsgoose
They are not free. This is the truth and if that makes me an asshole than I fart in your general direction.
Halflingflinger
They're not, tho. I mean, I think they should totally be open and expanded, but people that think that public = free needs the gulag.
Taxicat
Technically, it's a pre-paid service. You pay for it ahead of time via taxes and then you get unlimited access.
Halflingflinger
No, you actually get access without ever having paid taxes.
samsonguy920
It's still on someone's dime. If it's not yours, why not utilize it until it is off of your dime, too?
Andalite
I haven't been to my library in years but if I hear my home town is gonna shut it down, I'll protest right in front of town hall
TargaryenLoyalist
Good for you. Just because you don’t use something personally doesn’t mean you can’t support others being able to do so.
PrincessLeliana
My local library has vr systems so you can play vr games.
Icantbebothered
We gather at our library every other saturday for 5 hours of board games and card games.
DeadlyFood
A library I go to has a fucking courtyard and a patio overlooking the courtyard
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
My library has a 3D printer and small programmable robots that you can check out to learn coding.
DysgraphicProgrammer
My library lets me reserve books online, summons them over interlibrary loan, and checks me out by RFID as I walk out the door.
aFadingMemory
Seattle library is just an architectural marvel. I could explore for hour.
ctennessen
Some have 3D printers and other maker equipment you can rent to use at the library. How cool is that?
Typicalcat
Mine has stuff like this. It’s so cool.
Melanisia
My local library has a honest to god theater on the third floor. They put on plays.
armeggedonCounselor
YO That's super cool though! More places need free local theater. Theater's great.
inmat
the world is your stage
betterthanbardockbrolyandbeeruscombined
Jesus your library has floors? I think my library has like old ass ibms
Melanisia
https://imgur.com/TQDwv17 Three stories above ground and two basement levels.
AdmiralButtStuff
Last time I was in one I was genuinely surprised by how up to date it was. Unfucked a lot of my opinions on them right then.
Melanisia
My dad borrows books from the library on his kindle.
AdmiralButtStuff
Holy shit you can do that?
Szczecin
All libraries are quite tall because they have a lot of stories.
RayMC
I took me a moment, but +1
44no44
Upvoting this entire thread so more people see this pun like
elimarion
I almost missed this golden comment.
Ihoagland
They library I work at has an auditorium, VR, 3D printing, graphic design, and video and audio recording studios. Tech is major now
RayMC
I'm just curious, are these stand-alone libraries? Mine is feature packed, but it's only b/c the library's part of a community college.
Ihoagland
Not quite. County library, but in a college town. Open to the public, funded by property tax, which the college doesn't pay.
Ihoagland
But in a town obviously influenced by the college itself.
BestUsernameICouldThinkOf
#12: False.
Marikhen
Just because he's not allowed in it doesn't mean he's not welcome. I'd invite him just to watch him get arrested.
RandoWis
Banned for jackin it in a public library. Deserved, but legendary.
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
That's Library Gerog. He's a statistical outlier and should not be taken into account.
pareidoliaperson
Well, number tagging doesn't work on mobile so off to counting again...sigh
ReverseTrapTsukasa
Everyone, that looks like a 1.73 to me and not a one
PuntoPuta
This is the "Tribute" of usernames
DukeDarkwood
It is not the greatest username in the world.
HungryPumpkn
My man loves fucking books.
ActuallyImSpartacus
I fucking love books. But your man loves fucking them. Each to their own.
ImHereForTheScraps
Don't we all?
ImHereForTheScraps
Do we not?
FrostyTrees
Literally
GingerLaird
Did he love books a little too much? What exactly got him banned?
CEILINGCLOAKER
Public indecency and exposure, on his...eighth offense? I'll have to find the article.
GingerLaird
So he did love books a little too much.
stronomer
I don't know the background of this, but I'm sure US courts do not have jurisdiction in about 200 countries on earth.
toboldlygowherenomanhasgonebefore
That's easy, if some country misbehaves, the US simply inGrenadavade :-)
DoraTheDestroyer
It was a condition of his bail.
stronomer
So they're gonna let him leave the country before his trial and then check whether he visits a library? I don't think so.
DoraTheDestroyer
Of course not, they're enforcing the order.
RaynWisp
I don't think they're gonna let him leave the country - so he's indirectly banned from most of the world already...
stronomer
Exactly!
Rookiriuz
How long have you waited for this moment?
UrMomDoubleGay
All my life. Wa oooooh ooooh
Ryebread91
This is his peak. Nothing left now.
legofham
At least 3
EchoOfSnac
Maybe four...
FilipeNogueira
fiddy
victortangolives
5 inches...and 10