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Pththya-lyi
Nov 8, 2009

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2020
Have you been to your public library lately?

You can get
-Free books
-Free movie rentals
-Free Internet access

Also many libraries have fun programs and initiatives. One of my favorites is Book Club in a Bag:

And if you're a goony shut-in who hates venturing outside, some libraries offer ebook and music downloads.

Check out your local library's website before you visit. You might be surprised at what your library has to offer! Don't delay, go today!

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shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


do they have porn

Dead Gay Romans
Mar 19, 2015

Pitbull enthusiast
no thanks op, I prefer to jerk off into books in the privacy of my own home.

BeefThief
Aug 8, 2007

sounds terrible, op

Bro Dad
Mar 26, 2010


they also double as homeless shelters if your looking for a place to score some heroin

Sponge Baathist
Jan 30, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
I already did my morning meat-beat-a-thon

social vegan
Nov 7, 2014



throw some beers in the bag and i'll go op

Haverchuck
May 6, 2005

the coolest
Great place to take a poo poo and bathe out of the sink, or also occasionally give birth

roymorrison
Jul 26, 2005
actually i did go to my local librarty the other day and it was loving amazing so yes in short i unironically support this. i hate hipsters too so dont go there to be a hipster trying to twirl your lovely mustache and take pictures with ur polaroid because gently caress you, just go because there's some cool free poo poo like books and movies and stuff and maybe you will learn something

also you might have good architecture in your public library, like the building is very appealing to your brain and you can just sit inside and chill out, man.

open container
Sep 16, 2008
they have vibeo games now

Hobohemian
Sep 30, 2005

by XyloJW
Isn't that first picture the UoP library from Indiana Jones?

Mr. Pumroy
May 20, 2001

i used to spend hours in libraries as a kid, and worked in a library during a lot of my university years. i had a researcher card from the library of congress and i sat in the big circular room there while reading big out of print books

but now i am busy, and i don't have time. rest in peace.

Pththya-lyi
Nov 8, 2009

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2020

shyduck posted:

do they have porn

Probably not, but check your local library's collection and Internet use policies to be sure. Also consider if you actually want to spank it in a place where you might get arrested for doing so

Bro Dad posted:

they also double as homeless shelters if your looking for a place to score some heroin

Haverchuck posted:

Great place to take a poo poo and bathe out of the sink, or also occasionally give birth

It depends a lot on the library, but a lot of them are very homeless-unfriendly. They can't *actually* ban homeless people, but they can make rules against stuff like sleeping and having bad BO. Again, check library policy.

THE PENETRATOR
Jul 27, 2014

by Lowtax
the library in hartford is freaking epic

THE PENETRATOR
Jul 27, 2014

by Lowtax
i havent been to the albany public library... maybe i should

Pththya-lyi
Nov 8, 2009

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2020

Hobohemian posted:

Isn't that first picture the UoP library from Indiana Jones?

Actually it is a reading room in the New York Public Library

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005
I enjoy Libraries.

Tercio
Jan 30, 2003

not an endorsement
Mar 14, 2008


Personally, I think it's problematic that a sitting Senator has a racial slur for a last name.



for those libraries with moving shelves what happens if say you stick a child in between them and compacted them?

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

whatis
Jun 6, 2012
i work in a library!


not this one, but i did study there before it got broken

a hole-y ghost
May 10, 2010

Yeah I went there. the only thing of note was guys looking really shifty before going into the bathroom and not coming out for a long time.

Pesmerga
Aug 1, 2005

So nice to eat you

The weight of learning.

Frog Act
Feb 10, 2012



my dad is a librarian and iw ant to be a librarian too sometimes

ANIME IS BLOOD
Sep 4, 2008

by zen death robot
protip: library is cheaper than getting physical disks from Netflix, and sometimes faster

ANIME IS BLOOD
Sep 4, 2008

by zen death robot

Frog Act posted:

my dad is a librarian and iw ant to be a librarian too sometimes

become a pilot instead

psyopmonkey
Nov 15, 2008

by Lowtax
I go to the library on campus. Its comfy and quiet until the west african dudes show up. Theyre always on their phones talking super loud.

Theyre nice guys just kinda retarded and unobservant.

#LibraryGripes

Coheed and Camembert
Feb 11, 2012
Joke's on you OP, I work at the library, I'm there every day.

Agreed, though, goons should join the likes of:
-Extremely elderly women taking out large amounts of James Patterson and Nora Roberts poo poo
-Said elderly women forgetting to return them on time, and getting pissed off at me for telling them they have massive late fees
-Homeless people whacking it in the bathroom stalls
-Homeless people whacking it at the computers
-Homeless people falling asleep reading the Charlotte Observer
-Herds of menopausal women coming at a 5 minutes to close and insisting they all need library cards right this second
-People missing a nonzero number of teeth that want to take out the maximum number of DVDs

Although ours has an ebook library too, so you literally only have to go there once, then you can download books to your computer or kindle from the comfort of your own goonlair. Your tax dollars are at work

Frog Act
Feb 10, 2012



The Mad Archivist posted:

become a pilot instead

those are kind of different skill sets though

RideTheSpiral
Sep 18, 2005
College Slice
imagine reading a book in the year 2015 lmao

Pththya-lyi
Nov 8, 2009

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2020

(from the Yonkers Public Library)

ANIME IS BLOOD
Sep 4, 2008

by zen death robot

Frog Act posted:

those are kind of different skill sets though

it's a much better idea though, and there is going to be a shortage in the medium to long term

Pththya-lyi
Nov 8, 2009

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2020

RideTheSpiral posted:

imagine reading a book in the year 2015 lmao

Yes, imagine how much fun it can be to read a book about something that really interests you

RideTheSpiral
Sep 18, 2005
College Slice

Pththya-lyi posted:


(from the Yonkers Public Library)

my local library is overrun by mexicans brandishing globoses

Mr. Pumroy
May 20, 2001

my friends and i would go to the microfilm section and print out funny things from hundred year old newspapers, like snake oil ads. we had good times.

Frog Act
Feb 10, 2012



The Mad Archivist posted:

it's a much better idea though, and there is going to be a shortage in the medium to long term

so how can i parlay my history undergrad itno being the next top gun

Frog Act
Feb 10, 2012



Mr. Pumroy posted:

my friends and i would go to the microfilm section and print out funny things from hundred year old newspapers, like snake oil ads. we had good times.

yo, i fuckin love microfilm. i had dental surgery when working on my thesis and got a big bottle of vicodin and honestly one of my favorite things is getting really chill on ~30mg of vicodin and going through the MF

Hobohemian
Sep 30, 2005

by XyloJW
Honestly though, I have almost every book I've ever read and like 300 more on my kindle so there's really no point in stepping foot in a library again for the rest of my life.

Mr. Pumroy
May 20, 2001

one of the things i printed out and then laminated was the big headline from the day after the war of the worlds broadcast that caused a panic. for my teenage rear end it was a way of reminding myself that people have been and always will be dumb. sometimes i wish i could punch my teenage self cuz that's a pretentious way of doing that.

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ANIME IS BLOOD
Sep 4, 2008

by zen death robot

Frog Act posted:

so how can i parlay my history undergrad itno being the next top gun

unless you have hosed up eyes it wouldn't be as hard as you think

if you do... *sigh* welcome to library grad school

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