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Skippy McPants posted:That's a very good point. Philanderin' Franklin has been a popular history fact for so long that I'm surprised nobody's done an adaptation focused on his personal life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqt1s3No1vo
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SUPERMAN'S GAL PAL posted:I know back in my day we clamored for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark where the fetid rot of corpses was implied and the art left us gleefully terrified. None of this farting pixel nonsense! I heard in recent reprints they changed the art to be as bland as the stories they're based upon. 
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Libraries live and die by user statistics and materials circulated is a major chunk of those statistics. You have to balance what a library should have with what the patron base wants to use. For every Shakespeare, there's a Stinky Steve. EDIT: Found this at Ollie's a while back. 
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My school librarian got me into Asimov and Harry Harrison, and had loads of art books like Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials and a few of those other pseudo-realistic alien guide books. Lots of classic 70s and 80s scifi art. As a kid I loved those books that told you how those alien's innards worked. That and crashed spaceships.  As you can imagine, I wasn't into sports or girls. But my ex bought me this for Christmas, presumably as a hint: 
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Gromit posted:But my ex bought me this for Christmas, presumably as a hint: What sort of a hint? That you shouldn't be dating 7-year-olds?
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Screaming Idiot posted:I heard in recent reprints they changed the art to be as bland as the stories they're based upon. Man, I don't know if that is good or bad. Those images loving haunted me for goddamn yeaaaars.
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Jun 5, 2017 15:01
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Yeah, also gently caress the ocean guess I won't be sleeping tonight
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queserasera posted:Libraries live and die by user statistics and materials circulated is a major chunk of those statistics. You have to balance what a library should have with what the patron base wants to use. For every Shakespeare, there's a Stinky Steve. I'm a librarian. I can assure you, kids would be all loving over that Stinky Steve book. Also, libraries live and die by whatever the gently caress dumb idea management has gotten into their heads about how to make libraries hip and cool and get teenagers and young adults coming to the library. 
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https://twitter.com/DepressedDarth/status/871352092715139074
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Gromit posted:My school librarian got me into Asimov and Harry Harrison, and had loads of art books like Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials and a few of those other pseudo-realistic alien guide books. Lots of classic 70s and 80s scifi art. As a kid I loved those books that told you how those alien's innards worked. Should I pick up Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials? I absolutely loved Expedition- one of my favorite books.
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Just Offscreen posted:Should I pick up Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials? I absolutely loved Expedition- one of my favorite books. Oh hell yes, it's such a neat read. That book blew my mind as a kid and it's got some neat deep cuts (e.g. a little-read James Tiptree novel that I love)
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Public library's original purpose was to provide free access to information to the public. The internet has largely replaced that function but its not like these building's are gonna get demolished for no reason so they try to find new purposes. From child encouragement of reading to homeless daycare.
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Screaming Idiot posted:I heard in recent reprints they changed the art to be as bland as the stories they're based upon. Old vs. Updated:   
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Jun 5, 2017 16:56
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Is... that a Johnny Five Aces joke I see in there?
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failing forward posted:Is... that a Johnny Five Aces joke I see in there? its an iphone you weirdo.
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It wasn't so much the farts that I wanted to highlight, but the fact that someone used assets from Minecraft to sell an unlicensed Minecraft book about farts. Like, imagine if someone took screenshots from a Mario game and "illustrated" brown clouds behind Mario and sold it as a book about Mario having rancid spaghetti farts. Nintendo would stop that poo poo dead in its tracks.
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Jamesman posted:It wasn't so much the farts that I wanted to highlight, but the fact that someone used assets from Minecraft to sell an unlicensed Minecraft book about farts. If somebody did with say Elsa or Ariel, the Mouse might have a hit put out on somebody.
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whiteyfats posted:If somebody did with say Elsa or Ariel, the Mouse might have a hit put out on somebody. hmm, yes 
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Cythereal posted:I'm a librarian. I can assure you, kids would be all loving over that Stinky Steve book. yay fellow librarian  We have a bunch of the other unofficial Minecraft novels. I'm guessing some prude decided we didn't need farting Steve. Stephen Gammell has done a bunch of other children's books, including Halloween ones.
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CaptainBtaksDad posted:Public library's original purpose was to provide free access to information to the public. The internet has largely replaced that function but its not like these building's are gonna get demolished for no reason so they try to find new purposes. From child encouragement of reading to homeless daycare. Well obstinately, most libraries have taken on the role of providing public access to the Internet. It's not a glamorous option but it's nice to know that if the worst should happen- say my house burns down with my phone and computer- I can still access my critical services at the library. I can't think of a library I have set foot in in the past decade that didn't have some form of computer lab- usually in the open to discourage jerkin it to porn in the library. Not that it stops some...
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queserasera posted:yay fellow librarian Well, hopefully librarian. I was laid off a few weeks ago at my six month review for what amounts to management that can't find their asses with both hands and a road map. I started in academic libraries, but only lasted six months at two separate public libraries before getting laid off for no particular reason that management deigned to share with me. Content. explosivo posted:Got a second kitten over the weekend. Leela has been hilarious trying to figure out wtf this thing is.
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I assume librarians are suffering in today's job market. I read all the time but haven't checked out a book from a library in years, due to a combination of having a massive backlog at home and reading on my tablet. I imagine the only people still coming in are kids who want the latest Stinky Steve.
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Phlegmish posted:I assume librarians are suffering in today's job market. I read all the time but haven't checked out a book from a library in years, due to a combination of having a massive backlog at home and reading on my tablet. I imagine the only people still coming in are kids who want the latest Stinky Steve. Libraries are actually seeing a lot of use today. Book circulation is declining, but demand for their computer and internet services is higher than ever, and in some areas with lots of retirees there's a huge amount of demand for books. Also, public libraries have DVD collections and it's extremely popular - it's certainly what I use my library for the most. It's a huge part of what killed Blockbuster and the video rental industry in general - libraries started doing it for free. The job market for librarians is awful, but for different reasons. It's a very popular second choice field for people who have social sciences or education degrees who can't find a job in their own field or hate teaching, so they decide they'll be librarians.
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Phlegmish posted:I assume librarians are suffering in today's job market. Collection management is by no means all that librarians do. Reference assistance, community support, class figuring-out, direct training, etc. But yeah, if my ex-wife's experience is anything to go by, it's a brutal market. Nobody is adding new librarian positions, and retirement ages are climbing, so other than things like parental leave replacement contracts you basically have to assassinate someone to create an opening for anything more than casual work. (The position requirements for academic or medical positions are often somewhat ridiculous too.)
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Pastry of the Year posted:hmm, yes Disney also lets those Spider-Man & Elsa youtube videos go unchallenged, not to mention those really crappy cartoons that... holy poo poo they're all about farting too. I guess farts are just a blind spot when protecting an IP. Mario's Spaghetti Farts is a go! I'm gonna be rich!
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Phlegmish posted:I assume librarians are suffering in today's job market. I read all the time but haven't checked out a book from a library in years, due to a combination of having a massive backlog at home and reading on my tablet. I imagine the only people still coming in are kids who want the latest Stinky Steve.  Often people operating the check-out services are clerks, not actual librarians. Actual librarians (here, it requires a masters degree) often find themselves in academic settings, which become pretty lucrative after a while.Anyway, some things I found:  
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[quote="syscall girl" post="473048600"] [/qucafes]Is James Joyce the origin of gently caress?!
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queserasera posted:Libraries live and die by user statistics and materials circulated is a major chunk of those statistics. You have to balance what a library should have with what the patron base wants to use. For every Shakespeare, there's a Stinky Steve. I didn't realize Chuck Tingle is getting into children's books.
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AFewBricksShy posted:I didn't realize Chuck Tingle is getting into children's books. Pounded In The Butt By The Very Hungry Caterpillar Pounded In The Butt By One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, and Blue Fish
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The Lorax speaks for those Pounded in the Butt.
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Foglet posted:What's "donte-mail"? It's a typo. He wants someone named Dante to mail his wife something. It probably makes more sense if you're Dante, and know what it is you're supposed to be mailing. Novelty over mitts, perhaps, that he borrowed a few years ago and has failed to return. I'm not sure, I'm not an expert or anything.
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Foglet posted:What's "donte-mail"? Itallian graffiti.
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Gromit posted:My school librarian got me into Asimov and Harry Harrison, and had loads of art books like Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials and a few of those other pseudo-realistic alien guide books. Lots of classic 70s and 80s scifi art. As a kid I loved those books that told you how those alien's innards worked. Perhaps you can help me find a book that haunted me as a child. It was sort of like that derelict spaceship book but it had a skeleton in an space suit with the cracked helmet, maybe he was on a desert planet half covered or something.
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Fried Watermelon posted:Perhaps you can help me find a book that haunted me as a child. It was sort of like that derelict spaceship book but it had a skeleton in an space suit with the cracked helmet, maybe he was on a desert planet half covered or something. 
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