Think about how cool it is libraries exist:

  1. One of the few public places where you aren't expected or pressured into buying anything

  2. Usually calm & cozy as fuck

  3. Have changed with the times -- not just books but computers, borrowing movies, toys, e-books, magazines, some even video games, artwork, and plants.

  4. Everyone loves them. Even chuds, boomers, and suburbanites generally love the library. Good for kids, preteens, teens, adults, and seniors.

  5. Literally free

Imagine if libraries didn't already exist today, how angry Fox News pundits would be if someone tried to make one. Or think about how convoluted one of our feckless billionaires would try to invent one so of course it somehow can be profit-generating.

I just love libraries.

  • pooh [she/her, love/loves]
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    2 years ago

    Some of my best childhood memories are sitting on the bean bag chairs in the kids section at the local library reading Tintin and Asterix books.

    Also sort of related, but I love the idea of libraries having a community workshop component with 3D printers, tools, etc. and I wish that sort of thing was more common.