Every so often, when I’m extra bored, I’ll visit my favorite page on the internet: the wikipedia article “List of Common Misconceptions”. I love this page because the facts vary from “huh that’s kinda interesting” to “I was explicitly fucking taught this in school and it was a LIE”
When I was a kid I was genuinely horrified by the idea of growing up and I think a large part of it was the insistence by adults in my life that puberty would turn me into someone completely different. They were like “sure you don’t like make up and boys now but you’ll feel differently after puberty” or like “sure you think you wouldn’t want kids now but you’ll see once you’re older”
it’s like damn, stop invalidating kids’ personalities and listen to them and maybe you won’t be so shocked when they don’t transform into a new person later
I once saw someone point out something I hadn’t really considered before- libraries are one of the only places that are warm and dry where you can stay for long periods of time if you have no money. If you’re someone with nowhere to go during the daytime, they provide a safe environment in which to keep a roof over your head for a while- and all while you can access information.
So yes. This.
It’s weird…libraries almost feel /wrong/ now. It’s like I walk in and think “This is great…where do I put my money?”
I used to work on a campus library and if you want someplace to put your money, so to speak, make sure you put books back in the designated areas. I know you think you’re being helpful by reshelving, but even if you pull something out to read a couple paragraphs just stick it in the basket for things you didn’t want. I don’t care if you know EXACTLY where you are. In academic libraries (at least in Texas) our funding was determined by how many books people looked at. So we got additional funding based on books not being reshelved. If there’s a designated shelf/basket for things you don’t want, stick things in it!
What @standbyyourmantis said about not reshelving is true for public libraries, too. Our funding is dictated largely by how ‘used’ we are, so we scan all the items that are laying about as In House Use. That, tied with Reference Count and Door Counter numbers (we have to manually put in the time we take for references) to prove we’re providing a needed service. We also have to count the number of people who come for our programs, which not only helps funding but shows that the programming/services are needed, as well. So, basically, if you want to feel like you’re making sure we’re getting paid and staying around, keep these in mind.
I didn’t know that’s why you’re not supposed to reshelf!
Wow! That’s astounding!
LIBRARIES!!!
I’ve lost how many times I get asked about how much it costs to get a library card. It’s free. Everything is free unless it’s late or you lose an item.
All the rich people in the notes trying to defend the truth of this by whining about how they were raised to save every penny (because obviously poor people are poor because they never save money not because there’s a fucked up system that perpetuates poverty or anything) and it was so hard being raised to be like that boo hoo hoo
poor people buy people food because we remember what it felt like to go hungry so y’all can fuck off with this it was so hard growing up rich bullshit
My mum as poor as we were growing up and I’m talking dirt poor where sometimes we’d have weeks with no power poor would NEVER let my friends go hungry if they came over. nEVER. Reverse this, I went round a friends who wanted to get take out 100% their choice and I said I had no money so would feel bad but they were like it’s fine. Their parents then proceeded to not only charge my mum for the meal but also the lift home. My mum literally nearly lost her mind.
Don’t ever give me this rich people are rich because they were brought up to save. Rich people don’t need to save. They’re just greedy lmao
Went from four kids sleeping in one room to a three story house and a room for every kid, even the ones that moved away and started their own families (we’re 8 total in the family)
For about ten years of my life I never had new things. New things were alien to me. Every piece of clothing was a hand me down and the only new things I ever got were graduation and birthday and Christmas gifts, and even our Christmas gifts were secondhand if they were viable.
Fast forward and my family is now what I’d consider rich (upper middle class if you’re gonna get technical). I’m still uncomfortable buying new clothes because half my life was spent in hand me downs.
But I treat my friends to food as much as possible. They have free reign of my house. Everything I have is theirs. I don’t know how to save money suddenly when it comes to treating myself and my friends.
I can’t speak to the opposite because growing up, my rich friends always used to treat me as much as I treat people now. But I can pretty accurately say that the newly rich or newly financially comfortable are more likely to be generous and happy to share what the have.
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