/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.15904458]

My local library is complete shit bros. Its more of a homeless encampment than a library. There are only about 1000 books and most of them are those faggot romances with the naked men on the front. What the fuck do i do. My town doesnt even have a bookstore and the nearest one is an hour away. Should i just kill myself? Ordering books on amazon is too expensive to do regularly

[Anonymous No.15904509]

>>15904458
What you need to do is re-label the various sections in your library.

"LGBTQ" -> "SODOMY"

"Military History" -> "HISTORY"

"Classic Fiction" -> "FICTION"

"Mathematics (advanced)" -> "MATHEMATICS"

"Mathematics (other)" -> "ARITHMETIC"

Everything else -> "MISCELLANEOUS"

Be the change you want to see in the world, anon!

[Anonymous No.15904521]

>>15904458
if your library is shit and you can't afford to order books then you need to suck it up and just read pdfs. you have libgen and b-ok.

[Anonymous No.15904524]

libgen and buy a printer

[Anonymous No.15904527]

>>15904509
I would but there are only romance novels and shitty fantasy. Not even joking. And they wont open because of muh corona. Im so fucking mad. I pay my taxes for the goddamned library and theyre gonna drag it out for a year+ citing “safety hazards” FUCK LIBRARIANS

[Anonymous No.15904558]

>>15904527

Now there's a thought...

1. The libraries are all closed

2. All the cute librarians are stuck at home getting frustrated

3. We can and should help them.

[Anonymous No.15904569]

>>15904558
Do their braps smell like yellowed paperbacks? Mmmm

[Anonymous No.15904572]

buy an e-reader and get epubs off libgen, it will save you huge amounts of money and time wasted at libraries

[Anonymous No.15904589]

buy books online and >>15904524

>>15904558
imagine living in a shithole where libraries close because of corona

[Anonymous No.15904638]

>>15904509
>"Military History" -> "HISTORY"
pretty pathetic

>Everything else -> "MISCELLANEOUS"
>no philosophy
>no poetry
>no biblical exegesis
>no scientific magazines
>no natural sciences

[Anonymous No.15904704]

Okay bros im gonna just get an ereader. Plz recommend best cheapest paperwhite readers

[Anonymous No.15904730]

Library genesis

[Anonymous No.15904749]

>>15904458
>too poor to read
don't you have some subsistence farming to do? and who let you have electricity?

[Anonymous No.15904762]

>>15904704
I have amazon kindle paperwhite, it cost a bit but was a worthwhile investment, been using it for years

[Anonymous No.15904843]

Not much better in major cities.

Every library in Seattle has every computer constantly occupied by bums watching porn out in the open in full view (nobody cares, it’s freedom of information or something).

To get into any branch, you have to walk past full-on tents at the front door and surrounding sidewalks, and get harassed by the bums who demand money or are just shouting at you.

If you want to use a restroom there, you’ll be met with needle collection boxes in every stall and bums with their trash laid out everywhere taking sink showers and usually some blood on the counter.

Once inside, you’re met with Hillary Clinton biographies, rainbow flags everywhere, manga, cooking recipe books, and pop-sci from the 2010s. Everything from the Greeks to the western canon has been removed and the classic fiction of the 1900s is also gone. Every librarian is some 5’4” tranny with neon hair and a million piercings, who’ve never heard of any fucking book.

This being said, they don’t even have classic Marxist/leftist philosophy or political texts, let alone traditional writings.

The libraries were closed because of corona, but the bathrooms were left open for the “vulnerable community” because they need sinks to shower and shoot up in.

Pic related, the Ballard library where a Hep C outbreak occured

[Anonymous No.15904882]

>>15904843
Oh, I’d also like to add that I’ve made it a habit to steal out of print architectural photo books from them because they keep removing them from their inventory.

[Anonymous No.15904935]

>>15904524
lol that's probably going to cost more than just buying the book, printer ink is more expensive than blood

[Anonymous No.15904941]

>>15904882
Dude you’re pretty fucking based, would share a few beers with/10

[Anonymous No.15904971]

>>15904458
Move to a better location.

[Anonymous No.15904994]

>>15904882
I also steal books from libraries. Got a shitton of original copies from early 18th+19th centuries during my college days. I didnt feel bad at all

[Anonymous No.15905049]

>>15904994
>>15904941
Thanks guys, I’d never do this at a library that respects itself, but any library that gets rid of books just because they’re written by white people deserves to be looted and have their books rescued to a good home that will enjoy them every morning with their coffee.

Pic related is going for $370-870 right now USED

[Anonymous No.15905050]

>>15904458
>walk within 2 blocks of the library
>it's an ocean of hobos
>entire place reeks of hobo
>books retain scent of their environment
imagine the smell. never forget, liberals did this to you.

[Anonymous No.15905328]

>>15904458
Do you have a phone? If so just use libgen and put every single book in existence onto the Kindle app

Also use Calibre to convert the books into epub or mobi

[Anonymous No.15906113]

>>15905050
What is it with tramps and libraries? If they could read they could get a job for fucks sake

[Anonymous No.15907340]

>>15905328
Libgen is great, but nothing will beat a good, old-fashioned library. My small town library is nice, and while the selection is small, it's cozy, quiet, and has access to a state-wide library exchange system. I don't have to go all the way to Detroit, stepping over junkies, just to grab an obscure book. Feel very sorry for OP and others like him. We need to covertly take city libraries back from bums and drag queens.

[Anonymous No.15907374]

>>15904762
i just got one and it is fantastic

[Anonymous No.15907380]

>>15904458

abebooks and thriftbooks will be a lot cheaper but not as cheap as a library

[Anonymous No.15907385]

You can get everybook online for free

[Anonymous No.15907808]

>>15904458
I have more then books that in my room. Ha ha. fag.