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I think the reason I still enjoy tumblr is that even though this all still pisses me off, I know that anything that makes me mad on here is 100% earnest. It's not ragebait or engagement farming, y'all are actually just that stupid sometimes

thelatestkate

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the-prairies-calling-out

"Why do you buy books when the library is right there?"

Because publishing houses will not continue printing paper books if libraries are their only customers.

Also, I like being able to read at my leisure and generally have books at hand.

its-the-blob

#public libraries are good because they let people access books they might never otherwise read#private book ownership is good because it's Yours#physical books are good because they last a long time and again it's Yours#ebooks are good because you can fit a whole library into the physical space of a single book and they're cheaper to produce#audiobooks are good because they're accessible to people with eyesight or visual reading issues and leave your hands free#in conclusion: all books are good and people should enjoy them however and whenever they can#(lest it be misunderstood I agree with you completely OP I just also really like books in general and it got away from me)

YES. all books. every kind

the-ice-queen-623

Also I like to mark in my books whcih would be impossible if I didnt own them

#bookblr

avyaan087

do they crash yes or no

#asjskkffl oml #batfam #beautiful art

desolatus

Victor Nizovtsev

#art

fidelcostco

the human brain is so cool, if you're tired and stressed enough, your brain will go, "don't worry, I got you" and shadows will start moving

fidelcostco

and what's the genital situation on the shadows

fidelcostco

oh this is my post

lakemojave

The tumpet 🎺

lakemojave

It's Tumpet Tuesday. Bwaaa.

thelatestkate

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depsidase

eli-eli-lema-sabachthani

everyone read more NOW!!!!!!

phantomrose96

I like when fic length/book length/movie length is its own punchline

phantomrose96

characters: Ah, I'm so glad that's all over now :). But luckily that's done and dealt with and we can all resume our normal lives now :)

fic length: Chapter 9 out of 48

Odysseus: Thank you for the concern, but brother, I can assure you Our journey is almost done.

Song 11 of 40

whitslittleblog

eepy plant needs his morning coffee 🌱

#my art #art blog

animentality

goldenbunny30

Oh wow

alienbooknose

Generally agree but how does livejournal not get mentioned here?

Even before communities were a thing fandom was all over livejournal. Cons organized and advertised there, fic and art exchanges, etc etc

farlidragon

And what about Usenet, all the old bulletin board systems (BBSs)? And of course, email groups? I remember subscribing to multiple email groups for fanfic purposes when I was an internet nibbling in the 90s.

Fandom has existed in many many MANY internet spaces long before tumblr. The weirdly puritanical leanings that have led to some of the worst in behaviours took deepest root here, but it was by no means the first space, nor the only game in town - it’s simply one of the longest lasting in an unstable online digital age.

zalia

yeah, Yahoogroups mailing lists were a massive part of fandom for years, before Livejournal took off, even into the early 2000s. And fan conventions have been running for decades. Like, Worldcon (the world science fiction convention) first ran in 1939.