Forever a Nerd

[yennefer]

netflix is CRAZY if they think i’m about to pay for my own account when i can just p*rate all their shit 😭

[yennefer]

ASDFJDKSHSKS

[obliviousskyrim]

ONCE AGAIN REMINDING PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN CHECK OUT STREAMING EXCLUSIVE SHOWS ON DVD/BLURAY FROM YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY!!!!! PLEASE GO TO THE LIBRARY WE NEED YOUR PATRONAGE AND SUPPORT!!

[letsallgotothelobby]

Silenced. 

[obliviousskyrim]

"and also I HATE MY WIFE! Amirite bois!" God do you know how many times im scrolling through standups and one of the preview jokes is just 'I hate my wife' literally every single time. these middle aged losers need to get a grip on reality, but they arent struggling to survive so why bother right?

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

the best way to support libraries is to use libraries. go get a card, check something out. not a big reader? they got movies. they got games. yes, like botw and fallout and let’s go eevee. they also have cds that yes, we workers know you take home and rip to your computer. we also do it. 

if you have a well funded library you might even have access to maker spaces that have 3D printers. or video/audio recording equipment. libraries aren’t these tomb silent homes for books any more. they’re community spaces. they’re full of life and things. 

put a middle finger up at jeffrey bezos and support your local library

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

did i mention we have printing services that are significantly cheaper than anywhere else? printers are evil, let us handle them for you.

[queenqueso]

Library worker here and can confirm all of these! I’m at a small-to-medium library and we offer ALL of this:

- wifi hotspots that can be checked out for weeks so you can have internet on the go or at home

- CDs, DVDs, blurays including usually multiple copies of new stuff

- A tech lab with a 3d printer, computers for graphic design and game dev focus, VR headsets, and a soundbooth for recording

- Study rooms for solo or groups

- Printers, copiers, faxes, and scanners for just about anything you need taken care of.

- Including a new printer big enough to make giant posters, maps, and business-grade ads.

- A seed library, both floral and food-related.

- A computer lab programed to erase your data and reading history so you’re never at risk while visiting sites like domestic abuse hotlines

- Laptops pre-programmed with Adobe and Office software so you don’t have to buy them

- Monthly author visits

- Ebooks including comics on tons of various platforms

- Classes for those who want to learn how to or better their computer skills

- Art you can check out to hang on your wall for as long as it’s available, including the work of local artists who get paid for their art, especially if it gets popular and we want even more of their stuff.

- Monthly papers ranging from local newspapers to multi-national magazines on just about any topic you can imagine.

- We used to offer food and drink at a loss but You Know ©

- Notaries with extensive legal knowledge including renters rights, getting you in contact with immigration protection, and contacts with pro-bono lawyers.

- A connection with all the libraries in the state, so if we don’t have something, we can have it shipped to you within a matter of days.

- Books translated into multiple languages

- A donation bin for old books/DVDs/VHSes that often turn around and get sold for two or less dollars

- A food donation site for local food banks

- A “suggest a purchase” section on our site where you can support your favorite indie writers/musicians by suggesting their work if we don’t already have it

- We’re growing butterflies this year, and in prior years we hatched chickens! \o/

- An outreach program for the elderly and disabled who hand-deliver almost everything I’ve just mentioned

That’s a huge list and again I have to stress that I work at a library that’s not considered to be very large. And one of the biggest things we get rated by is not how many books we own but by how many people use all of those services I mentioned. They exist for YOU! Use them!

[hekatontarch]

[obliviousskyrim]

And free online and physical audiobooks and ebooks also so if you like reading books on your phone or listening to books theres tons of those you fet access with along with your library card, and also tons of other amazing online databases and resources that you get with your library card. My library system also has free visit days to local museums and such

[obliviousskyrim]

The amount of psychic damage I just took from seeing this book as I was shelving at the library is immeasurable

[meadow-soprano]

society fucked up by letting dvds go out of style because streaming is not ownership, titles leave streaming services to end up on another (or leave streaming entirely) all the time and stuff gets edited out a lot too. physical media is so important i wish buying dvds and physically owning something could be “trendy” again because corporations have ruined streaming forever with their greed

[dovesndecay]

Purchasing physical media is actually a really big deal as more radical content becomes harder to find and purposefully hidden from people.

[obliviousskyrim]

LIBRARIES LIBRARIES LIBRARIES SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARIES THEY HAVE THIS STUFF TO CHECK OUT NO MATTER THE CONTENT

[tlirsgender]

Weird peeve time. Calling lab grown gemstones "fake" is stupid because it's the same shit just not formed naturally. An artificially grown diamond is the same shit as a natural diamond it is the exact same material bro it's all fuckign carbon

[tlirsgender]

It's carbon it's pretty and it didn't involve slave labor what's not to love??? Hi I'm having geology opinions tonight apparently. And I'm right

[tlirsgender]

There is so much bullshit in the diamonds industry to be mad about tbh. It also ties into the bullshit of the wedding industry as a whole but we don't have the time to unpack all that

[val-ritz]

not even going to lie, the day i learned i could get like 15 lab grown rubies the size of dimes for $20 is the day i spent $20 on rubies, and i have never once said to myself "man, i wish this cost $1,600 and the lives of eight children to produce"

[fuckyeahmineralogy]

We are a pro-lab-grown mineral blog here, not only is it massively cheaper but massively more ethical as well in many cases.

[jasonhorton]

[obliviousskyrim]

Looking for baby yoda christmas presents, and i get this ad. lmao I can't breathe

[mrockefeller]

Here is my completed extremely self indulgent Banjo Kazooie series I made between 2019-2020 because I miss them so much.

[fr-mayaohmu]

Bust comm of Warben for TheBlueOne :D

[obliviousskyrim]

Apex legends really out here giving us so much character and life. Sure, its a battle royale, which are a dime a dozen, but apex is alive. Its funny and fast paced and its constantly changing so that, for me personally, it never gets boring. The characters are detailed and have stories we have barely scratched the surface of. Also, theyve added in diversity to the characters without making like a big deal and "praise us the brand for your representation peasant!" ways other companies do. I mean they very casually stated bloodhound is nonbinary, and have now added voice lines for Loba that indicate her being bisexual, again without parading it loudly as some 'token'. I just really like Apex man.

[actinasmoochie-deactivated20241]

name something worse than accidentally picking a flower, i’ll wait

[obliviousskyrim]

Animal Crossing be like: "CAN I OFFER YOU AN EGG IN THIS TRYING TIME?!"

[obliviousskyrim]

Made a glavenus painting, boy is the blending on this game WACK!! It took forever because where a pixel is means jack shit to what the stupid square shows. oh well, im super happy woth how it came out!

[obliviousskyrim]

Does anyone want Tammy? She is in boxes right now. if you want to get her send me a message!

[devinellekurtz]

Arcanine and Growlithe!

[devinellekurtz]

“Death Dance”