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papalonian@lemmy.worldto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•A Kentucky church is urging its members to remove books from the Shelby Public Library by checking them out and never returning themEnglish3·16 小时前Our libraries have mostly moved away from this model. I may have some details mixed up but I believe there was a study done that showed books were more likely to be returned without the late fee than with a fee.
Basically people will feel ashamed or embarrassed to return a book so late (or maybe in extreme cases cannot easily afford the couple dollars) so they end up stealing the book and never returning it. So now the library has to buy a $10 book because someone couldn’t pay the $5 late fee. It just makes more sense in the long run to let people bring the book back late without penalty vs not bring it back at all in fear of a fee.
papalonian@lemmy.worldto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•A Kentucky church is urging its members to remove books from the Shelby Public Library by checking them out and never returning themEnglish422·1 天前Also your library will just buy more copies. Which means your taxes will go up to pay for the missing books.
Lolno. Libraries are getting funds cut. They will not buy a new copy, it will become unavailable, then those that would go to a library to borrow it no longer can, so they find it online, and the right can say “see? Nobody goes to libraries anyways”.
papalonian@lemmy.worldto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•“REGARDING THE SEARCH EFFORTS FOR MY DICK: SINCE I DIRECTED FBI PERSONNEL TO TURN THE LIGHTS ON, OUR AGENTS HAVE MADE A SECOND PASS AT THE TARGET AREA WHICH YIELDED MINIMAL AND INCONCLUSIVE RESULTS.."6·5 天前I somehow knew this was you before reading your username.
papalonian@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are some horror movies that don't make any sense outside of a narrowly specific cultural context?103·6 天前The Enlightened Atheist Mind is simply too logical to understand this one specific trope 😔
You don’t understand. You are deeply offended and attacked. You’ll feel much better when your post gets removed.
itches hands sympathetically
papalonian@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•AI-generated uncanny valley angelic Charlie KirkEnglish2·7 天前To say that I am flabbergasted would be an understatement
papalonian@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Would you ground/punish your kid over this (piercing at home)?1·8 天前Thank you for not getting mad or grounding him. Like others have said, the fact that he felt comfortable coming to you and confessing shows that you’re probably already doing a lot of things right, and if you punish him for making that decision he may decide it’s better to hide than come forward in the future.
papalonian@lemmy.worldOPto Buildapc@lemmy.world•[US] Has anyone been able to purchase a 9070XT at MSRP since release?1·11 天前I think the dream of getting one at MSRP makes it my choice card haha. And the thing that drove me away from looking more into the 9070 was that I can only get it for a little over what the 9070XT MSRP is supposed to be.
If I’m going to make a decision, I need to get the silly notion of MSRP out of my head
papalonian@lemmy.worldOPto Buildapc@lemmy.world•[US] Has anyone been able to purchase a 9070XT at MSRP since release?2·11 天前It’s probably just a mental thing. If MSRP is 600 and I pay 700, I’ll feel like a spent an extra 100 for being impatient or getting ripped off. But if MSRP is unrealistic, 700 I guess is the real “MSRP” so shouldn’t feel bad.
When the 20xx series was new with Nvidia, it was still possible to get cards at MSRP from retailers like Best buy, just had to be very vigilant checking availability. But if not a single person has been able to pick up the card at MSRP in 6 months I don’t think it’s worth holding breath.
Just go your own pace, too many creatives burn themselves out when people enjoy their work and feel they need to keep producing… I hope you keep having fun with this for a long time!
papalonian@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•“These are not my words, not the way I talk. Also, I don't draw pictures,” Trump, just 3 weeks agoEnglish1·12 天前It’s the nonsensical ramblings of an idiot, meant to sound profound but they lack any depth whatsoever
Agreed;
just like his speeches.
Disagreed. This is indeed nonsensical bullshit, but even when he’s trying to sound intelligent, he doesn’t come across as this “well spoken” or “eloquent” sounding. At least IMO.
Before anyone somehow contorts this into me defending Trump or saying he’s innocent, my biggest wish is for someone to deliver a hot load directly between his eyes. Interpret that as you will.
papalonian@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•“These are not my words, not the way I talk. Also, I don't draw pictures,” Trump, just 3 weeks agoEnglish96·12 天前I’m in agreement here, it also seems an odd thing to send to someone for their birthday? Like it’s a made up conversation between the two, right? What kind of birthday message is that?
The bastard and his farting weaponry has finally been defeated!
Good job on the dramatic wiggle effects.
DUMMUD looks pretty fluid, and the tentacle-shake as it gets bitten off was really well done.You have no idea how much I love these 😭
2016
Damn, that was actually my first guess, but I thought the JLaw love had mostly faded by then.
papalonian@lemmy.worldto Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•Tombstone in Wellesley, Ontario, Canada stood unsolved for more than 100 years3·13 天前Yeah I got a few words in and only the first bit was in a “spiral fashion”. The rest of what I read was just kind of randomly placed
I want whatever crack you’re smoking that made this make sense
Big head small face is accurate yeah. Didn’t really register as a “meme” so much as a statement.
The other one is Crowder, though.