I think we ought to live happily ever after

Yes, more than 2: I purposefully collect copies of a certain book

Yes, more than 2: not a collection, I just love the book

Yes, more than 2: by accident*

Yes, more than 2: for another reason

Yes, only 2: I purposefully collect copies of a certain book

Yes, only 2: not a collection, I just love the book

Yes, only 2: by accident

Yes, only 2: for another reason

I do not own multiple copies of any book

*ex. you already had a copy and someone gifted you another, you bought a copy of a book forgetting that you already had one, etc

You are home and not busy.

You are at your baseline energy level, i.e. it's a normal day and you're not extra tired or stressed from any atypical prior events.

The person in question is a good friend or close family member whose company you enjoy.

No plans have been made with this person.

This isn't about a specific scenario, more of a general outlook difference. Anon's partner sometimes goes to certain friends' houses unannounced, and while anon's partner knows their friends well enough to know that this is acceptable, anon is always baffled by this because anon would not appreciate an unannounced visit no matter how much they like the person.

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He’s a normal guy who got into politics with the honorable sort of reasons, and kept his morals.

He’s a normal dude who made friends with some crazy-powerful people, and married the Queen of his planet.

He made friends with the best leaders in the galaxy.

He made friends with the most powerful Jedi in the galaxy- one of them he made friends with on a Sith planet that drove Jedi to madness, and worked together to keep them both alive on a planet designed to kill anything good and pure that landed there.

When he saw the Jedi Temole burning, he zoomed there to see what he could do to help. He’s not a first responder, he isn’t a soldier, he’s just a good guy.

When every single Jedi except for two were dead, he resolved to help them in any way he could. He took the baby daughter of one of his best friends in as his own and ferried the other to a backwards dustball in hopes of just keeping them alive, and he left the last of the Jedi he knew in remote places, possibly never to see them again. Every single other Jedi was being hunted like vermin, like the worst criminals, so what’s to say that these two wouldn’t be as well?

But Bail Organa lived the rest of his life protecting the identity and hiding places of the only Jedi he knew were still alive. He raised the daughter of his friend as his very own and helped her to thrive.

He spent his whole life doing the right thing.

It's well documented that pirating books negatively affects authors directly* in a way that pirating movies or TV shows doesn't affect actors or writers, so I will likely always be anti-book piracy unless there's absolutely, positively no other option (i.e. the book simply doesn't exist outside of online archives at all, or in a particular language).

Also, yeah, Libby and Hoopla licenses are really expensive, but libraries buy them SO THAT PATRONS CAN USE THEM. If you're gonna be pissed at anybody about this shitty state of affairs, be pissed at publishing companies and continue to use Libby or Hoopla at your library so we can continue to justify having it to our funding bodies.

One of the best ways to support your library having services you like is to USE THOSE SERVICES. Yes, even if they are expensive.

If you want to learn more and find out how you can help, check out the ALA website here: https://www.ala.org/faq-executive-order-targeting-imls

If you're someone who doesn't like to make calls, make them on the weekends when no one is going to be in the office. Make your calls, leave a voicemail. I know there are people who have severe anxiety about this, too, but there are scripts for these sorts of things that are very easy to find! Hell, you can even take the email from the "Send a message to your Senators and Representatives" and change that. Just make sure when you call you give your name and address including your zip code. For them to know that you are a constituent in their area and that they should listen to you, that information is important!

The below list was copied directly from the above link:

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Send a message to your Senators and Representatives urging them to overturn the executive order and protect IMLS funding.

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Send this action alert to five people in your network.

Write a letter to the editor in your local newspaper explaining why IMLS is important and the impact of federal dollars on communities.

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