Saw someone on Reddit asking what the requirements are for going to the library. Not to get a card and check stuff out. Just to hang out there. I don't mean to make fun of the poster for not knowing. I blame capitalism and the reduction of third spaces for making the idea of being able to just exist in a free public space seem like a strange concept to people. Anyway. This inspired a meme.
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A skeleton running, with text: Just walk in. You can come!!! Books, movies, computers, clubs, events, studying, just vibing.
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For the love of all things holy and unholy, please visit your local library!!!
We are some of the few third spaces left, and we want to be helpful in our communities!
People come in to mine and are surprised that we have a free seed catalog, and that we lend out fishing poles.
We have origami classes every Wednesday, and kids story hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
We lend out DVDS, video games, and even Rokus and dvd players!
We can't offer legal advice, but we keep some specific legal papers in hand like advanced directives and simple wills.
We DO sell old paperbacks, but it's 5 for a dollar. So it's basically just to cover the time it takes us to set up the sale and sort through the books.
And yeah, you can literally just hang out and use our Wi-Fi or our computers.
















