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[–] Exusia 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yo ho/All hands/Hoist the colors high

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Yo ho, fiddle-dee dee, a [REDACTED_DUE_TO_LEMMY.WORLD_POLICY]'s life for me!"

but also

"Having fun isn't hard if you have a library card!"

I've been checking out so many good shows and movies from my local public library

[–] ilinamorato 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The library feels like it should be illegal somehow. It's SO GOOD.

[–] anarchy79 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm shocked they're still legal.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Give them time

[–] ilinamorato 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There would be SUCH a revolt from authors if publishers tried to do something to legislate libraries away that I doubt any new books would be released for decades.

[–] anarchy79 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Oh no. Everyone knows The Party fears a revolt of academics and intellectuals more than anything. My man, they're always the first ones to go.

"You can judge the degree of civilization by looking at who is imprisoned" / Dostojevskij

[–] ilinamorato 1 points 9 months ago

Who's talking about imprisonment? I'm talking about another writer's strike, leaving publishers with nothing to publish for months or years. With their margins already razor-thin, they have to know that they'd just be done if they tried any funny business.