A lot fucking less than the internet would have you believe. Take a second and examine all your evidence for believing "there are people who actually hold this opinion". Does it all come from the internet? Almost entirely from no-context screenshots or clips that seem suspiciously scripted? Do you think maybe those aren't the best sources?
That's the problem every time these fake as shit posts are created. There are always folks in the comments that rush to defend it by going "well it might be fake THIS time, but it sounds like something that COULD happen, so I'm gonna still file it away as evidence that it does."
Like, I'm sure SOME people exist like that. There are 8.3 billion people in this world, that's enough that you can always find a handful that believe anything. There is a non-zero number of people that enjoy eating literal shit, but that doesn't mean they are everywhere.
And before you say it (because this is always the reply), if your evidence for their existence is the results of elections or the abundance of stupid people, that is faulty logic. There is an ocean of separation between people who are simply idiots, and those that actually hold opinions like "Libraries are a waste cuz they're full of books. Why book when internet?"
It might be satire but this is definitely a reflection of the truth for many. Take this as a sign to support your public library, they shouldn't be taken for granted.
Agreed. I don't feel like satire that is making fun of important resources is very funny when plenty of people are trying to remove those public resources. Feels like getting mugged at knifepoint and handing them a gun to be ironic.
A library is a place you go when you are a rebellious teenager and your parents didn't want you to have a computer (or maybe you had one but you being a dumb kid broke it), so you went there to get away from parents and use the library computer.
(Yes I went to the library just to play some browser based Unity FPS game, cuz my laptop stopped working, that's me "playing outside" lol)
(Also if your parents are poor and can't afford a computer or internet access)
Also if you hate a teacher and wanted to skip class. (Okay kids please don't skip class, I was depressed and hated that class okay)
I ended up just taking the GED to skip doing actual school. I got College-Ready scores in the GED eithout studying, better than the GPA I had in highschool which was like 2 point something, the GED score equivalent is closer to like 3.7 or something
My state college accepted me. But I didn't even finish a semester and I have depression. So... yeah... withdrew.
It feels very shameful for me as an Asian American. It's very against the "model minority" sterotype. Pretty sure people, especially like people back in China would be judgy like: "Omg you're so privilaged¹ to move to America and didn't even get a university degree, what a waste of opportunity" (nobody said this, but this is how I think they'll react if they find out I don't have a degree)
So yea... self esteem isn't very high.
[¹It's not even really that "privilaged". Just a coincidence I got born into a family that has relatives in the US. It's not like we're rich or anything, just sheer luck of having the right blood relationships.]
I fully agree with this comment. It is not only libraries, but the entire publishing ecosystem that needs to change:
Governments could host public servers for books, allowing everyone to download and read them freely.
Authors should also be free to upload their own books and be compensated through tax funding, based on actual downloads or verified readership.
Ideally, this would be supported by dedicated software—or even specialized reading devices—that can measure readership more accurately.
For scientific and technical books, some form of professional review or certification could be used to increase their weight in the system, while purely entertainment content could be weighted less.
Countries that share the same language could collaborate by pooling their book servers, creating shared linguistic knowledge spaces and reducing duplication of infrastructure.
The level of English language this review is written in, is enough evidence as to why we actually need those libraries...we're fucken doomed...and seriously fuck the Internet
Yeah, missle gap, bay of pigs, escalation with the soviets only to finally have them step back and being proclaimed for resisting the advice of the guys who served at the pleasure of the president in the first place, Vietnam escalation. He was certainly a quintessentially American president.
I mean... pretty sure that's satire. The last sentence has "why waste time say lot word when few do trick" energy.
They really made every possible error with there vs they're and all those common things as well. Gotta be satire/rage bait. 😄
Its hard to no 4 shur thems dais.
Review trolling is a subtle art that should be financed with government grants.
The majority of users on this platform just don't recognise satire until someone points it out.
It’s because there are people who actually hold this opinion.
A lot fucking less than the internet would have you believe. Take a second and examine all your evidence for believing "there are people who actually hold this opinion". Does it all come from the internet? Almost entirely from no-context screenshots or clips that seem suspiciously scripted? Do you think maybe those aren't the best sources?
That's the problem every time these fake as shit posts are created. There are always folks in the comments that rush to defend it by going "well it might be fake THIS time, but it sounds like something that COULD happen, so I'm gonna still file it away as evidence that it does."
Like, I'm sure SOME people exist like that. There are 8.3 billion people in this world, that's enough that you can always find a handful that believe anything. There is a non-zero number of people that enjoy eating literal shit, but that doesn't mean they are everywhere.
And before you say it (because this is always the reply), if your evidence for their existence is the results of elections or the abundance of stupid people, that is faulty logic. There is an ocean of separation between people who are simply idiots, and those that actually hold opinions like "Libraries are a waste cuz they're full of books. Why book when internet?"
Or sarcasm.
Are you trying to tell us that there are a lot of neurodivergent people on lemmy?
Sure, but back when I was on Meta, there were plenty of people that typed like this.
Could also be a character-limited review and the person wanted to simplify their thoughts before they ran out of characters to use
Reminds me of this review for a school.
Were they trying to say "disgrace to society?" I don't speak dipshit.
Yes, you translated that right. Congratulations, you've learned another language.
Ugh
There's a little dipshit inside all of us.
Bullying 1/5 is nice tho.
Rating bullying on a scale of 1 to 5 is such a confusing way of doing it.
Does the bullying have to be of a high quality with lots of originality in order to get a 5/5
5/5 god tier bullying!
Bully me in a good way. uwu
Wait until Kim finds out a vast majority of public libraries also offer free Internet access...
*librarys
*libarys
It might be satire but this is definitely a reflection of the truth for many. Take this as a sign to support your public library, they shouldn't be taken for granted.
Agreed. I don't feel like satire that is making fun of important resources is very funny when plenty of people are trying to remove those public resources. Feels like getting mugged at knifepoint and handing them a gun to be ironic.
even if you have no use for the library, please get a library card,
Reminds me, gotta renew my library card
good job. do it and I'll give you head pats
Their name is pineapple lover, not pats.
they can still be innocent, just because they like pineapple doesn't mean they put it on pizza
Who cares about supermarket when McDoland?
She’s going to be the next president of the United States
Is that Ken M in drag?
We are all in drag on this blessed day
Has to be satire
15 other users found this review helpfulA library is a place you go when you are a rebellious teenager and your parents didn't want you to have a computer (or maybe you had one but you being a dumb kid broke it), so you went there to get away from parents and use the library computer.
(Yes I went to the library just to play some browser based Unity FPS game, cuz my laptop stopped working, that's me "playing outside" lol)
(Also if your parents are poor and can't afford a computer or internet access)
Also if you hate a teacher and wanted to skip class. (Okay kids please don't skip class, I was depressed and hated that class okay)
Skipping class is valid, sometimes school is the worst
I hated it lol.
I ended up just taking the GED to skip doing actual school. I got College-Ready scores in the GED eithout studying, better than the GPA I had in highschool which was like 2 point something, the GED score equivalent is closer to like 3.7 or something
My state college accepted me. But I didn't even finish a semester and I have depression. So... yeah... withdrew.
It feels very shameful for me as an Asian American. It's very against the "model minority" sterotype. Pretty sure people, especially like people back in China would be judgy like: "Omg you're so privilaged¹ to move to America and didn't even get a university degree, what a waste of opportunity" (nobody said this, but this is how I think they'll react if they find out I don't have a degree)
So yea... self esteem isn't very high.
[¹It's not even really that "privilaged". Just a coincidence I got born into a family that has relatives in the US. It's not like we're rich or anything, just sheer luck of having the right blood relationships.]
It's like she got dumber as she wrote it.
Why use many word when few word do
Why lot word when few
Why word?
review trolling -_- not gonna bait me.
she ain't no masterbaiter
It's satire, but Americans as dumb and ignorant as her portrayal exist and are numerous. They just wouldn't even step into a library, lol.
There is an actual zero percentage chance this is real.
Can't say which is funnier, the joke or the people taking it seriously.
I've known someone who spoke like that in real life unfortunately. She might have had about the same literacy levels and opinions.
I wish it was 0% but it's at least 20%.
Why not higher? They couldn't really use a phone either, and this person somehow does.
I know it's a joke but that pic is on point. Proud grandmother of 25
25 what?
Cretins.
This cunt is allowed to vote. Just think about that for a little while.
Might also be a troll review, but Poe's Law is in full effect now a days and there's people who legitimately think like this.
I fully agree with this comment. It is not only libraries, but the entire publishing ecosystem that needs to change:
Libraries also provide help when filing taxes.
Even if that internet thing was a argument.
I just find it amazing that in the US you have to file your own taxes. It seems purposefully stupid.
Surely you could just lie, so obviously they have to calculate the taxes themselves so why do they have you do it the first time?
There are private companies that calculate your taxes for you at a fee.
They then lobby the government to keep the system as is.
why are we talking about taxes now
Ah. Katy, Texas I presume. Anyway, this is so aggressively American. We’re fucked.
Satire or not.
I have a more gooder books at home
Oh wow, I'm so used to reading MAGA comments I had to re-read it to notice all the errors.
I am thinking that maybe this is a sarcasm? A little jokey joke perhaps?
Of course it's Texas lol
This reads like a Trump tweet.
Totally missed out on using “could of” near the end there.
The level of English language this review is written in, is enough evidence as to why we actually need those libraries...we're fucken doomed...and seriously fuck the Internet
My guess would be that this is someone with severe dyslexia, maybe without even knowing they have it
There's really only one good thing that ever came out of book depositories.
Very weird take, considering JFK was one of the best presidents the US ever had.
Yeah, missle gap, bay of pigs, escalation with the soviets only to finally have them step back and being proclaimed for resisting the advice of the guys who served at the pleasure of the president in the first place, Vietnam escalation. He was certainly a quintessentially American president.
Only because of how fucking horrible nearly every one of them has been.
Of course she's upset. All they had were books and she can't read!
Lmao the last line makes it clear it’s a shitpost but it’s funny all the same.
Auto correct had a difficult task to complete to make it somewhat understandable.