Before teh Googles

Apparently this is from the Cincinnati main library 1874

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Well, all of that is in my shirt pocket on a little device - but I use it to take pics of my cat and argue with strangers

And OSHA would not approve of those flimsy railings

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But you had to have a brain to use a library. It was a place of peace and quiet and knowledge.

Now all that also brings the biggest fucking idiots and assholes into your world.

Most assholes avoid(ed) libraries. There’s that.

Lie-berrys is soshilist!

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Royal Portuguese library in Rio

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