Alternative Facts
(media.kotakuinaction2.win)
You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread.
Comments (17)
sorted by:
I used to date a librarian and was introduced to those circles. I quickly realized I was very wrong about the character of a librarian. Librarians do not like books. Not in the same way you or I like a Heinlein novel. More than anything they are interested in the classification and organization of books. Does that sound familiar?
Many of the ones I met did fit the timid librarian stereotype but they were outright authoritarian. Not only would they have to ensure things were done their way they always deferred to authority, even in the tiniest matter. And with such conviction and blind acceptance I really couldn't believe it. Having seen this, the mandatory vaccine and mask compliance crazies didn't surprise me (but the sheer number of them did.)
Maybe many here aren't surprised at this and I was naïve. It was still quite the shock. All this woman read was young adult novels. I asked once asked her about Tolstoy and she asked me if he was that old Russian guy who wrote a really long book. She had absolutely no interest in discussing books. Her friends and co-workers were the same. It's still a little hard for me to believe today.
Anyhow, yeah, people running book stores and libraries care more about control of books rather than their content. Unless its an old book written by a white guy. Then it should be removed. Because Authority says it should. And Authority is always correct.
It turns out the "I FUCKING LOVE SCIENCE! 💕🧪" NPC meme isn't a new thing at all. We only became hyperaware of them because the scamdemic programming made more people act like reddit-tier science believers. In the past these were the people who had subscriptions to famous journals merely to stack them on their coffee table for visitors to see. They might skim through one occasionally to have a smart sounding story to talk about at cocktail parties.
I've seen the coffee table journal thing, too.
That's another thing about these types. They are academic-adjacent but feel they are one the level of actual researchers. Since they catalog all books, they obviously are Authorities on all things.
Dang, well thanks for the breakdown. I used to think it would be awesome to date a librarian or a lady who runs a used bookstore
No, women rarely read classical literature, unless it’s classical dramas. You ask a “well read” woman about Nietzsche and they will spout whatever their social media posts tell them about him. A tiny percentage of women actually read books of significance, and they are never librarians/ teachers/ etc
There's got to be at least a few good ones out there, but I'll tell you now I'm your competition, lol
But as I was trying to convey, and as Alfredic mentioned above it, these positions really draw leftist leaning people. And he has much more understanding of academia than I do.
I think you mentioned liking folksy music: Here is a bittersweet song about librarians
Thanks! Maybe it’s a good thing the few librarians I ever talked to weren’t interested. I do live some old school folk music. Thanks.
Best I can do is Bernard Black in drag, hehe