snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoLemmy is like a public library of the internet: it's one of the few places where you can exist without the expectation of paying either through watching ads or through direct paymentsmessage-squaremessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1720arrow-down127
arrow-up1693arrow-down1message-squareLemmy is like a public library of the internet: it's one of the few places where you can exist without the expectation of paying either through watching ads or through direct paymentssnek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square80fedilink
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up48·edit-26 months agoIt’s like a public library that lets you borrow and read books from other cities’ libraries!
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·6 months agoYes, we have interlibrary loan.
minus-squareRustyEarthfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months ago Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization -Jo Walton, Among Others
minus-squareNateNate60@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·6 months agoI’m pretty sure most libraries also have that.
minus-squareChadus_Maximus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·6 months agoBut it doesn’t have lots of useful stuff that makes people want to come here :(
It’s like a public library that lets you borrow and read books from other cities’ libraries!
Yes, we have interlibrary loan.
Instant interlibrary loan!
-Jo Walton, Among Others
I’m pretty sure most libraries also have that.
But it doesn’t have lots of useful stuff that makes people want to come here :(