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minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·4 hours agoI stopped getting upset about this sort of thing when I learned libraries destroy books as part of their normal operations.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI mean libraries destroy books because they only have so much inventory space.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 hours agoThey do? That’s gotta be upsetting in a similar way as becoming a veterinarian and having to put down animals a lot.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoI had the same reaction, but having had time to sit with it for a few years I’ve taken a more pragmatic view. It’s not like they’re memory holing the books or trying to wipe them out. They just have too many books and not enough space.
I stopped getting upset about this sort of thing when I learned libraries destroy books as part of their normal operations.
What do you mean?
I mean libraries destroy books because they only have so much inventory space.
They do? That’s gotta be upsetting in a similar way as becoming a veterinarian and having to put down animals a lot.
I had the same reaction, but having had time to sit with it for a few years I’ve taken a more pragmatic view. It’s not like they’re memory holing the books or trying to wipe them out.
They just have too many books and not enough space.