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[Yoink]

Am at the library using their somewhat-better internet, yet I feel as though I cannot remember all of the things I was supposed to be using it for... agh. Also I'm hungry as heck and I left my monies at home. Probably a good thing, since it means I have to go home for food rather than spending money unnecessarily, but why am I suddenly so hungry and only just noticing it right now?
No wonder I can't remember shit. I guess I have only eaten toast and potato gems today... whoops.   

[IcyTea31]

I can't seem to change my avatar. Any address I put in the box besides the one for my current avatar causes the option to be reset to "no avatar".

Check that the address you're using is to the image itself and not just a page containing it. It should end in a file extension such as .png, .gif or .jpg for it to work properly.

[overseer05-15]

Am at the library using their somewhat-better internet, yet I feel as though I cannot remember all of the things I was supposed to be using it for... agh. Also I'm hungry as heck and I left my monies at home. Probably a good thing, since it means I have to go home for food rather than spending money unnecessarily, but why am I suddenly so hungry and only just noticing it right now?
No wonder I can't remember shit. I guess I have only eaten toast and potato gems today... whoops.   

It is ur hunger 4 knowledge awoked in the place of learning, satiate it via consuming all knowledge, reminiscent of a educated black hole

[Yoink]

But I forgot my library card  

[Doomblade187]

But I forgot my library card

Nooo!

[Yoink]

New WTF: Doomblade's posting in here instead of updating their RTD.  

[scriver]

I can't seem to change my avatar. Any address I put in the box besides the one for my current avatar causes the option to be reset to "no avatar".

Check that the address you're using is to the image itself and not just a page containing it. It should end in a file extension such as .png, .gif or .jpg for it to work properly.

I had this problem not long ago and it was because I was using the wrong link.

[TD1]

But I forgot my library card

You can't remember your library card's number and recite it on need? Pleb.

Granted, I did that every time and the near-local branch got angsty about it. So angsty that I haven't been back, 'cause they were really quite OTT in their reaction. That was years and years ago. Still remember the number XD

[Reelya]

I was just reading the regular news on a mainstream site, and the latest is that the Journal of Feminist Geography published a study that says eating meat supports Hegemonic Patriarchy. I mean ... seriously, you don't even have to look for this stuff or make shit up, this is Poe's Law in motion.

This is the belief of a study recently published in the Journal of Feminist Geography, which argued “hegemonic masculinity implies an imperative to eat meat” and helped concrete other power hierarchies as well.

For the purpose of the research, professor Anne DeLessio-Parson spoke with vegetarians from Argentina to discover the diet itself is a political act that helps break down the gender binary.

Are you fucking shitting me? I'd like to take this movement seriously, but the ever-escalating level of batshit crazy is why I backed off in the first place. And about 2/3rds of the meals I eat are either vegan or at most have fish in them.

The main argument seems to be that by not eating meat then the traditional male social stuff such as outdoor barbecues are eliminated, and that doing so disrupts the patriarchy. It's the same argument as calling the Superbowl the "abuse bowl" which was a big thing in the 1990s. Basically labeling anything men enjoy as being patriarchal hegemony that must be dismantled.

It's a really dumb argument. Sure, eating lentil burgers instead of beef has some correlation with political views. However ... getting everyone to eat lentil burgers removes that association: e.g. if it becomes the norm that conservatives also eat lentil burgers, then their politics is not going to change one bit, lentil burgers will just become co-opted by the mainstream like everything else, and then you'll have the original lentil burger eaters hand-wringing about how in their day choosing to eat a lentil burger meant something. Vegetarianism has many ethical and health benefits, however, trying to tie every completely unrelated issue into some "gender war" narrative is a clear wtf.

[Yoink]

But I forgot my library card

You can't remember your library card's number and recite it on need? Pleb.

Actually, I did manage to memorise the number before my visit (I have the number written down, the card itself was left in another state when visiting family), since I needed it to get the password for free wi-fi. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure you need to scan the actual card to borrow books.
I thought about asking whether there was some way to do so by entering the number, but by the time I decided I was finished with the internets I was far too hungry and anxious to go strike up a conversation with a library employee. ...I can still remember the phone number for the Chinese restaurant in the town I lived in as a kid, does that count?

[Arx]

Having worked in a library, the number would have been fine if your card is just an old-fashioned paper one with a barcode. All a barcode is is a number that's easy for a scanner to read.

[TD1]

Yea, the issue with mine was that I went in every time with just the number, and the woman got tired of typing it in all the time. So she permanently attached a note to my name saying that I'm not to get books if I don't bring my card.

Went to a different library sometime afterwards, and they just laughed. Said it was ridiculous, but they couldn't remove it. So now I just don't use the library.

I prefer having my own books, anyway. But they didn't half lose a big library user - I would regularly take out the maximum amount.

[Arx]

Man, that's disappointing. If anyone had the guts to memorise their library number, I'd be more than willing to humour them by typing it in all the time.

[milo christiansen]

At the libraries around here you just tell them your name... If the librarian is new. Otherwise they just say "Hi Milo, how are you today?" and start scanning books.

I may visit the library a lot...

[Tawa]

I can't seem to change my avatar. Any address I put in the box besides the one for my current avatar causes the option to be reset to "no avatar".

Check that the address you're using is to the image itself and not just a page containing it. It should end in a file extension such as .png, .gif or .jpg for it to work properly.

Aye, I've been making sure it had the file extension on the end. I even tried different file extensions and different websites. :/