They go through life with an astonishing lack of awareness.
bd2999
18 hours ago
I am not disagreeing but libraries have more value to communities than just a place for books. Free internet and numerous programs to help with interests from birding to taxes. All for free or nearly so.
ThePikeMccoy
18 hours ago
Oh snap! Ken Herman is *the* Captain Obvious?!
Seriously though, if he wasn’t being sarcastic, how in the flying fuck did this *genius* win a Pulitzer?
wearyclouds
18 hours ago
This was hilarious, thanks OP for quality posting
ketaqueen_420
18 hours ago
im not a math wizard, could someone run the numbers on whether more money would be saved buying books for everyone who wants them vs. buying less books for said people to share?
on a more serious note what gets me most about this is that this isn’t even something a conservative would actually view as a solution, it’s just a shit nothing take.
DJ_Fuckknuckle
18 hours ago
Conservatives: why should it matter if people can’t afford the books?
Kilane
18 hours ago
Give the books to a single person instead of a place where everyone can share several hundred thousand books. It is also very is easy to send to whichever location you want.
Regular-Ad7438
18 hours ago
Amazing. What a genius.
FunkaholicManiac
18 hours ago
You just can’t make this shit up!
One_Way_1032
18 hours ago
Libraries are so much more than places to borrow books.
ElDub73
16 hours ago
Defunding libraries has nothing to do with taxes or saving money.
It has everything to do with controlling what people read.
Soggy_Zombie_
17 hours ago
It’s called the MAGA waltz. Start an argument just to come back around and then take credit.
CanuckInTheMills
18 hours ago
This would be funny if it weren’t so sad.
liventruth
18 hours ago
Woke Mind Virus accusations were actually confessions.
mongolianmilk
17 hours ago
Dolly just got defunded, too.
FlatulenceConnosieur
16 hours ago
The reason to destroy libraries is the same as the reason Conservatives have waged a bitter, and extremely successful, campaign against education. The more educated a person is, the less likely they are to vote republican.
froglok_monk
16 hours ago
Sure. Republicans don’t want to give poor kids free lunch at school but they’ll buy them books.
awesomefutureperfect
16 hours ago
It is astonishing how conservatives, when freed from dogmatic and ideological constraints, seemingly reinvent left wing ideas. It is only when they are told they aren’t allowed to mistreat others for no good reason do they decide that no one can have anything and we need to make things worse and harder.
lab-gone-wrong
18 hours ago
Conservatives are in a perpetual state of tearing down Chesterton’s fences
Teacher2teens
18 hours ago
But then ppl have access to the knowledge and won’t vote for them.
HPenguinB
18 hours ago
But…. how? Just, how?
la_noeskis
16 hours ago
Tech bros invented trains about 5 times in the last decade. So..
Eastern_Boat_2105
16 hours ago
People who call themselves conservatives actually have no idea what it means. They really don’t and they know they do not, they just think it’s something they need to be.
Rockyrox
16 hours ago
Classic Elon/Republican/consipracy theorist thinking being done by Ken. It’s not that they hate libraries, vaccines, etc. it’s that they can’t wrap their head around it and they need to work through from beginning to end, even at the detriment of everyone around them. They always inevitably come back to the very same conclusion but then pretend it was their idea all along.
ie: Twitter
trying2bpartner
16 hours ago
I say this often about roads to libertarians.
Obviously one person shouldn’t build a road themselves since many could use in an area; everyone in their area/neighborhood should. They should pool their money and hire someone who knows how to build roads, and then pick someone to oversee the road construction to their standards.
Whoops you just invented *government*.
dennismfrancisart
16 hours ago
This guy needs to read about a guy named Ben Franklin. He might learn about him for free at a library.
ProperPerspective571
16 hours ago
The first step before book bans
IndWrist2
16 hours ago
“Destroy the ED, FEMA, etc and just give the money to the states!”
How the actual fuck do you think it already works?
civ_iv_fan
16 hours ago
Unfortunately with the ongoing crypto worship we’re going to have to invent money again. That might hurt a bit.
facforlife
16 hours ago
I don’t think it’s at all mean, rude, disingenuous, incorrect to say that conservatives are, to a man, the **dumbest motherfuckers to ever steal oxygen.**
These people are beyond stupid. We need to invent a new word for them. Jesus fucking Christ. I hesitate to even classify them as homo sapien.
As soon as the entire world treats them the way they deserve the better.
They go through life with an astonishing lack of awareness.
I am not disagreeing but libraries have more value to communities than just a place for books. Free internet and numerous programs to help with interests from birding to taxes. All for free or nearly so.
Oh snap! Ken Herman is *the* Captain Obvious?!
Seriously though, if he wasn’t being sarcastic, how in the flying fuck did this *genius* win a Pulitzer?
This was hilarious, thanks OP for quality posting
im not a math wizard, could someone run the numbers on whether more money would be saved buying books for everyone who wants them vs. buying less books for said people to share?
on a more serious note what gets me most about this is that this isn’t even something a conservative would actually view as a solution, it’s just a shit nothing take.
Conservatives: why should it matter if people can’t afford the books?
Give the books to a single person instead of a place where everyone can share several hundred thousand books. It is also very is easy to send to whichever location you want.
Amazing. What a genius.
You just can’t make this shit up!
Libraries are so much more than places to borrow books.
Defunding libraries has nothing to do with taxes or saving money.
It has everything to do with controlling what people read.
It’s called the MAGA waltz. Start an argument just to come back around and then take credit.
This would be funny if it weren’t so sad.
Woke Mind Virus accusations were actually confessions.
Dolly just got defunded, too.
The reason to destroy libraries is the same as the reason Conservatives have waged a bitter, and extremely successful, campaign against education. The more educated a person is, the less likely they are to vote republican.
Sure. Republicans don’t want to give poor kids free lunch at school but they’ll buy them books.
It is astonishing how conservatives, when freed from dogmatic and ideological constraints, seemingly reinvent left wing ideas. It is only when they are told they aren’t allowed to mistreat others for no good reason do they decide that no one can have anything and we need to make things worse and harder.
Conservatives are in a perpetual state of tearing down Chesterton’s fences
But then ppl have access to the knowledge and won’t vote for them.
But…. how? Just, how?
Tech bros invented trains about 5 times in the last decade. So..
People who call themselves conservatives actually have no idea what it means. They really don’t and they know they do not, they just think it’s something they need to be.
Classic Elon/Republican/consipracy theorist thinking being done by Ken. It’s not that they hate libraries, vaccines, etc. it’s that they can’t wrap their head around it and they need to work through from beginning to end, even at the detriment of everyone around them. They always inevitably come back to the very same conclusion but then pretend it was their idea all along.
ie: Twitter
I say this often about roads to libertarians.
Obviously one person shouldn’t build a road themselves since many could use in an area; everyone in their area/neighborhood should. They should pool their money and hire someone who knows how to build roads, and then pick someone to oversee the road construction to their standards.
Whoops you just invented *government*.
This guy needs to read about a guy named Ben Franklin. He might learn about him for free at a library.
The first step before book bans
“Destroy the ED, FEMA, etc and just give the money to the states!”
How the actual fuck do you think it already works?
Unfortunately with the ongoing crypto worship we’re going to have to invent money again. That might hurt a bit.
I don’t think it’s at all mean, rude, disingenuous, incorrect to say that conservatives are, to a man, the **dumbest motherfuckers to ever steal oxygen.**
These people are beyond stupid. We need to invent a new word for them. Jesus fucking Christ. I hesitate to even classify them as homo sapien.
As soon as the entire world treats them the way they deserve the better.