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Being a nature photographer seems great, maybe I should try…

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As a library worker, there’s something I want to say to you.

You do not have to apologize for the books you choose to read.

At all.  To anyone.  You owe nobody any explanations; you need no excuse or “good reason” to be reading the book.

You do not have to be ashamed for wanting to read “bad” books.  You wanna read Twilight?  We got Twilight.  Need a banal, cookie-cutter-plot mystery or thriller?  Those are always fun.  Our regulars check them out by the towering stack.  Ask Betty for recommendations; she’s read them all.  50 Shades of Oh Fucking No?  We’ve got it, we even got it in large print.  Have fun.  Check out the rest of our porn too.  Oh, and the sex manuals are a MUST if you want to “experiment” yourself.  Don’t be afraid to ask; they’re here for a reason.

Want to read a book written by a huge asshole everyone hates and agree was a monster?  Yeah, we have those.  No, we don’t think you’re an asshole for wanting to know what was actually written in there, or judging things for yourself.

You are not too old for Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Babysitter’s Club, or Captain Underpants.  You are not too young for Sherlock Holmes.  There’s nothing wrong with a boy reading The Princess Academy or Sweet Valley High.  There’s nothing wrong with a girl being into The Hardy Boys or Artemis Fowl instead.

You do not have to pull the shame face and offer me an excuse when you check out your books.  I don’t care if I got so angry at that book I threw it against a wall when I read it: you have the right to read it, and enjoy it if it’s enjoyable for you.  THAT’S WHY THE LIBRARY HAS IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.  If we only stocked pure, unproblematic literature everyone approved of, by authors of unquestionable virtue, we wouldn’t have any books at all.  Or music.  Or movies.  It would be utterly fucking boring.  And it certainly wouldn’t be a library.

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Let this variable be called gamma. Wait, no, eta. Shit, I’m running out of Greek letters!

Differential geometry professor (via mathprofessorquotes)

After running out of Roman and Greek letters, I believe it is traditional to start using Hebrew. Meanwhile in Computer Science, variables names longer than one character are encouraged.

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Apparently the answer to “robots are perfect just as they are, and how can you improve on perfection?” is “give it a hat”.

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a cool school project !!!

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I wonder if multilingual dnd characters work like multilingual people irl

Character 1: hey can you pass me the (demonic screeching)

Character 2: (visibly disturbed)

Character 1: (takes mundane object out of character 2s hands) sorry I forgot the word for it in common...

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Leonard Snart deserved better

Reblog if you agree

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guess he’s dying now and boy do the writers ever want me to care

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The Farmer and Mechanic, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 1, 1912

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Verbal transmission control protocol: speak your first sentence in the direction of the intended recipient. Wait for the recipient to reply, “huh?”, then repeat yourself. This “handshake” establishes the connection.

The Dothan Eagle, Alabama, February 13, 1934

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if this 5000 year old tree isn’t too old to realize that its trans neither are you

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You know every show that the premise is like “people find out ghosts/monsters/demons are real and are charged with stopping them” appeal to me way more now as a post-graduate not because I believe in ghosts more or whatever but because can you IMAGINE just being handed a job that you don’t even need to apply for? Like just being told “basically there’s this bad thing and all you do is make sure it doesn’t do what it wants” that’s just customer service baby and I worked that for 6 goddamn years! Just TRY getting past “I have a job to offer you” before I can jump down your throat agreeing.

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you know when you love someone and it's just like.. i would like to make some soup for you

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Mo’ dimensions, mo’ problems.

Calculus professor (via mathprofessorquotes)

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All right now, let's perform this test two more times to get a standard deviation of our failure.

- Instrumentation professor