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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 190 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I'm upvoting this simply because it's the first time this month, possibly this year, that I've seen someone correctly use and spell "queue."

[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 141 points 1 month ago

I guess it was your cue to upvote something.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 52 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Don't forget "lo", people always forget it. 😅

"Lo que será, será."

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They forget it because that's not the words of the song.

The song uses an Italian phrase from a fictional gravestone and spells it the Spanish way to appeal to American Spanish speakers.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ohh, it's a song! I thought people just liked the saying in Spanish but kept saying it all wrong

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[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 78 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This was in Minneapolis earlier this year and the demand was through the roof.

https://northloop.org/event/book-fair-for-adults/

[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 50 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I mean if all the small bookstores came together at a brewery/pub in my town I would be intrigued too.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Weird how every town used to have a small bookstore, and they all went out of business because Borders and Barnes and Noble and Fox Books put all the little guys out of business, and then they all disappeared because Amazon put them out of business, and now people are clamoring for more small shops in their local towns.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Funny, but not like haha funny.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 20 points 1 month ago

I really miss our used book store. It was tiny but packed, and it had that smell.

[–] SaintNyx@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Back when Amazon first came out they were only doing books. They often had books other bookstores didn't have or carry and they were packaged with care. Nowadays any book you get from Amazon is usually printed crappily, with pages stuck together, cut off, or not even cut. Then they throw it in a box without packing where it bounces around and gets bent up. Regular bookstores now have good online platforms and if they don't have a book in store they can almost always order it. I know I'll get a quality print that isn't bent to crap. The only downside is occasionally they'll stick stickers somewhere that you're pretty sure the gods themselves super glued onto it.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Barnes and Noble is on a hard upswing recently, and are expanding., mainly by allowing local stores to stock what sells in their areas.

Still, buy from bookshop.org if you can. Its a coalition of thousands of small bookshops where the vast majority of profits from purchases flow right back to them instead of megacorps.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I used to spend several thousand every year buying books. Usually from small independent bookstore. I was also always in the library checking out books but the local libraries collection was very small and limited.

Next I got one of the early generation kindles keyboard when I was traveling all the time before I had a smart phone. I of course found all the free books and downloaded several thousand of those. Amazon made almost nothing off of me for that one. I still hit the library regularly for books I could not get for free or stuff for my kids.

Then my local library started offering digital books via Libby and Hoopla. I have pretty much completely stopped using kindle completely in favor of those two apps. I vote every chance I get for the library to get more funding as its back to being my go-to place. I physically have only gone to the library once in the past 5 years however.

Honestly, I would rather see a massive extension of library services than more private bookstores.

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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My local brewpub keeps organizing events around a climbing wall. I don’t see how that combination is ever a good idea

[–] _m_cubed_@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Honestly? You’d be surprised at how helpful it can be. I’ve sent routes with a slight buzz that I never could have done completely sober. It helps take the edge off the fear, and it helps you stay loose and keeps you from sapping all your strength from tensing too much. Every advantage helps when you’re pressing your limits.

Climbing while excessively drunk is of course a terrible idea.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

That is very surprising, except of course the last sentence

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 53 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What does "adult scholastic book fair" mean?

Is it a book fair for adult shoppers?
Or a fair of adult content books?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, I think I would misunderstand it too

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 41 points 1 month ago

What a great idea. I remember being super excited for book fairs in elementary school. Add beer? So there.

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In fairness, I saw this and immediately thought about going before the brain kicked in and said probably not near me 😂

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Given snow in the picture and it’s late spring in the northern hemisphere, it’s “ A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Time travel is a small price to pay for a book fair in a brewery! Though apparently distance is a whole other matter...

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[–] Doolbs@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Never let anybody tell you books are dead.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

So you're telling me the trees are still alive after we make them into books? That's pretty cool

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You need to read more Terry Pratchett.

Of course, everyone does.

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[–] Tracaine@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Beer, Goosebumps, giant Guiness Book of World Records no one can afford and crazy pencil toppers? Hell yeah they underestimated the demand.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reportedly this is where some kids found gems like Roller Coaster Tycoon in just a CD jewel case, too. :D

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Man.....kid me got fucked over.... weren't no games at the ones I went to! In fact some Karen complained about Goosebumps books so much after the one when I was in 4th grade that in 5th grade there weren't any. There WAS a letter handed out to every kid full naming the person who killed Goosebumps for everyone....

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 month ago

So is this like a place where you can buy Animorphs and Goosebumps, and there's also beer on tap?

[–] Hasherm0n@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

There was a similar thing local to me last year and apparently it was a huge hit. I'm hoping they do it again.

https://www.ksby.com/san-luis-obispo/boozy-book-fair-where-books-brews-and-nostalgia-collides

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Genius@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 month ago

It's a self replicating unit of cultural information

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I see images with a caption above.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

It literal says bluesky

It is just a screenshot of so random guys post

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, but only in the 18+ section.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Rightly so, those books are traumatic.

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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That is a long line just to get some beer and smut

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

when you say it like that, it's not long enough

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is what we've always wanted since we left grade school.

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

With a food truck selling personal pan pizzas.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Jesus Christ, YES.

[–] RQG@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It covers 2 of the epic Bs of my life. Beer and books. I can see why this is a hit.

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What's the total number of epic Bs?

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