sumi, I'd been wondering where the teenagers went these days. Back in my day, it was the malls, but they're pretty much dead these days. I'm surprised about them hanging at the library, however. I would've thought some place more commercial.
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'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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bennett - May 10, 2019 6:44:54 am PDT #7666 of 30019
Gris - May 10, 2019 6:54:47 am PDT #7667 of 30019
Hey. New board.
I think there was always a library contingency. Most teenagers hang out in their room with their social media. Malls have been replaced with Snapchat.
-t - May 10, 2019 6:55:22 am PDT #7668 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Somebody was telling me about taking her middle-school-ish aged kid to hang out at Target much like we used to do at the mall. Can't remember who that was.
I used to spend quite a bit of time at the library because it was near the soccer field so I could go there after practice to wait for my ride home and be in the air conditioning. And read. But the air conditioning was definitely a factor.
sumi - May 10, 2019 6:57:02 am PDT #7669 of 30019
Art Crawl!!!
Well, we've got a teen room where they don't have to be quiet. . . which means that they tend to be quite loud as they enter the library, hang out in the lobby area and of course in the teen room, on the stairs that go up to Children's Services (where they aren't supposed to be).
The traditional library contingency doesn't get the quiet, lowkey library that I remember.
-t - May 10, 2019 7:15:34 am PDT #7670 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, that is an interesting development!
bennett - May 10, 2019 7:30:13 am PDT #7671 of 30019
I like the idea of a teen room. It's been, um, 30 years since I worked in a public library. I remember the children's room was where a lot of parents dropped their kids off but not so much the older kids.
Jesse - May 10, 2019 7:59:51 am PDT #7672 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oooh, I just got a request for peer feedback on Coworker Who Thinks I'm Incompetent. She's not actually a peer and is senior to me, so I am going to have to think this through. Not that I would say anything bad, but I wonder if I can come up with something actually constructive.
Shir - May 10, 2019 8:14:02 am PDT #7673 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
My country presents: welcome to Eurovision 2019, honey. Enjoy our lovely bitches. [link] (I... think it's SFW?).
Toddson - May 10, 2019 9:14:40 am PDT #7674 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
uh ... huh? my gob is smacked
Shir - May 10, 2019 9:32:28 am PDT #7675 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
To some extent I think it's very funny (sometimes cringy) and tackles lots of stereotypes with humor, but maybe more as an inside-joke kind of funny? About half of the local comments are hating it. I hope Eurovision fans will get the humor, though.
In addition, I want a version of Lucy's yellow top.