capybeby@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoLibraries are coolsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1828arrow-down114
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minus-squarebetanumerus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·edit-21 month agoFirst time I’ve ever seen anyone speaking out for publishers and against lending and borrowing. You’re even ignoring how authors only get less than 10% of sales while publishers get 90% or so.
minus-squareCredibly_Human@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·1 month agoI believe they are speaking in jest, hence the comical premise and imagery which is a reversal of a common meme used to criticize capitalism.
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoMaybe. There’s no real way to know anymore with all the batshit crazy opinions people genuinely hold.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI definitely get this, but sometimes I decide it must be meant as a joke because it’s easier to respect them as a person if it is
minus-squarebetanumerus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoOk. Sometimes I don’t bother trying to tell apart a joke from a real concern. I mean, who knows what a struggling publisher would say. No worries.
First time I’ve ever seen anyone speaking out for publishers and against lending and borrowing. You’re even ignoring how authors only get less than 10% of sales while publishers get 90% or so.
I believe they are speaking in jest, hence the comical premise and imagery which is a reversal of a common meme used to criticize capitalism.
Maybe. There’s no real way to know anymore with all the batshit crazy opinions people genuinely hold.
I definitely get this, but sometimes I decide it must be meant as a joke because it’s easier to respect them as a person if it is
Ok. Sometimes I don’t bother trying to tell apart a joke from a real concern. I mean, who knows what a struggling publisher would say. No worries.