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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Yeah but the vandal does vandalize. In my country there are tons of shitheads who like to see the world burn and destroy someone else property when nobody is around. Like in some neighborhoods in certain cities you can’t have a mini library in your front yard, since a certain type of teenager will ransack it and set the books on fire.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 230 points 4 days ago (4 children)

That's pretty smart until you learn that "the thief sells"

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 125 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Or that "the drunkard urinates on books for fun"

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah or what happens when it rains? Or someone drops a book into what appears to be an upper gutter running through the middle of the street?

[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The image is incredibly misleading. Its an indoor Bazar which is locked at night.

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[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Probably not a lot of drunkards where all alcohol is illegal.

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 48 points 4 days ago

Or even "the bored shithead sets fire to things"

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

or perhaps "the feathered rat takes refuge in high and low literature alike"

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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

We do this at a used book store. It's books that we don't think we can sell inside for whatever reason, and we put them on shelves outside. There's a big awning so they don't really get rained on unless it's raining sideways. We sell them for a dime or a quarter, and there's a slot for overnight drops in case people want to get books at night. Every morning there's at least a couple of bucks from the previous day/night.

We donate the proceeds to public radio, and over the years we've donated over $100,000.

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

Which store is this? It sounds like a great place to hang out.

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 105 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is clearly a indoor Bazar with doors that lock on both ends, they leave them out cause it's not technically outside and ain't nobody breaking in to steal some books, shits heavy and probably doesn't sell for all that much on the black market

[–] sdfric88@lemmy.sdf.org 45 points 4 days ago

Yeah it's a cute quote but that's obviously not outside. Jeez

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 139 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Me, stealing every pdf I can find:

[–] hsr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 4 days ago

But the reader does not steal, the clear logical conclusion is that piracy isn't theft if you read the book.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 52 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 65 points 4 days ago

Sometimes 🥲

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 19 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It's a shame the people who you stole them from don't have them any more...

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[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 80 points 4 days ago (14 children)

I also don't steal. I download my books from online copies, which is copying, not stealing.

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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 38 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The epubs in my PIRATED MEDIA folder begs to differ

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 25 points 3 days ago (14 children)

Piracy is not theft. You have not deprived anyone of something they would otherwise have.

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[–] Mustakrakish@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I have stolen books and then read them, so ...

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That's not nice. Please don't do that.

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[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I think that's just one way of saying they're not prints worth stealing

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

One persons treasure is another's trash. I have bought books for a dime that I treasure.

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[–] ZeldaFreak@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Here people even "steal" books from public bookcases and sell them.

For people who aren't familiar, let me explain: These public bookcases are a weatherproof shelf, old phone booth or something in the streets. The concept is you can take any book and leave any book. There are no written rules and you can keep a book if you like or just read it and put it back. In recent years people started to scan the barcodes and checked what books they can sell. There is a debate going on if people should mark these books or not, so they can't be sold.

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[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 37 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Sure looks like a regular Street, you know, with a roof and stuff.

[–] corvi@lemm.ee 55 points 4 days ago

You might call it a shopping arcade. Pretty common in many cities, and likely is a public street, despite having a covering.

[–] Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sure looks like a regular Street, you know, with a roof and stuff.

One of those Iraqi shōtengais unoe.

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[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

There’s a wet gutter down the center…

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 13 points 3 days ago

They should learn to read and find out the shit Sheherazade said about them.

[–] n3cr0@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Can anyone from Iraq confirm?

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)
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