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Lemmy is like a public library of the internet: it's one of the few places where you can exist without the expectation of paying either through watching ads or through direct payments (lemmy.ml)
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[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 48 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's like a public library that lets you borrow and read books from other cities' libraries!

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago

Yes, we have interlibrary loan.

[-] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 15 points 5 months ago

Instant interlibrary loan!

[-] RustyEarthfire@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization

-Jo Walton, Among Others

[-] NateNate60@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

I'm pretty sure most libraries also have that.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

That's called interlibrary loan and it predates the internet by a long time.

1876 officially. Unofficially, centuries before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlibrary_loan

[-] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

But it doesn't have lots of useful stuff that makes people want to come here :(

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