What's an aspect of life that's currently done privately that you think should be communalized? (lemmy.ml)

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A lot of the things we do on a daily or weekly basis have ways of doing them that can either be private or communal, some of these which we do not think to consider as having that characteristic.

For example, bathing in the Roman Empire used to be communal, but then Rome fell and citizens in the splinter countries began taking baths privately.

Receiving mail is another example. There are countries which don’t have mailboxes and everyone gets their mail at the post office in the PO boxes. It was the United States which pioneered the idea of the modern mail system, which is why we associate it as a private act.

There are activities as well which don’t have any history as jumping between one or the other that might benefit from it, for example I think towns might benefit if internet was free and freely accessible but only at the local library.

What’s a non-communal aspect of life you think should be communal?

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[-] CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago

If I may ask, why do they require you to be a resident of your city? I work at a library and we allow universal access. We don't even ask for library cards anymore.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

Well, I haven't checked in a while. They probably wouldn't ban someone without ID from using the internet. But most library resources do require library cards to access. Well, anything aside from entering, sitting, and reading a book while you're there. Or y'know. Washrooms and water fountains.

But I believe you usually need to book time to use the computers (and internet). I guess it's probably to stop people from anonymously going on the computers and doing things they shouldn't. From an IT security perspective, it makes sense, as does it from a "We know who tried to access CP yesterday and can confirm it wasn't a staff member" perspective

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