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I spent quite a bit of time at the local library in my teen years.
Poorfag dad couldn't afford TV or consoles, and I was too much of a bitch physically to enjoy any sport
The feeling of amazement I got from the library was a precursor to what the internet made us feel when it became accessible. Funny thing is despite being a dweeb and never missing an episode that aired on TV I wasn't interested in the mangas that were in the library, and there were so many
There was something about confronting a level of complexity that was beyond me and asking myself, will I one day be able to understand what this is about ? Like Freud, what's the big fusss about him his books are just a load of gibberish
And this Plato guy what the fuck was he smoking ? Finish a goddamn sentense already
Then there were the science books with cool covers of badass volcanos and you learn that a volcano looks like a lasagna deep inside wtf ???? mind blown
And then right next to the big book full of ship photograpshs there were so many books about Egypt with pyramids and hieroglyphs and whatnot. Shit was better than Yu-Gi-Oh wtf they dragged these huge stones on logs to build the pyramids, so I had to make a mental note to try using my little brother as the log next time we went to the beach.
The joy of learning new things coming at the cost of a small effort helped me develop discipline and the patience to explore topics that initially appeared obscure because there might be shinies at the end
I came across kids from my school that I never spoke to, so we would sometimes become friends. The one who would find a drawing of boobs in an anatomy book and show the lads would be treated like a king for a week
The only thing I used libraries for after highschool was to have a quiet place to study, like the books themselves weren't necessary and I didn't have the time to check them out anyway because I had assignments to complete.