Thread 24695935

Have you ever stolen books from a library?

>>24695935 (OP)
Yes

No but I've forgotten to return books before.

>>24695936
Is it easy? Is it even illegal?

>>24695935 (OP)
Yeah but I returned it

We have metal detectors but for books at my library

>>24695935 (OP)
No but I stole them from bookshops

>>24695935 (OP)
yes

I have 4 books which I borrowed but a glitch in the system failed to pick up that I borrowed them and it's been 15 years but I'm too afraid to return them

>>24696276
i fucking hate this playplay xitterspeak man. people spend three hours writing shit like this, tweaking the precise misplacement of capital letter and comma to ensure all thing it's off-the-cuff. this macho casualism. this passive aggressive irony. it's the twenty-nothing who intentionally places himself at the most conspicuous corner of the most trendy brunch cafe, wearing an outfit that replicates a gentrified notion of homelessness, reading a book they fake-tattered with water and dish cloths to give the illusion of having been read, wearing glasses and pretending to not be interested in gazes, this performative blasè, which is anything but, rather a heresy towards true slothdom, i hate it.

>>24696288
>heresy towards true slothdom
I like this. I’m going to steal this. Hehehe.

>>24696299
feel free my vitriolic rants are in the public domain

What kind of pos steals from a library

>>24695935 (OP)
I had the chance to but I chickened out because I am a coward. I did "steal" from a public used books shelf where people put the books they don't want anymore and by not returning books other people lent me. My mom sold them online.

>>24695935 (OP)
No, I just haven't gotten around to returning them.

No, I have only ever stolen a pack of golden Bionicle masks

Not rlly badass, but when I was in middle school I would get my books from the school library cause back then they indeed had interesting books there. But one of the old hags was in charge of the library, and she was such a bitch, so I would never return the books on time, or i would return them w discreet damages. At some point I ended up not returning one of the books, and since that day, there are no interesting books to read in that damn library.

>>24695935 (OP)
Well, in Germany the library books have RFID labels in them, so the detector will make a noise if you try to leave with it without officially checking it out. I guess theoretically you could remove it inside the library and then take the book with you.

>>24695935 (OP)
>>>24695935 (OP)
>Loot Libraries. Steal from Libraries. Roundhouse kick a book off the shelves. Slam dunk a copyrighted text into the trashcan. Crucify filthy registries. Defecate into a library's food. Launch copyrights into the sun. Stir fry limited copies in a wok. Toss uncheckoutable books into active volcanoes. Urinate into the librarian's mouth. Judo throw the homeless man into a woodchipper. Twist bookspines. Report libraries to the IRS. Karate chop restricted sections. Curb stomp libraries under construction. Trap books in quicksand. Crush checked out copies in the trash compactor. Total library death.

>>24696288
this

>>24696630
They have that everywhere I think. At least every library I've been to in the US had detectors that I can recall.

>>24696652
>this

>>24696665
That's likely, I just have never been to foreign libraries (well except Austrian ones), so I can only comment on the situation in the "germanosphere".

>>24696630
in my country they only have figurative rfid labels so stealing is still pretty easy

>>24696288
It's a shitpost

>>24696288
Good post

>>24696742
What does that mean? In Germany they’re stickers on the inside of the backcover.

>>24696288
>I fucking hate this playplay xitterspeak
>writes his post in all lowercase
>incorporates misspellings and run-on sentences so you think he just dashed it off
>adopts the standard /lit/ tone of resentful, scorned gutter-intellectual
Sounds to me like you're doing the same thing, just in a different context.

>>24695935 (OP)
I borrowed a dvd of a stupid comedy movie when I was around 13, forgot about it, became a hikikomori, found it, didn't want to go give it back, and now it's been in my possession for almost 2 decades.
I want to give it back, but I'm afraid they'll fine me more than my entire net worth (not much but still).
Also they might not even do dvds anymore, in which case bringing it back would be pointless, as I would've essentially deprived them of that DVD for the entire period it was useful to them, which practically speaking, is the same as stealing it.

>>24695935 (OP)
I stole an amazing book, a compendium of fantastical realism edited by a fancy publisher, from a location they had set up for an event at my job at the time. It was a "decorative library", and I thought it was such a waste to have it rotting there, so I took it.

>>24695935 (OP)
Not stolen but I would lend tons of books and a few times I misplaced titles and had to pay for them. Pretty reasonable costs and the library got a new book so it’s fair.

>>24696288
Based

>>24696288
To be fair I can’t notice gazes without my glasses which I don’t wear

>>24696288
Well said good sir! Well said.

I once decided not to return a book I borrowed from the school library
for years no one said anything
during the last month of the last school year my homeroom teacher said
>anon, you have one book unreturned to the library. you cannot graduate like that
so I returned it

>>24695935 (OP)
>all the shameless thieves in this thread
Niggers. All of you.

>>24695935 (OP)
No but in 10th grade I stole one from my history teacher. I ended up getting sent to boot camp and my mom found the book with my teachers name on it. She returned it to him and he cried because it's "the only stolen book that ever returned to him." lol

>>24695935 (OP)
But why? You could just check the book out again... Out of all the places in the world, I want to remain on good terms with the library!

>>24697860
Because I like taking notes on sticky notes and putting them in the book, and also underlining text and highlighting and stuff for future reference

exercise your ability (your duty, even) as an abstract thinker. consider universal actions. do not litter, and do not be a nigger at the library. thank you

>>24695935 (OP)
Give it back, Jamal.

>>24696288
>i fucking hate this playplay xitterspeak
he writes in playplay 4chanspeak

I steal the bible every time I go to a hotel with one. When I stay at a Marriott I steal the bible and the mormon bible.

>>24695935 (OP)
No but my best friend has. He's illiterate kinda too.

I stole brothers karamazov from my high school library because I wanted to read it over summer break (I didn’t) and then never ended up putting it back

>>24695935 (OP)
Yes.
>>24695939
Depends on the library. It's illegal, but they know it's going to happen sooner or later so they have do not lend / surveillance on the expensive books or ones that are out of print.
Also if you manage to steal one and it's not 100% foolproof (like it should be if you are a white male) they will know you did it even if they don't say anything... so think twice.

>>24695935 (OP)
No but I used to steal books from Borders.

>>24696423
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>>24696256
I forgot to bring my card to the library one time so I thought there would be no harm in just slipping the book in my bag and bringing it back soon. I did not realize detectors at libraries are a thing now. Luckily I exited the library at the same time as an old woman and the librarian chased her down instead of me. I walked off into the sunset.

I got a letter (more like a fat envelope lol) from my university library reminding that I only got a week left of my book... the letter looked as suspicious as possible, without any marking beside my address... obviously the criminals living above my flat opened it hoping there was money inside, then left it there opened... didn't send them to jail though (opening another persons mail is a felony in Europe), though I would do it today
fuckin gypsies

>>24697856
The book in question

>>24695935 (OP)
I never returned a book that belonged to a teacher

I stole a bunch of short story collections from my high school library. About 15 years later, I mailed them back with a fake return address.

No but I've stolen Ativan from my mom.

>>24698981
No, it was The 100.

>>24696833
The xitter post was made to brag about reading Carolyn Forche in a backhanded way.

You're just mad because anon described you to a t and used an off the cuff writing method you're incapable of emulating.

>>24696630
>Well, in Germany the library books have RFID labels in them, so the detector will make a noise if you try to leave with it without officially checking it out. I guess theoretically you could remove it inside the library and then take the book with you.
in hardbacks, its in the spine. Difficult to get out without trashing the book. You need a friend that works there to run it over the de-scanner. which is the thing they run it over so you can check out without beeping. If you can get a window open or any other opening somewhere you can drop the books out and leave and get them. Another strategy is to take it off of someone else. They pay for your crime.

>>24699590
You're aware anon is also putting on a performance for /lit/, right? Surely you're not so credulous as to think that this place is "authentic" or "real"

No but im holding them hostage for the moment.

kind of, i treat them like a try before you buy service. if i like a book a lot i just tell the librarian i lost it and pay the replacement fee

>>24696838
Don't leave us in suspense, what was the film?

>>24700709
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0095134/

>>24700357
>in hardbacks, its in the spine
Damn, ah well. In most cases it's probably not even worth it to try and steal books because you could maybe just buy a used copy on abebooks, eBay, or a used bookstore for 5 or 10 bucks

>>24695935 (OP)
Once
I did ultimately return it years later
By that point they’d just deleted it from their system and forgot about it, elderly male librarian simply tore out the property of X page and gave it back to me

>>24695935 (OP)
Seems pointless to steal a library book; it already comes out of your taxes

>>24695935 (OP)
If you steal a book from the library because you want to read it numerous times, I'd be glad to pay it in the form of higher taxes. Yes I want to pay two cents more in tax to cover the cost of such things.

>>24701617
However if you steal a book because you want to sell it, double fuck you.

This post inspired me to seek to give money to an organization that effectively provides books to those who want to read and can't pay for it.
We all need to be pushing the "encourage reading" button now as hard as we can.

I almost got charged collections on a book once

>>24700764
Never heard of it, but that is probably because I am not Italian. I guess it is the Italian Mr Bean or something.

>>24695935 (OP)
I did as a teenager; I feel bad about it, but I'm not going to return them all these years later.

>>24701630
Yeah, there are similarities with Mr. Bean.
It's a tragicomedy about a pathetic loser in Italy's corporate world of 70s-90s (but not necessarily limited to the corporate setting).
Kind of like a mix of Mr. Bean and The Office, except less light-hearted and kinda sad (but still funny).
It's very heavily based around Italian culture, so if you're not Italian you'll probably not appreciate most of it.
Also, I haven't watched any of his movies in over a decade so I don't really remember if it's actually funny or if I was just a kid laughing at dumb shit.
Overall, do not recommend.
It's based on a series of books (by the same guy who made the movies), if you prefer the /lit/ version. Obviously never translated lol.