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If libraries were open late they would be filled with homeless people looking for a safe, warm place.
What I’m saying is we need safe warm places for the homeless AND libraries to be open late.
Crazy idea : let’s use churches to accommodate homeless people since you can find them fucking everywhere, surely they’re not used after 8pm, and that’s basically the point of them in the first place, no?
As much as I despise organized religion they aren’t fully to blame for the situation. Some of them have really made an effort.
Religion even at its very very best can’t do that job. That is why we need the government.
As much as I despise organized religion they aren’t fully to blame for the situation.
They are if they don’t pay the taxes that would have been used to help with situations such as this.
That and stressed-out students pulling all-nighters.
BRING BACK THE THIRD PLACE
Examples of third places include churches, cafes, bars, clubs, community centres, public libraries, gyms, bookstores, makerspaces, stoops, and parks.
Gyms, stores, cafes, etc. aren’t good third places because you’re expected to pay money to be there
I can’t express enough how badly I want this.
It’s really disappointing how much of our space is privatized.
sell coffee etc. to pay the bills. all the cool kids are doing it. Libraries are looking for more visitors. Install a Starbucks with tables near the gaming PCs. books and chairs in the corner. Checkout counter is already done, Re: bars, Why do they all have parking lots? AA without the chanting.
Just throwing it out there: most libraries do have one late night day a week, there are probably a million people on earth right at this moment that would love to play a tabletop game with you or take a zoom class, every single area has clubs/associations/charities that would love some new faces.
Don’t expect the universe to give you companionship. You need to do it yourself
the death of ‘third place’ locations has had a brutal impact on society
There are still a ton of “third places” – restaurants, bars, and coffee shops are everywhere. They just cost too much money for a lot of people.
You shouldn’t talk and socialize inside a public library though.
Maybe a community center for activities would be better. Lemmy is basically a bunch of virtual community centers anyways.
During the day, sure.
After dark, board games, LAN parties, Cards Against Humanity,
The library makes it appealing to me. Most of the time, I would rather just read in the corner, social-adjacent rather than socialization.
You should check out some board game/card game shops around where you live.
Also, Cards Against Humanity is funny if you play it with your friends once every couple of months, I wouldn’t want to play it regularly, it gets old really fast.
It gets old immediately. I hate playing any game whose only entertainment comes from shock value
So many people don’t even care if the cards fit together, so playing “the biggest, blackest dick” will always win even if it doesn’t make sense.
That’s called a community centre and used to be pretty common. Growing up we had multiple that were run by the local Catholic organizations, and I think there were also some that were run by the youth branch of the various political parties.
But a key component of such a place being success is having a certain kind of open culture. There’s countries where if you throw 10 strangers in a room and return an hour later, you’ll find 10 strangers on their phone, having not uttered a single word to each other.
People also have a tendency to divide into subgroups and isolate from each other. It’s a step in the right direction and better than no community at all. But it can breed resentment and even violence. That’s a common problem of community centres here.
But libraries demand silence… You need loud libraries late at night… with live music, and maybe alcohol… wait…
We need BYOB open indoor spaces that don’t demand anything of anyone.
Ohh yes please. Honestly i love the idea of having spaces in libraries where you could socialise.
