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Gen Y Hits the Library the Most -- But Not For Books

Posted by timothy on from the don't-tell-the-other-perverts dept.

Lucas123 writes "More than half of all Americans visited a library this past year and, of those, most were from Generation Y, the tech-loving young adults aged 18-30 years, according to a recent survey. The reason most cited for visiting their local public archive? Not books. Most were seeking gaming software programs, characters in the Second Life virtual world and online help with homework."
Another way to think about the results: about 47 percent of Americans didn't visit a library even once last year.

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  1. *BSD's Final Christmas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Outside this frigid tumble-down shack, dry leaves before the wild winter hurricane fly. Here within, at the corner by the cold hearth rests an empty stool. A crutch without a master stands perched against the wall. These forlorn and lonely objects serve as mute reminders of their desceased owner, *BSD.

    This crutch and vacant stool have become orphans, not unlike the now dead *BSD. No longer will *BSD hobble about on its cripple's crutch. Like the empty hearth, and the vacant stool, *BSD lies cold and still. *BSD's corpse, lifeless beneath frozen earth and December snows, will see no more Christmas cheer. No, there will be no Christmas ever again for *BSD, for *BSD is dead.

    Goodbye, *BSD. The pain of life forever stilled, sleep for all eternity in that long winter's nap. Fade gently into Earth's frozen bosom where in dreams even cripples walk and blind men see.

  2. Best Libraries by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Some libraries have some amazing resources, if you haven't visited one in a while you should check some of them out. Best Libraries [csu.edu]

  3. Re:That would be me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    With regards to NKS do you use the leaves to wipe your ass?

  4. Re:And a hot date who reads... by megaditto · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Off topic here, but I wanted to ask about one of your books.

    Is World at the End of Time about that city called Middletown that had a superbomb exploded over it and transported one million years into the future with the cooling Sun, giant Moon, and hot spaceblonds?

    --
    Obama likes poor people so much, he wants to make more of them.
  5. Re:And a hot date who reads... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Your wife ate out my asshole.

    Now shut the fuck up before I make you do the same.