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Jennifer 🍄do not under any circumstances give a librarian your true name, accept a gift from it (especially food or drink) and for god's sake never stray from the path in a library.
Li ~ Crystal System@JenYetAgain @ielenia hey im pretty sure this is to let trans people know their welcome and can use their chosen names on their library card, not like fair folk stuff
Chara Dreemurr@cute_stuff @JenYetAgain @ielenia yes i know, but i dont like it. its clearly for trans people to be comfortable
fops Now On Merping Synth Download@cute_stuff @ielenia @Li no, it's about librarians. vast, unknowable, terrifying in their beauty. if they ask for your attention don't give it to them. they'll keep it, and leave you with add or adhd.
@JenYetAgain @cute_stuff @ielenia yeah no, pretty sure its about being understanding of trans people ... and like ppl who use a different name
@Li @cute_stuff @ielenia can you explain what the sign means to me more? obviously i don't understand it.
@JenYetAgain @cute_stuff @ielenia its saying that the name on your library card can be your actual name, and doesnt have to be whats on your government issued ID, and acknoledging that your gov recognized name isnt nessecarily the same as your actual name,
its is common accomidation for trans people who are often unable to change their names because of discrimination,
but is also useful for everyone else who may have done that
@JenYetAgain @cute_stuff @ielenia its very common yes; because many names have a gendered connotation, but some also just dont like their old names,
im like fairly sure thats what its about
Martin Vermeer FCD
GLC
Konosocio@JenYetAgain @Li @cute_stuff @ielenia you're getting blocked for other people not understanding your joke. I'm laughing but also I'm crying.
frigginGlorious ✅@JenYetAgain @cute_stuff @ielenia @Li if you capture a librarian, and then answer their riddle, you may be granted a wish. But beware the wording of your wish.
Evelyn fra denne andre øya
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@JenYetAgain okay but librarians are the good kind of fae tho
tj usiyan@darkphoenix @JenYetAgain They will protect your name with you
AspiringLudditeIf you stray from the path in a library, years could pass before you find your way out.
Hmm.
Shalien@JenYetAgain That's how Mehrunes Dagon got his ass kicked in the second era
Even if you follow all the rules, you may find that after spending two hours in the library months have passed on the outside.
The same for Wikipedia, or more so.
In no case should you access Wikipedia while in a library.
serendipity2@glc @JenYetAgain Especially because librarians who see you using Wikipedia will harangue you about not quoting or citing it directly but instead to use its source material to learn more, then cite. (Truth from retired reference librarian, but shh, don’t tell anyone, we’re terr0rists now)
Kim Heitman@JenYetAgain Too late. Now I am cursed with a To Be Read shelf of books that will outlive me.
Denis@JenYetAgain And beware the Library Policeman who will chase you to the ends of the world to get back The Books That Were Borrowed
Robin Adams
Daibhid Ceanneadeach@JenYetAgain It's true. I accepted food from a librarian once (they were offering mince pies at Christmas) and ever since I've felt a strange wasting sensation if I'm away from the library for more than a fortnight.
Martin's pipe dreams@JenYetAgain You might get trapped in L-Space where all libraries in space and time are connected and get eaten by bookworms or attacked by a thesaurus.
All those words bend time and space because knowledge is power. You can trust the Orangutan though.
He knows the way and always has a friendly "Ugh" for you. As long as you don't call him the M-Word that is.
All the props to Terry Pratchett and the keeper of his legacy @rhipratchett
@JenYetAgain @rhipratchett the university librarian venturing into L-Space to check a stolen book yesterday is from "Guards Guards" I think. It's a book on how to summon dragons.
ResunaPhnglui mgwlnafth Cthulhu card catalog wghnagl fhtagn.
Jigme Datse@JenYetAgain Just to be a #ReplyGal, this really has so many different "feels" about it... Having it easy to have correct information is great, but a "True Name..." Well in a Library... Bang on.
Mx Autumn 
@JenYetAgain if fae not friend, why friend shaped?
@carbontwelve that's not their shape, it's just what we see when a fifth dimensional being interacts with three dimensional space.
Dr. Curiosity 💻🔬@JenYetAgain TBH if I were going to entrust anyone with my true name, a librarian wouldn't be a _terrible_ choice. Just so long as they can agree it goes in the private collection.
Morgan ⚧️@JenYetAgain I love the policy though. I can think of at least one of my favorite places that has a "no stage names, no dead names" policy, and I think another was even "legal names unless it's a deadname." I can't remember the library's policy, but I know that they don't force anyone to deadname themselves
@raphaelmorgan i didn't use my legal name before i came out, it was certainly interesting to see who had been accommodating that and suddenly couldn't when my preferred name became jen.
it's a simple kindness but it means a lot when people realize it's no different from saying "it's kate, not katherine"
mhoye@JenYetAgain Counterpoint: of all the people you should feel safe sharing your true name with, Librarians are it.
PaulaToThePeople 😷@JenYetAgain ...unless you want good things to happen to you.
Simon ZerafaThe word can is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
It could be your preferred name, if that's different from your legal name 🙂🤷♂️
Wren Lynn@JenYetAgain I’m pretty sure my library card was the first piece of documentation I ever had with my new name on it. Love librarians.