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submitted 10 months ago by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 48 points 10 months ago (4 children)

If you had a question that nobody could answer, you’d go down to the library, open up a drawer with a bunch of note cards in it, look to see if any of the note cards had a word about a concept you wanted to learn about, hope that the card existed, was in the right place, and listed a book that would actually give you the information you wanted.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

Or you wouldn't go through the effort, you'd ask a trusted elder or a friend, they would lie to you, and you'd peddle that misinformation for decades while refusing that you might be wrong. Guess which one was more likely

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The first step would be opening an encyclopedia. A lot of households actually had an encyclopedia on their shelves for this very reason. Something which these "pre-internet" rumination threads always seems to neglect.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

Honestly I only ever knew one household with an encyclopedia set, I’m sure it depends on the location but where I lived that was more of an upper middle class thing.

[–] zerofk@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

I still have an encyclopaedia on my shelf. I have to admit it’s the small edition though.

I also still have a bunch of dictionaries (different languages), and a very outdated atlas.

[–] AceOnTrack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 10 months ago

You'd ask the librarian about where to find books about stuff and get a 3 hour lecture about the Dewey system

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And also the books surrounding that book

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 2 points 10 months ago

Always pick a book to the left and one to the right! Is it useful? Likely not, but you’ll never know if you don’t!