nnovak ‖ 001

[oneirophrenic]

It seems that it is once again time for a periodic reminder of what behavior is acceptable where. Congratulations, everyone: it has been eight (8) months since my last post on this topic. A new record! However, let us not rest on our laurels, as I have recently borne witness to some of the most horrifying behavior yet.

Acceptable Library Behavior:
› Reading
› Quiet contemplation
› Listening to music
    › This insistence on Philip Glass over, say, Chopin continues to grate, but that is a topic for another time.
› Studying without narrating your thoughts aloud

Unacceptable Library Behavior:
› Eating fragrant foods
› Making out like a pair of schoolchildren
› Loudly humming to the aforementioned classical music, and in the wrong key
› Clipping your toenails ‼️

You may be asking yourselves: "Niko, surely no one is clipping their toenails in the library. Why even add that?" I regret to inform you that I saw it with my own eyes (I will not name names), and that it is the worst thing I have personally witnessed since Shaq's album release party in 1993. (Did you know Shaq released an album? Now you do.)

It is a small ship. Let us try to be kind to one another! And, if at all possible, spare each other such unpleasant sights.

Comments

[delilahs]

was that your high school?

[loculus]

Now this is a violence against too many of us.

[jaxsons]

Have you ever felt older in your life?

[loculus]

I tried to scroll away and threw out my back.

[jaxsons]

I'll lend you my walker. I'm gonna roll it down the hall.

[loculus]

I'm worried that scrambling after it will loosen my dentures.

[jaxsons]

I'll roll it slow. Can't push that hard anymore after all that osteoporosis.

[delilahs]

is it not a real school? it's not the show he was on, is it?

[loculus]

No. And no, although he would have turned heads as Todd back in the day.

[delilahs]

what's todd's vibe

[loculus]

Tall, dark-haired, and alarmingly handsome. Please don't quiz me about anything else, this was decades ago. He played [...] at least one sport.

[delilahs]

okay yeah I see the vision

I'm politely refraining from asking how many decades ago

[loculus]

Eight.

[oneirophrenic]

I'm beginning to think we need to up the age limit for the organization.

[delilahs]

Not knowing your references doesn't make me bad at my job

cade.

[murphyy]

nah, he's just struggling with being old.

cade.

[delilahs]

He should consider working through his age related issues with a therapist

cade.

[murphyy]

yeah, but i think people get squirrelly about doing that.

cade.

[delilahs]

Genuinely cannot believe some therapy isn't required tbh

cade.

[murphyy]

i mean, we all had to pass for emotionally regulated to get here, but that's not gonna mean that we're not all riddled with issues still. [...] and i don't want to do th

cade.

[delilahs]

Yeah, exactly. We've all got our trauma that we're trying to deal with. It doesn't go away because we're able to control our emotions.

I mean, I'm kind of joking about talking to a therapist about feeling old but having someone to help you work through your emotional baggage can be beneficial. Plus may stop someone from spiraling on main

[oneirophrenic]

No, of course not. That isn't what I meant at all.

[delilahs]

What did you mean

[oneirophrenic]

I just meant that I wouldn't feel quite so aged. It is not a reflection on you in the slightest, you are quite capable.

[delilahs]

"Quite capable," you're gonna make a girl blush

For what it's worth though, I'm bad at pop culture generally and you still look good for [...] someone in their fift someone in their four your age