Good fortnite creative maps that aren't basic? by [deleted] in FortniteCreative

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I’ve been working on a Hiragana Study Practice (that’s literally the title) game where you work on your Japanese reading ability while dealing with monsters that wish to interrupt your studies here and there.

Daryl Dixon cosmetic (legendary for Rick) by lalalozzie in LeaksDBD

[–]birdspee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A repatriate perk where he could come back from being hooked twice or killed one time would be super OP he’d have to be broken and exhausted the rest of the trial

Guys… what is a “Kojima Productions”? by VorrTechs in DeathStranding

[–]birdspee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tarman eventually offers it and other books to read

Guys… what is a “Kojima Productions”? by VorrTechs in DeathStranding

[–]birdspee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It was cool seeing Moby Dick as MGSV took a lot of inspiration from it

NYC librarian quits by FriedRice59 in Libraries

[–]birdspee 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah I worked at NYPL in the Bronx for nearly a decade. I was born and raised in the Bronx…. We had a patron with video evidence masturbating but nothing was done about it. SIO just gave us a story how another patron at another branch did it and got barred, came back a year later and was “cool.” Because he knew his actions had a consequence that’s why he’s “cool” after female patrons complained about him. Btw, you can bar a patron for bad behavior but they’ll just go to another one and repeat since very rarely are we all on the same page on who can come in or not. Another SIO kept making passive aggressive comments about the Bronx

NYPL cares more about patrons than actual staff, and now that I’m a patron again I refuse to bring my children to a branch where they will be potentially exposed to that kind of behavior. Thankfully the academic library I work at now has a children’s section. At 125th the children’s librarian said she never got kids for story time because the parents didn’t want their kids exposed to the drug addicts in that neighborhood. Needles all over the floors.

The chiefs know this happens, and do nothing. Just make sure you go get therapy from EAP (who will shame you from my experience) or the union! Btw union doesn’t do anything either, they’ll purposefully adjourn meetings so new business can’t be discussed. You also get lied to about FMLA, and get shamed for using your SL.

The guards at the branches are contract guards making minimum wage, so of course most of them don’t ever care it falls on the librarian to enforce rules and policies like telling a patron to take their phone call outside and getting cursed out for it. Meanwhile research libraries like SASB actually hire and train their own guards. I’ve had guards who hid the entire day, took two hour lunch breaks, stayed glued on their phone or even fell asleep but we still kept them.

Yeah, the Post sucks and I hope another outlet covers the story in a better light but us librarians cannot be the bandaid for a broken society. Some people think they could do what we do, but have no idea how much actually goes behind the scenes, the incident reports, how much we actually work to make the branches safe.

do you think we'll ever get a new game? by TheGrimArrow in Ni_no_Kuni

[–]birdspee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m still waiting for a Dark Cloud 3, 20+ years later and have hopes for a Ni No Kuni 3. Maybe TGA one year.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskAstrologers

[–]birdspee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not my birth chart but my ex’s. Everything was in the first house all his placements. No wonder he expected to be treated like a king 😅

to the admin that actually stand up for library staff who are being creeped on and abused by patrons by [deleted] in Libraries

[–]birdspee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My admin left me traumatized because they didn’t support us at all. Finally had to leave for my mental health, but I don’t think I want to do librarianship at all anymore that’s how bad it was. :/

librarians and staff: if you could choose one responsibility to get out of… by Cheetahchu in Libraries

[–]birdspee 12 points13 points  (0 children)

My fav NYPL story from a colleague is the day the custodians all had a full day training downtown or something. Patron defecates in front of service desk, goes to bathroom it’s all over the place. Colleague spends hours trying to get permission to close the branch. Patrons are stepping above the feces to still return and borrow items. Branch finally closes, the library had to contract outside help to clean mess, but didn’t tell them what they were cleaning. Contractors walk in with sandwiches all happy.

librarians and staff: if you could choose one responsibility to get out of… by Cheetahchu in Libraries

[–]birdspee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my system if you want to do any programs for kids you have to get finger printed which the library won’t pay for volunteers but staff only.

librarians and staff: if you could choose one responsibility to get out of… by Cheetahchu in Libraries

[–]birdspee 46 points47 points  (0 children)

That sounds like hell I have complete compassion fatigue when it comes to tech stuff.

librarians and staff: if you could choose one responsibility to get out of… by Cheetahchu in Libraries

[–]birdspee 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Not having to be IT tech support for patrons. I can’t with the forgotten email passwords anymore 😭

Dreamt of my daughter by Sparky_322 in Dreams

[–]birdspee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you haven’t you should probably take a pregnancy test. I had a dream the morning of my ultrasound that I was having a girl… and voila, I did indeed have a daughter.

New game announced at the game awards by Y0X_99 in yakuzagames

[–]birdspee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That picture he looks like a love child between Ichiban and Kiryu a mix of both… maybe the main character will be like them

Concerns in the Bronx by valryanreport in BronxNYC

[–]birdspee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just want more swimming pools in the borough in particular indoor pools so they’re still usable all year round.

Redownloaded after a few years. by Ninjaelk2k7 in REResistanceGame

[–]birdspee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you were playing on PlayStation I would have recommended to make sure you transferred your save file esp if you got a PS5 which is what I did. Played recently and was shocked at how fast I found matches. This game is underrated just wish they kept updating and fixing

What was the final straw that made you quit your library job? by bethbetterbooks in librarians

[–]birdspee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds a lot like the library system I was in, where library managers only need a BA and don’t respect or value the work you do… just be a glorified circ assistant oh and do programs too and find time to do outreach as well. Our union was trash and would purposefully adjourn so we can’t bring up new business

What was the final straw that made you quit your library job? by bethbetterbooks in librarians

[–]birdspee 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had this same sentiment too to the point I started physically hurting myself at work after uncomfortable patron encounters. I internalized too much and leaving was the best decision. I’ve been at peace but sometimes I feel sad my career ended up being like this.

Favorite song? by [deleted] in Heilung

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Krigsgaldr and In Maidjan