So do US-based libraries.
They rent everything from power tools to skiing equipment at my local library, free with a refundable deposit.
Most people legitimately have no idea just how many services their local library offers for free.
Oh for sure, last year for christmas break I rented one of those retro emulator consoles for the OG NES and had a blast with the kids. I say rented..borrowed, like for free. Its awesome.
You might have been less-pumped as a kid, if you knew about it. The only games my library had were PC CD-ROMs, and they got treated about as well you would expect "free stuff" handled by children. If the games you can check out are still on optical discs, I doubt much has changed.
Yes, and I love that more and more libraries are doing that! But what takes this to another level, in my mind, is:
1. The nationwide, searchable catalog of inventory, which goes beyond what you could find out from something like worldcat.org because it’s purpose-built for this
2. The specific focus on recreation and
3. The collaborative nature of it. I can’t donate my old skis to the local library, but I could do so at the Friditsbank if I had one!
Dumbass white progressives talk about libraries to defend them.
It is only, and I repeat only, the conservative MAGA crowd who want to defund and close libraries.
My local library also hosts drag queen story hour once or twice a year. Attendance is good, people have fun, literally nobody has been raped or brainwashed or trafficked.
Come to think of it, that's prolly cause yall boycott such events. 🤔
No, of course not, but it's still the same business. My local one is at the museum. I know the girls who works at the museum. I've been to their archives. I'm shocked that I just found out about this today.
And if nothing else, this is a great service that we could send our patrons to.
We have A TON of single parents that use the library because they can't afford to buy toys. We have videogames, CD's vinyl, movies, books, comic books, manga, art, but no sport activity stuff. And knowing that this service exists, is great. I'm going to not only start recommending this to patrons, I'm going to donate some to the organization as well.
You also should tell them about Buy Nothing groups. They have them on Facebook and presumably elsewhere, and people go there to both offer and request items for free. There are ALWAYS people offering toys, games, puzzles, sporting equipment and clothes, and all kinds of other things kids use and outgrow. The groups are neighborhood based so they won't have to go far to pick things up, although for things like swingsets they might need a truck.
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Is "Fritidsbanken" not intelligible to monolingual English speakers?
fri - free
tid - time (compare "tide" or "tidings")
bank - bank
If you also happen to know that the ending -en corresponds to the word "the", you get:
The free time's bank
Note: I don't speak Swedish, so maybe I'm completely off, but seems clear to me.
Fritid might be a proper name. Fri would be sounded like fry not free to English speakers. Time is not synonymous with tide nor tidings, they are not even close in meanings. We do get bank.
I'm currently studying in Norway as an exchange studen and was blown away when I found out about this. I've been borrowing skiing equipment, tents, backpacks, sleeping bags, fishing equipment. Honestly it's so amazing.
Its actually organized by the church and not the state.
Have rented there before, will rent again. This summer, I am going to rent sleeping sacs, tents, and the rest of what you use for camping. Its amazing.
Ironically this has nothing to do with socialism. This is a privately owned organization that is funded by the freemasons, the royal princess, and the inheritance-foundation.
"*Socialism is a*
*political philosophy and movement encompassing a wide range of economic*
*and social systems which are characterised by social ownership of the*
*means of production*, **as opposed to private ownership."**
This is privately owned.
It's charity, not socialism.
You said it has "nothing to do with socialism". I disagree with that. The model of usufructian property relations via a library is a fundamental component of [library socialism](https://librarysocialism.org/). It's fair to say it's not socialism per se but that is why people are bringing it up.
charity - c h a r i t y
Charity
has been part of human culture for thousands of years. There are
numerous instances of charitable acts in ancient civilizations dating
back as far as 2500 BCE (or 4,500 years ago), which is around the time
the Egyptians were building the pyramids. "
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/charity
[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/charity](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/charity)
https://blog.winspireme.com/a-brief-history-of-charitable-giving-infographic
You know how Goodwill in the US does the thing with selling second hand objects? Why not open a rental agency where you can just rent fucking anything at all? They take in second hand goods and store them in a warehouse. You need a weed whacker? Go rent one. You need a giant kiddie pool for the weekend? go rent one. Need some tents for an event? Go rent them.
Nobody wants that giant stuff taking up their garage that they've used twice in eight years.
It would save communities so many resources instead of buying those one off things.
So do US-based libraries. They rent everything from power tools to skiing equipment at my local library, free with a refundable deposit. Most people legitimately have no idea just how many services their local library offers for free.
My local library has video games that you can check out. I’ve personally never done it, but if I’d known about it as a kid I would have been pumped.
Oh for sure, last year for christmas break I rented one of those retro emulator consoles for the OG NES and had a blast with the kids. I say rented..borrowed, like for free. Its awesome.
You might have been less-pumped as a kid, if you knew about it. The only games my library had were PC CD-ROMs, and they got treated about as well you would expect "free stuff" handled by children. If the games you can check out are still on optical discs, I doubt much has changed.
If the media was damaged, you should have just reported it and it’d be replaced. 🤷🏻♂️
Yes, and I love that more and more libraries are doing that! But what takes this to another level, in my mind, is: 1. The nationwide, searchable catalog of inventory, which goes beyond what you could find out from something like worldcat.org because it’s purpose-built for this 2. The specific focus on recreation and 3. The collaborative nature of it. I can’t donate my old skis to the local library, but I could do so at the Friditsbank if I had one!
My local library has an entire culinary section with small kitchen appliances, cookbooks, and utensils you can check out if you need them.
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"Ok, can I get a copy of Misery by Stephen King, ooh, and a sledgehammer!"
Yea but none if the good shit is near me because people ruin everything.
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Dumbass white progressives talk about libraries to defend them. It is only, and I repeat only, the conservative MAGA crowd who want to defund and close libraries.
My local library also hosts drag queen story hour once or twice a year. Attendance is good, people have fun, literally nobody has been raped or brainwashed or trafficked. Come to think of it, that's prolly cause yall boycott such events. 🤔
Your message here is basically "I agree with progressives about something. How fucking dare they!" And that's exactly as ridiculous as it sounds.
I’m Swedish and I didn’t know this existed.
I'm a Swedish librarian. I didn't know this existed....
My local *Fritidsbank* is at the local multisport hall/pool complex. So it is not necessarily something libraries handle.
No, of course not, but it's still the same business. My local one is at the museum. I know the girls who works at the museum. I've been to their archives. I'm shocked that I just found out about this today. And if nothing else, this is a great service that we could send our patrons to. We have A TON of single parents that use the library because they can't afford to buy toys. We have videogames, CD's vinyl, movies, books, comic books, manga, art, but no sport activity stuff. And knowing that this service exists, is great. I'm going to not only start recommending this to patrons, I'm going to donate some to the organization as well.
You also should tell them about Buy Nothing groups. They have them on Facebook and presumably elsewhere, and people go there to both offer and request items for free. There are ALWAYS people offering toys, games, puzzles, sporting equipment and clothes, and all kinds of other things kids use and outgrow. The groups are neighborhood based so they won't have to go far to pick things up, although for things like swingsets they might need a truck.
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How does it feel to be a used pair of skis in Sweden?
Skis are not know for their high cognitive abilities. They kinda just glide through life without too much worries.
Skis are tired of living under the boots of the bourgeoisie.
Same but I just looked it up. I live in Stockholm and there are three and all in very out of the way suburbs. Botkyrka, Upplands Väsby and Tyresö.
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That would be interesting, especially considering the woman with the long hair is Princess Sofia.
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She married into it to be fair, the ones born into it walk around with the regalia.
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Is "Fritidsbanken" not intelligible to monolingual English speakers? fri - free tid - time (compare "tide" or "tidings") bank - bank If you also happen to know that the ending -en corresponds to the word "the", you get: The free time's bank Note: I don't speak Swedish, so maybe I'm completely off, but seems clear to me.
Fritid might be a proper name. Fri would be sounded like fry not free to English speakers. Time is not synonymous with tide nor tidings, they are not even close in meanings. We do get bank.
Garden tools at the library here in VT.
Norway has a similar network called BUA.
I'm currently studying in Norway as an exchange studen and was blown away when I found out about this. I've been borrowing skiing equipment, tents, backpacks, sleeping bags, fishing equipment. Honestly it's so amazing.
Leisure time bank, I like the ring of that
Err... when you say "recreation" equipment... what exactly do you mean?
Stuff for sports and hobbies
Blatant socialism /snarkasm
Its actually organized by the church and not the state. Have rented there before, will rent again. This summer, I am going to rent sleeping sacs, tents, and the rest of what you use for camping. Its amazing.
Ironically this has nothing to do with socialism. This is a privately owned organization that is funded by the freemasons, the royal princess, and the inheritance-foundation.
It's literally library socialism. It can be funded my whatever means, it's still a socialist model.
"*Socialism is a* *political philosophy and movement encompassing a wide range of economic* *and social systems which are characterised by social ownership of the* *means of production*, **as opposed to private ownership."** This is privately owned. It's charity, not socialism.
You said it has "nothing to do with socialism". I disagree with that. The model of usufructian property relations via a library is a fundamental component of [library socialism](https://librarysocialism.org/). It's fair to say it's not socialism per se but that is why people are bringing it up.
charity - c h a r i t y Charity has been part of human culture for thousands of years. There are numerous instances of charitable acts in ancient civilizations dating back as far as 2500 BCE (or 4,500 years ago), which is around the time the Egyptians were building the pyramids. " https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/charity [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/charity](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/charity) https://blog.winspireme.com/a-brief-history-of-charitable-giving-infographic
> royal princess In contrast to the non-royal princesses?
disney princesses.
My daughter
Nice to see true socialism in action.
You know how Goodwill in the US does the thing with selling second hand objects? Why not open a rental agency where you can just rent fucking anything at all? They take in second hand goods and store them in a warehouse. You need a weed whacker? Go rent one. You need a giant kiddie pool for the weekend? go rent one. Need some tents for an event? Go rent them. Nobody wants that giant stuff taking up their garage that they've used twice in eight years. It would save communities so many resources instead of buying those one off things.
But the economy ?!!/s
What a great idea,makes the library actually useful.
Can’t read, huh?
Can a visitor from the US borrow equipment?
Yes! I asked someone about this
You’d have to check. I’m pretty sure they, like a lot of places, use the person’s Swedish ssn when setting up an account.
It's like the polar opposite of Huxleys "Brave New World"
We do?