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As we get older, most of us tend to think less and less about libraries, and in a way that's regrettable. It's a confusing trend too, because as we've gotten older, our desire to take advantage of free things has only gotten stronger. Knowledge is power, or something. Here's a twitter thread of a librarian's insights about the general public.

This wonderful Twitter account takes a look at the world of Hogwarts without the rose colored glasses. We can easily forget how much darker the humor in the iconic movies would be with just a few elements changed. In all fairness, Harry Potter did possess an uncanny knack for always using the Expelliarmus spell in circumstances that certainly called for something with a little more pepper in it. 

This librarian offered up their various insights they've picked up from observing the general public that flows in and out of the library. All kinds of endearing moments. Whether it's the couple bickering over each other's competing tastes, or the young adult who just had their world open up upon graduating to an "adult", and being able to read anything. 

Sometimes a character is created to be hated by design, and you have to hand it to the creator for making such a realistically hateable person. Other times the character's actions over time build up until you realize that putting them in a realistic context implies that they're something like an irresponsible traitor to their family. For more thoughts on media, here are simple plot holes that ruined movies for people.

This guy is given multiple opportunities to share the book, and after being shut down for a legitimate reason decides to get super rude about it. All thing aside, this sounds like a really bad strategy to get access to a textbook. Some students don't get it, like when this rude entitled student exploded when denied a classmate's project. The world has its unfair share of entitled people who need to abandon their nonsense.

Tumblr users apparently have a lot of time on their hands, and they use it for amusingly specific and labor intensive thoughts like the relationship between elves eyes and the curvature of middle earth, or discussing the full versions of classic sayings. We're glad people get so into stuff, like this Tumblr thread that makes history fun.

School wasn't fun for any of us, but in the long run it can pay to know how to spell really basic stuff and not look like a moron in public. On a daily basis, people come in contact with a lot of spelling fails that make us curse our education system. At least spelling fails make someone feel smart.

Tumblr physicists took things a bit far when they theorized about the curvature of Middle Earth, and why Legolas' scary elf eyes are so haunting. Sometimes it's best to just accept the fantasy world as it comes. Now we can all await the day that Flat Earthers adopt the, "we're actually elves" theory. 

If you thought that you'd never learn an incredibly strange, specific and completely stupid hobby, don't quit just yet. There's a guide for everything from identifying wood to crafting sexy origami! Like, even if you wanted a guide for stray shopping carts, by god it exists. For other strange relics, here are some weird and amazing forgotten items found in thrift stores.

Please judge all of these books by their covers, it's more fun that way. While we're not exactly sure what's in some of these, we can be pretty sure the Furby Trainer's Guide or Understanding Horse Psychology are things that we don't exactly see as page-turners. For more funny books, here are some weird and specific how-to books.

The Game of Thrones finale finally came around to shake the world on Sunday. As fans found themselves bittersweet, angered, and sometimes actually pleased; you might say the show found a little bit of controversy with how it all wrapped up. That being said, George R.R. Martin finally stepped forward to offer his thoughts and clarifications on what Game Of Thrones fans can hope for with the ending in the books. 

If you're hungry for more Game of Thrones content, please go relive that epic water bottle fail in the Game of Thrones finale on Sunday. Absolutely gold. Maybe a metaphor for the show's final season being rushed...

Or better yet, have you seen that Twitter user's genius rankings of the Game Of Thrones men as sandwiches?

What do you do? Retail? Sales? Cardiology? Even if you feel like you're not great at your job, at least there's no hilarious evidence around showing people that you're crap at what you do. Looking at you, graphic designers. Anyway, if you wanna see more design fails, check these out.

Sure, you could mess around with mustaches and devil horns but these ones are professional. We all had that friend in school who had a pen and a dream. Maybe you were that kid. If you're out there, we applaud your creativity, lack of respect for authority, and short attention span. Here are some bathroom stall musings from people with markers and a sense of humor.