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A librarian and a censor walk into a bar. The librarian orders 3 drinks and a glass of water. The censor orders seafood, a live show with pyrotechnics, and the
by weard_beard 1y ago
A librarian and a censor walk into a bar. The librarian orders 3 drinks and a glass of water.
The censor orders seafood, a live show with pyrotechnics, and the dishwasher's birth certificate.
- ang_cire 1y agoTook me a second, but it's a great analogy for the difference in power.
- weard_beard 1y agoI would call the difference: A librarian has perspective, intent, and a fierce optimism honed like the edge of a knife through abrasive contact with the world. A censor sees only wrong thought and choices without any of the qualities of a librarian. (The Seafood in a bar that mostly serves alcohol is probably not up to code in terms of food safety, the bar might occasionally have live shows and some of the things done at the live show might not be 100% safe, the dishwasher might have taken the job because he is not a legal citizen and the bar owner pays him outside of normal employment contracts...) But if you see another allegory then it’s a good joke.
- ang_cire 1y agoAnd here I thought the point was that a librarian has the means to ask for and get 3 drinks and water, same as anyone else, but a censor (i.e. the state apparatus) has the means to make huge and unreasonable demands.
- weard_beard 1y agoA significant part of the imagery of the joke on another level is that a librarian is there to use the bar for its intended purpose, and even within that small amount of power, the librarian knows her limits.