This library’s thread about Fortnite went viral because it has the best payoff you’ll read this week
This thread by Orkney Library went viral because you just won’t see the twist coming.
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So over the last few months kids keep coming into the library asking if we have any books about this thing FORTNITE. We don't and I'd never heard of it so I tried asking what it was.
— Orkney Library (@OrkneyLibrary) September 3, 2018
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Is it a film? No. A cartoon? No. An game, like Pokemon or something? Yeah kinda. Nobody could tell me what all the fuss was about.
Then today a man came in to borrow some Lee Child books and he had his son with him. It said #Fortnite on his T-shirt. pic.twitter.com/vPcgJ0JpZZ
— Orkney Library (@OrkneyLibrary) September 3, 2018
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While his Dad looked through our Lee Child books (he was a huge fan so he was re-reading the series) I asked the boy to explain Fortnite to me.
And he did. He told me all about it. He taught me what nobody else had been able to teach me. And now I know two things.
— Orkney Library (@OrkneyLibrary) September 3, 2018
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Firstly, I know now that Fortnite is an online video game that was created in 2017 and already has more than 125 million players worldwide. Apparently it’s very addictive.
And secondly I learned that… pic.twitter.com/hGFb181OAR
— Orkney Library (@OrkneyLibrary) September 3, 2018
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The only boy who could ever teach me, was the son of a Reacher fan. pic.twitter.com/mrLVneGONZ
— Orkney Library (@OrkneyLibrary) September 3, 2018
We love libraries. But we really love Orkney Library.
Oh, Orkney Library, you have made my day (possibly week, month and year but I’ll get back to you on those)
— John Stout 🇪🇺 (@stirlingstout) September 3, 2018
That librarian surely has them rolling in the Isles?
— Michael O’Sullivan (@Hippoclides) September 3, 2018
This thread is a perfect example of why @OrkneyLibrary has got more than twice as many followers as the entire population of Orkney. https://t.co/GlblHYa3CM
— stewing (@saltwateritch) September 3, 2018
I thought of sharing my own joke about Fortnite, but it’s too weak.
— John Williams (@johnwwilliams) September 4, 2018
I believe this is the same Library , that when a Man went in and asked for the ‘Self-Help’ section, they replied……”Well that would be defeating the object, wouldn’t it, Sir….”
— Paul Gething (@PaulGething1) September 4, 2018
Except this person …
It’s kind of shocking that you couldn’t just use your information science skills to google fortnite
— Alt Library of Congress (@altLofC) September 4, 2018
You: .<—
Point of the story: —>.— Keepapitchinin (@Keepapitchinin) September 4, 2018
You: .<—
InterLibrary banter: —>.— Anne Cowling (@Spa_town) September 4, 2018
Me: 😂<—
— Adrian Schiller (@Grumbletwat) September 4, 2018
Feel the love …
This thread alone is a fabulous reason to support your local libraries. https://t.co/9ssfO9Zcd0
— Ellen Rose (@icklenellierose) September 4, 2018
This thread.
Read it.
Get to the end.Read the last tweet again. https://t.co/mmEd4sIuTt
— Simon Pegg (@Simon_Pegg) September 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/RufusHound/status/1036885269272834048
And this is why libraries ROCK. https://t.co/UQQcdpi0AA
— Joanne Harris (@Joannechocolat) September 4, 2018
