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[–] therealjcdenton 40 points 4 months ago (9 children)

If you can't proudly say your pirating sure you need to find a new friend group

[–] [email protected] 55 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Well they said "co-worker", I can understand not divulging that in a workplace.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Eh fuck it, what are they going to do, call the FBI on me? Employer certainly doesn't care.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Highly dependent on workplace. Many with govt contracts could feel an obligation to punish this.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

My employer is the government

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Plot twist: dude works at Disneyflix :D

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

"An ex-Netflix engineer's take on piracy; in a YouTube drama near you"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

My da has a mate who's literally a peeler and was showing him his piracy set-up. His mate was also talking about his.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

I've never worked an office job that wasn't pirating software openly and somewhat proudly when pointed out

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