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[–] [email protected] 91 points 2 months ago (14 children)

Just give them a usb of the show for Christ's sake! Sneaker net that shit. Which show btw?

[–] [email protected] 84 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I tried that once. They never watched the show and didn't give back the USB. 🙁

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (3 children)

USBs nowadays are a dime a dozen basically for 16GB sticks

They can literally be bought in 10 packs for less than $30.

If they don't give one back nowadays so be it.

Back in the day it was a terrible loss though

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if you applied inflation from the time that idiom was first popularized what the modern price would be.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I had to look into it because once you mentioned that I was curious.

So the saying originated sometime before 1930 when it first appeared in print and likely in the 1800s. (Source)

And when I went to an inflation calculator the earliest date I could select was January of 1913. Which I couldn't help but share the results of.

About $3.20.

Source

So yeah, about a dime a dozen... 111 years ago lol.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

Welcome to Wrexham.

Not the kind of guy who'd watch something from a USB. Technically not a co-worker but a former co-worker, because he retired a couple of years ago.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

I did this for a coworker not too long ago.

I think it was for Firefly....

They gave the USB drive back too. Win-win

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

nah teach a man how to fish!

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

On the open meadows of the freeinternet,
where the gentle breeze touches all equally,
where the people are friends,
and the money is spent on FOSS devs & smol gaming studios.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 months ago (6 children)

If someone is unaware of piracy: Tell them.

If someone is aware of piracy and doesn't care: "I don't really know, I just got it off of a torrent site."

If someone is aware of piracy and cares too much for a company they don't work for: You can ignore them.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Great, now I'll never not notice how many brand names are baby sounds

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (6 children)

yes that is what I was referencing

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

It used to be on ploob, but season 3 is only on nimbo now.

[–] therealjcdenton 40 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

My employer is the government

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 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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[–] Jolteon 40 points 2 months ago

I just honestly answer that I don't know.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago

I just respond with a hearty "yeeearghhhh!" and continue the conversation. The coworkers that know get it, the rest think I'm a lunatic.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"yeah the service is called piracy and you should use a VPN"

Seriously, my coworkers pirat more stuff than i do... Some even for work...

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I borrowed it from an acquaintance on Internet :D

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Fell off this passing truck that was carrying shows and movies!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago

"Oh, I download it from well known and respected torrent sites. All the services I might use are crap."

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Me: The internet ;) ;)

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Depends on how cool they are

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I get this almost daily, my whole family and several friends know I'm good at recommending things to them so they always go to me to ask what to watch. I've had to start looking up and writing down where each movie and show is available "normally". I have no issue saying I get everything via other means but whem it became a thing where people started asking "can you also look up where it's available" just because it's not always easy to figure that out and they knew I didn't know and generally find it quicker than them.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

It's more difficult in Europe. For example, when South Park: Post Covid released on Paramount+ in the US, there was no legal way to steam it in Germany or Austria AFAIR. And these are not exactly third-world countries.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

🏴‍☠️ service

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

“Channel BitTorrent” is my reply

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Pirate Bay - free streaming service

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The Pirate Bay

Its pretty outdated these days

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Just send them to JustWatch.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

l'pirate bay. it's a french site for classy artsy films

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

It's on Plex on my Synology ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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