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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 94 points 5 months ago (14 children)

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

[–] Xyre@lemmus.org 85 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 5 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

[–] Xyre@lemmus.org 95 points 5 months ago
[–] key@lemmy.keychat.org 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 5 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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[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 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.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 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

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 57 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 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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[–] queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 52 points 5 months ago (1 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.

[–] abracaDavid@lemmy.today 10 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Do you know of any easily shareable beginner's guides?

I love turning friends onto free media, but I don't always want to walk them through it.

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Not really beginner friendly because it doesn't teach you much but the site has a nice list of resources that goes even boyond piracy: https://fmhy.net/beginners-guide

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[–] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 51 points 5 months ago
[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] Lyre@lemmy.ca 84 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 5 months ago (5 children)

yes that is what I was referencing

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[–] Zoboomafoo 11 points 5 months ago

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

[–] kbal@fedia.io 9 points 5 months ago

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

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 41 points 5 months ago

I just honestly answer that I don't know.

[–] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 40 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] dimjim@sh.itjust.works 55 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 16 points 5 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] BingBong@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 months ago

My employer is the government

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[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 5 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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[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 5 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.

[–] Mikufan@ani.social 32 points 5 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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[–] vin@lemmynsfw.com 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I borrowed it from an acquaintance on Internet :D

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 14 points 5 months ago

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

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 22 points 5 months ago

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

[–] Muscar@discuss.online 19 points 5 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.

[–] simon574@feddit.de 12 points 5 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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[–] beefsquatch@programming.dev 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Depends on how cool they are

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[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 18 points 5 months ago

Me: The internet ;) ;)

[–] MrChristyCarranza@aussie.zone 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

“Channel BitTorrent” is my reply

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[–] uis@lemm.ee 15 points 5 months ago (3 children)

The Pirate Bay - free streaming service

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[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 14 points 5 months ago

🏴‍☠️ service

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 months ago

Just send them to JustWatch.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 5 months ago

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

[–] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 10 points 5 months ago

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

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