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[–] [email protected] 160 points 5 months ago (2 children)

People will pirate no matter what and for various reasons. That's fine. Gloating about it publicly is just weird to me though.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yea i dont feel like posting pictures of me and my pirate ship. But i like to spread it by words or if i can in a forum that tries to keep me anonymous :)

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I prefer heavy-handed metaphors and vague references, myself.

Like "when streaming became cable 2.0 I decided to dust off my old hat and hit the high seas"

Going out of your way to make sure everyone knows exactly whats going on in your queue at that particular moment is just excessive.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But then how will you know about how big my queue is?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Its hard to not see how big your queue is...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Fun story:

Tonight I pirated the PC version of Firmament (made by Cyan Worlds). I backed the game well over two years ago but the game was delayed, and then when it finally released a year ago, Cyan only released the PC version, and the PS4/5 version —the version I elected to receive — still hasn’t come out yet. I don’t know if it ever will and I’m tired of waiting.

So I pirated a game I bought for a different platform because it never released for the platform I bought it for.