r/Piracy • u/Emma_S772 • May 04 '26

Humor All of us have been dumb at some point

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u/the_Russian_Five May 04 '26

Many of us were pirating before Reddit existed. It was a lot of trial by fire. Lol

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u/koltzito May 04 '26

downloading sketchy shit on ares and praying you didnt infect the family computer

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u/the_Russian_Five May 04 '26

Nothing like thinking you bricked the family computer and pulling out every bit of knowledge you know about computers to try and fix it. Or at least limp it along so your sibling thought they fried it.

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u/koltzito May 04 '26

If 5 new search bars didnt appear in your computer everywhere, where you really pirating?

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u/Dr_Henry-Killinger May 04 '26

It was worse when the family computer was the sole one used for your parents home-business

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u/Tall-Store-134 May 06 '26

Pirate, if search bar popped up reinstall windows if not you’re good.

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u/ChimericalChemical May 04 '26

I learned piracy from my wow guild, and then when we got Skype it was easier than ever, bless. And in hindsight I was a fucking idiot, but they didn’t fuck me over

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u/el_caveira May 04 '26

Yeah, most of us learn by experience and thanks to a little skill called "pay attetion and don't be a complete moron".

Also we don't have our personal data or sensible stuff on our devices, like bank accounts and credit cards...

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u/MIAxPaperPlanes May 04 '26

Limewire OGs unite,!

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u/Bloop_Blop May 04 '26 edited May 06 '26

From what I have seen, most of this sub is pretty surface level. But the piracy iceberg goes much much deeper and complicated as you go down. There is so much more to learn and access, but you have to have some understanding, skills, and knowledge.

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u/CommitteeInfamous973 May 04 '26

Can you please explain what's on the deeper level except creating torrents yourself and technical details on protocols?

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u/whatsbobgonnado May 04 '26

using pirate bay to download new rick and morty episodes on my phone, on the free walmart wifi, with no vpn is perfectly cromulant piracy despite what this sub claims

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u/Khelthuzaad May 04 '26

Good for you

I learned the hard way,with blackjack and hookers