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[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 91 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Xyre@lemmus.org 84 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Gormadt 48 points 1 year ago

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

[-] key@lemmy.keychat.org 11 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Gormadt 9 points 1 year ago

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 1 year 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 12 points 1 year 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 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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 49 points 1 year ago

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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[-] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 year ago
[-] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 1 year ago
[-] Lyre@lemmy.ca 82 points 1 year ago
[-] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

yes that is what I was referencing

[-] Lyre@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Oh.... well then you spelled your made up parody word wrong :/

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[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 year ago

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

[-] kbal@fedia.io 9 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 39 points 1 year ago

I just honestly answer that I don't know.

[-] SoleInvictus 31 points 1 year 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.

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Muscar@discuss.online 18 points 1 year ago

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 10 points 1 year 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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[-] veeesix@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago

Me: The internet ;) ;)

[-] beefsquatch@programming.dev 16 points 1 year ago

Depends on how cool they are

[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Right, exactly. The alternative to this meme is offering them access to my Plex server.

[-] uis@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

The Pirate Bay - free streaming service

[-] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago

The Pirate Bay

Its pretty outdated these days

[-] AccountMaker@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 year ago

In what way? I use it from time to time to get movies and series. Is there any downside compared to other methods?

Genuine question, I'm not too familiar with the pirate world beyond pirate bay.

[-] ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

It just doesn't have that many files anymore, since not that many people use it. 1337x.to is more popular now

[-] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

🏴‍☠️ service

[-] MrChristyCarranza@aussie.zone 12 points 1 year ago

“Channel BitTorrent” is my reply

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[-] cupcakezealot 11 points 1 year ago

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

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

Say it loud and proud: https://hydrahd.com/

This is how we fight back.

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[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

Just send them to JustWatch.

[-] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 8 points 1 year ago
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[-] Lifebandit666@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago

"Dodgy Firestick"

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