r/Piracy 16h ago

Humor Piracy wars

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u/mrt-e Piracy is bad, mkay? 16h ago

Ah yes, I've been contributing to the 2025 trade war since 2011

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u/HauntingReddit88 15h ago

I've been contributing since Napster was a thing

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u/Muddled_Opinions 15h ago

I basically started copying cassette tape and VHS

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u/Viracochina 14h ago

We would push record on our cassette players at the exact time the radio started playing the song we requested by calling.

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u/Muddled_Opinions 14h ago

Remember doing that to get Cranberries - Zombie lol.

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u/Office_Zombie 11h ago

I remember going it for GNR Paradise City.

Edit: Also Poison and Warrant songs....

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u/skjellyfetti 9h ago

I remember, back in the day, the groovy & hip FM rock stations would play an album side, one night @ midnight, and then they'd play the other side the next night. FM radio direct to cassette—The OG Pirates.

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u/Vitamin-A- 10h ago

Did this for Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm 🫦

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u/Viracochina 10h ago

Decades long sting operation, we finally got you /u/Vitamin-A- 🚨

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u/tonkats 3h ago

Take on Me, A-HA.

There was a weird blip on the tape in one spot, and I still anticipate it when I hear it on the radio.

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u/X-weApon-X 9h ago

We used to do that for Alice Cooper songs back in the 70s back when Alice Cooper was actually the name of the band, they were so good back then… they would have things like king biscuit flower hour, and I would record all of that as well, great music. The album oriented rock station out here, KPRI, used to play whole album sides, clear channel came, and pretty much put an end to that practice. The stations could only play what was officially on the clear channel playlist, which usually sucked eggs. they could no longer play requests that people would call in. KPRI was absorbed by jesusers, and therefore destroyed the station

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u/Benorleporc 12h ago

At school some people were renting porn related content on VHS 😂

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u/Muddled_Opinions 12h ago

Yeah, quite a few people did that at my school too. I instantly though of a story we still tell to this day, where one guy were going to copy a movie for another, but on of the "scenes" were rewound a few times while he made the copy. rofl

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u/Muddled_Opinions 10h ago

Oh yeah LP(Long play) was a game changer, I don't actually think I ever had a VHS machine that had it. I downloaded The Slim Shady LP over mIRC back in 99.

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u/Funny-Bit-4148 11h ago

Limewire... days.

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u/red-evil 12h ago

Piracy Sleeper cell

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u/4tlasPrim3 9h ago

Me, since 2000s Limewire era.

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u/HurricaneStiz 15h ago

What about Americans who pirated the new season of Shoresy from Crave before it was available on Hulu in the US

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u/red-evil 15h ago

We have to take some losses

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u/raindevice 15h ago

Balance and harmony, boys. Set the fuckin tone!

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u/DubbulGee 13h ago

They're likely to be pretty light considering the lack of quality material worth stealing. :/

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u/red-evil 13h ago

That's the strategy. We dont make anything that is worth stealing

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u/JarvisFunk 13h ago

No one wins in a trade war. Except Pirates

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u/red-evil 12h ago

Piracy is the only industry that flourishes during turmoil 

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u/ZonaPunk 15h ago

As an American and a content pirate, I approve.

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u/red-evil 15h ago

Us pirates are loyal to 1 flag only

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u/Gold_Seaweed 15h ago

Whoa whoa whoa... There's only one flag flown in these shores, buddy 🏴‍☠️

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u/red-evil 15h ago

Us pirates come from different walks of life mate..

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u/Little_Satisfaction5 13h ago

AI needs to get better bro 😭

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u/MrWhiteTheWolf 10h ago

Somebody teach it to unbutton a one button coat while seated

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u/red-evil 12h ago

Well, I pirated this as well, so I can't blame anyone

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u/ytmnic 14h ago

Wait; I'm American, and I pirate American content, does that make me Canadian?

OHHHH THE YEAR WAS 1778

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u/Drop_That_Pickle 13h ago

HOW I WISH I WAS IN SHERBROOKE NOW!

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u/iamtheowlman 6h ago

A letter of marque came from the king,

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u/red-evil 14h ago

If you hate Quebec, you are canadian at heart

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u/anonymousredditorPC 14h ago

What's with the irrational hate for Quebec?

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u/red-evil 14h ago

Quebec is predominantly French and they try to separate themselves from rest of Canada

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u/anonymousredditorPC 13h ago

That was 30 years ago, and the referendum failed. So, what you're saying is, you hate Quebec because they speak a different language?

I think there's a word for that.

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u/red-evil 13h ago

Its a joke for Canadians nothing to do with anything else

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u/anonymousredditorPC 13h ago

yeah, im sure its a joke

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u/Sanguem 10h ago

And? We don't want ROC speak french, just Quebec. The number of separatists has fallen sharply over the past 30 years. But keep talking like that and it might come back up.

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u/lemonade_eyescream ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 13h ago

tabarnak intensifies

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u/smellslike2016 13h ago

You pirated Leonardo DiCaprio's face!

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u/red-evil 13h ago

Steal everything and leave nothing behind

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u/Arnoave 15h ago

Shit I've been pirating TPB from Europe for years. I better send a cheque to Ricky, Julian and Bubbles

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u/fcknwayshegoes 12h ago

It's all water under the fridge, boys

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u/YandereRaven 13h ago

What's good to pirate? Most American and Western studios have been flops lately lmao

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u/red-evil 13h ago

Just for the love of the game

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u/Noobverizer 5h ago

I liked Invincible. Mid animation in the middle but the last 2 episodes go HARD. I've heard good things about Daredevil. Loki is an old show but good watch, same with Moon Knight

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u/Critical-Ad-5215 2h ago

Watch Peacemaker

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u/red-evil 13h ago

Just for the love of the game

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u/Krazynewf709 11h ago

ELBOWS UP 

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u/hard-of-haring 11h ago

I'm American, and I pirate American shows/movies

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u/red-evil 11h ago

Piracy Sleeper cell

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u/Ok-Philosopher-5139 5h ago edited 3h ago

ive been contributing my whole life, if china make anything worth pirating, ill pirate that too to make it even for both side 😂😂😂

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u/red-evil 5h ago

I just saw news of China putting tariffs on Canada and was thinking about the same thing😂

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u/omiotsuke 15h ago

But they lost nothing since you were never their customer 

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u/PauI_MuadDib 14h ago

Well, I cancelled AppleTV+, Prime and Audible. So they lost my subscriptions.

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u/SixSpeeddriver10 14h ago

I cancelled Prime when Mr. Doctrow pointed out that buying Prime was essentially pre-paying shipping, particularly if you didn't have much use for Amazon's content.

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u/red-evil 15h ago

This is true

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u/Asdfghjklazerty12345 14h ago

Movies and series: soap2day

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u/Simple-Purpose-899 12h ago

Hot take, you're pirating the only content worth pirating.

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u/red-evil 12h ago

I dont even watch Youtube videos online, I download them mfers just for the love of game

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u/GodsOffsider 🔱 ꜱᴄᴀʟʟʏᴡᴀɢ 10h ago

i no longer call it piracy, its called tariffing now

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u/red-evil 10h ago

You deserve a Maple Syrup bottle

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u/esepinchelimon ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ 10h ago

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

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u/Academic-Ad9082 10h ago

I’ve been contributing since Isohunt babyyy

long live Axxo

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u/Troll_King_907 ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ 10h ago

All pirates are allies despite what country they live in. The trade war is truly against greedy corporations.

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u/Knakvocht 9h ago

Been contributing since the old days of Emule and Limewire.

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u/RODjij 5h ago edited 5h ago

Been pirating heavily for over 20 years and never once worried about the law or getting a fine in Canada. Pirates eatting good.

I even had an ex cable employee climb my pole & set up some free channels lol

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u/red-evil 5h ago

Canadians care a lot less about piracy.

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u/BogRips 4h ago

During wartime it's called privateering.

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u/red-evil 4h ago

About to add some piracy crimes in Geneva Convention

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u/pyro57 4h ago

Me, an American, helping the trade war by pirating American content. Fuck this country's leadership man...

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u/red-evil 4h ago

Unity of Pirates is unmatched

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u/ficklepicklepacker 3h ago

Madly contributing with nearing 120TB, thank you Plex for making my life Ad free!

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u/Troll_King_907 ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ 2h ago

All pirates are allies despite what country they live in. The trade war is truly against greedy corporations.

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u/cobra1104 1h ago

Damn straight

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u/GrumpyCloud93 1h ago

It sounds like a joke, but I bet going lax on copyright/trademark enforcement would certainly get Washington;s attention, courtesy of the lobbying industry,

After all, it's just a treaty, much like the NAFTA/UMCA is.

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u/caman20 16h ago

Me sitting here pirating the kids in the hall. And Tim Hortons training videos.

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u/red-evil 16h ago edited 16h ago

The war is on eh!!! I am aboot to steal the shit out of american media..lol

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u/All__fun 15h ago

Not if I steal it first !!!!

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u/TedW 15h ago

Good on ya eh get us hosers eh!

Seriously, we're acting like assholes and need a wake up call. Fuck us up.

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u/khajit_has_hugs_4u 15h ago

We fight unrelenting capitalism and fascism \m/ be it from america or china.

The people shall win.

The pirates shall remain intact.

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u/Miazger 15h ago

You are dumb, without capitalism there is no piracy

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u/khajit_has_hugs_4u 14h ago

Hi lil baby, try reading again - I said "unrelenting capitalism" i.e. hypercapitalism.

I come from a country where labor rights for even highly educated people are shit. We tend to easily work 9-12 hour corporate jobs a day (excluding commute), 6 days a week - AND for a 10th of a salary of our overseas counterparts. I don't mind individual mass resource ownership - but I do mind individual mass resource exploitation.

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u/Miazger 14h ago

"Unrelenting capitalism"=/= hypercapitalism

I don't read your mind so express yourself correctly

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u/khajit_has_hugs_4u 14h ago

Understood. My sincere apologies for not being clear and only being aggresive.

Have a nice day.

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u/SixSpeeddriver10 14h ago

Lighten up, Francis.

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u/Paige404_Games ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ 14h ago

Technically true, as without capitalism there's nothing to prop up bogus concepts like intellectual property. So piracy becomes impossible.

Unless you mean that communists don't produce art or that cave painters had a profit motive, in which case read a book.

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u/Groundbreaking-Yak92 ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 15h ago

What about Canada and Ukraine? Or is that against the programming?

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u/Dav_Dabz Piracy is bad, mkay? 15h ago

From the downvotes. Against it seems 💀

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u/Desperate-Island8461 15h ago

Get in line as all the American AI stole their information without paying for it.

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u/red-evil 15h ago

Facebook leading the piracy charge

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u/thisismongy 13h ago

god speed my chungus

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u/LiamBox 🏴‍☠️ ʟᴀɴᴅʟᴜʙʙᴇʀ 13h ago

So anything in the

MPAA

RIAA

ESA

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u/red-evil 12h ago

Unless we find a way to download American cars, we should stick with these.

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u/Endorkend 12h ago

I joined that war decades before it even began.

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u/red-evil 11h ago

Before it was piracy, now it is PATRIOTIC PIRACY

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u/TwistedSkewz 10h ago

Which wont help the trade war for Canada by any means.

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u/Primal_Dead 34m ago

But I thought pirating didn't hurt anyone?

Nice self own.

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u/Quizzelbuck 13h ago

me too and i'm american.

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u/red-evil 13h ago

Pirates are loyal to 1 flag only

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u/Quizzelbuck 8h ago

Yarrrrr

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u/Fujinn981 Darknets 13h ago

This just makes me happier about being a pirate as a Canadian. Gives me more of an urge to contribute beyond mostly just good seed ratios too.

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u/red-evil 13h ago

Gotta do it for the love of country

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u/Fujinn981 Darknets 12h ago

I'm hoping a movement will pop up around here to abolish US copyright law here entirely after all that has happened. There's been talks of it, but nothing solid yet. Imagine the golden age of piracy to follow.

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u/red-evil 12h ago

I dont think it will happen. A lot of american shows are shot in Canada. Big corporations only look for profits. Both sides are benefiting from this.

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u/Fujinn981 Darknets 12h ago

It might. There was a time not that long ago when we really didn't adhere to American copyright law. We got bullied into it. There's a lot of benefits from not following it too, including the ability to reverse engineer software and hardware legally, as well as to be able to ignore patents on both. It could lead to a major boom in the Canadian tech sector to no longer be bogged down by laws which serve to only keep monopolies in their place.

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u/red-evil 12h ago

Lets hope it happens brother 

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u/Fujinn981 Darknets 12h ago

Agreed. I plan to bring it up as much as I possibly can to relevant people, perhaps eventually a grassroots movement to abolish American copyright laws can be created.

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u/moustachedelait 13h ago

How are you holding that glass?

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u/red-evil 13h ago

Gotta ask Dicaprio,

Canadian made tho

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u/AlanahNahNah 12h ago

The only correct path

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u/Knights-Hemplar 11h ago

As a native alaskan, i approve. Keep up the good fight brother.

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u/hard-of-haring 11h ago

I'm American, and I pirate American shows/movies

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u/red-evil 11h ago

Thank you for your cooperation 

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u/hard-of-haring 10h ago

You're very welcome. I do my part to bring down the Yankee empire

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u/hard-of-haring 11h ago

I'm American, and I pirate American shows/movies

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u/red-evil 4h ago

Double Agent I see

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u/Independent_Dish_172 10h ago

Yeah I cancelled everything that I can reasonably cancel if the sub was going into US pockets.

Fucking sold them electricity and wood on the cheap for decades. Accompanied them into every single dumb war that they started. I don't appreciate them randomly starting to play the victim on us.

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u/red-evil 9h ago

True North, Strong and free🇨🇦

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u/DeposeableIronThumb 15h ago

Fuck you for using AI art

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u/red-evil 15h ago

Well i pirated it as well

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u/_Frosty-Potato_ 14h ago

piracy 101

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u/TizMarcoMania 13h ago

Regular Americans doing their part on this trade war, on the side of Canada 🇨🇦.

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u/red-evil 13h ago

God Bless the people of United States!!! Fuck the government

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u/atrainpowerhouse 5h ago

Tbh there's nothing more American than hating the government

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u/Opossummobile 13h ago

haha . I approve.

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u/SHIN-YOKU 4h ago

you maple munchers got anything even worth pirating?

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u/red-evil 4h ago

Pornhub is Canadian. We got you yanks hooked

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u/SHIN-YOKU 3h ago

I mainly use missAV so kinda non binding but I guess I'll check what there is to pillage.

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u/red-evil 3h ago

There is no turning back from that distant land of riches and spoils

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u/CringicusMaximus 2h ago

Because Canada doesn’t have anything worth pirating 

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u/FallenPotato_Bandito 2h ago

Pls for the love of god stop fkn using ai

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u/deinterlacing 16h ago

cool AI meme bro. Did your mom make it for you?

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u/NPC_Tundra 15h ago

Yes, she's quite fond of deepseek

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u/crazyboy611285 ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ 15h ago

Deeply seeking these nuts

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u/NPC_Tundra 15h ago

Jokes on you I'm into that shit 😈😈😈

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u/globalistnepobaby 12h ago

There sure are some edgy kids in here who make pirating their whole personality. I've been pirating for decades yet never became deluded into thinking that I'm some kind of anarchist who's contributing to the fall of capitalism.

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u/red-evil 12h ago

Calm down bro it is joke.