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Piracy and Risa are 90% of the reason I'm here.
If they didn't want you to download stuff, they shouldn't have given you a cool title like "pirate."
Lmao! What would be a good alternate title in your opinion? :D
Personal archivist
I hope you all live up to the title and keep everything stored and seeding :)
Corsair or privateer
Ooh, I like privateer. Sounds so official, just like they were back in the day π
Legitimate Salvager
Oh gosh no, we keep it Pirates. Yarrr!
Freebooter.
I've never liked counterfeiter. I like to think that the money I make is artisinally crafted locally sourced currency.
C/Risa is the reason I started watching Star Trek. Even without watching the show, they've got the best memes on lemmy.
Which series did you start with?
Currently about a season into Next Gen.
Oh man, I'm so excited for you. About halfway though Season 2 is when TNG really gets its legs.
When TNG really grows its beard*
Fucking perfect! Haha
TNG is where most people start, but Iβd actually recommend watching the TOS movies first, personally. You can skip the first and fifth movie, the rest are pretty good.
I really enjoy TOS, but I know that a lot of people donβt have tolerance for 1960s productions. The TOS movies, starting with the second one, were made with a more modern style. You should watch them if only to get the proper impact from TNGβs βRelicsβ episode.
Me too. And I newly moved from reddit. π
Also look at Privacy Guide this will be helpful.
Apparently you and I have polar opposite tastes in those areas. Risa was the first thing I blocked and I've been slowly working my way through blocking all the Piracy communities.
I'm here for formula 1, mechanical keyboards, and obscure stuff like weirdly specific playlists.
Whereβs the mechanical keyboard communities? Not that I need to see any more kb things to waste my money on. π
Try these:
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
https://lemmy.ml/c/mechanicalkeyboards https://kbin.social/m/mechanicalkeyboards https://lemmy.world/c/ergomechkeyboards
Thanks!
You block piracy? Lol does getting shit for free bother you?
No, but not being able to have a reasonable discussion with another person without them resorting to nonsense arguments of no merit or personal attacks does bother me.
I have made the personal choice that YouTube premium is a valuable service to me and that I would rather pay for it than go through the rigmarole of PiHole/ad blockers/ripping.
Apparently that makes me a sheep, retard, loser, bitch to corporations, boot licker, dick, uneducated, fuckwad. Just to name a few.
I believe downloading a digital copy of your property is 100% your right. ONLY after you have paid full price for it in a legal manner and if at all possible in physical media.
Apparently that means I'm a slave to the media, a Republican(?), don't believe in personal rights, and am advocating for a return to absolute monarchy's.
I believe that it is better to pay for services (even if they are created by mega corporations) and give money directly to the content creators whenever possible. Disney/Marvel, for instance, is massive and has many issues. That doesn't mean that they didn't create things that never existed before and deserve to be paid.
Apparently I'm no better than a terrorist against human rights, have no decency, must have had brain damage, and am begging to be ass raped by the elite just to be told I'm a good little consumer.
I believe that the definition of a hypocrite is somebody spouting their beliefs that all ads are evil, mega - corporations deserve to die, and that no content service deserves their money and then also screaming about work reform, and not getting paid a fair living wage, all jobs matter, etc.
Apparently this makes me a proponent for being a wage slave, a blinded consumerist, a white collar elitist who was raised to keep the people down, and a politician dick/cunt sucker, and a worshiper of alphabet, apple, Facebook, twitter and the like.
I loathe what reddit became but the general level of discourse was far more reasonable and measured then what I have experienced here on Lemmy. It's actually frustrating. What happened to being able to disagree with someone and talk about it in measured responses and open discourse?
I feel like you're the one sane person who's willing to voice their opinions. While I do agree that piracy is a service problem in many cases, it's genuinely insane how quickly the goalpost changes when the service in question is paid. Not enough people realize that creatives can't make content without a budget to work with, and that budget has to come from somewhere.
It feels like goalpost moving has become a national past time for most places.
The thing I currently struggle with, but haven't found an answer to, is deciding where the balance lies between affordable services and content creators earning an appropriate living.
I absolutely love Spotify. My current job has me listening to music for nearly 11 hours a day not including what gets played at home. Leaving aside the issue of discoverability, if I had to buy all the different albums I listen to from all the different artists I listen to my music budget would be a significant percentage of my yearly income.
I am keenly aware that Spotify does not pay the musicians well. The current compromise that I have is I buy albums or merch from the artists that I listen to the most or up and comings I want to support. Not perfect but it works right now.
I mean other services do pay music creators a lot more, namely Tidal and Apple Music. My issue is that I hate the idea of supporting Apple, and Spotify has unique social features that other services don't.
Tl;dr
I'm not paying for shit or watching ads. I do not care.
Thank you for making it easy to know who to block. I hope one day you are willing to have open communication with people you disagree with.
Lol
Tf is risa?
Itβs usually a great place, but if you wear a Bikini there, Worf turns into a supervillain who controls the weather.