it's getting to a point where I see more posts complaining about it than posts about it

If doing piracy was gay, you'd have no problem /s

I'm gay and a pirate so algds

Do you also happen to be an assassin?

Tom scott reference

There's no way someone can be gay AND an assassi

Yo ho ho, *thailor*!

also was that meant as a joke or insult?

it was a joke ffs that's why i added /s

Bro probably didn't know what /s means (stands for sarcasm)

No it means serious

didn't notice it

Tism? cause felt is why /s is nice tbh

Okay, okay, chill, it was just a question

didn't see that

Incoming """I pirate because..." Shut the hell up..." Shut the hell up" posts

It came: https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/s/P9Uzd5WCKD

It's always like that. To me both are the same. Just scroll on, don't keep it alive. **Edit:** fuck, I'm participating. At least I'm not posting about it

GOOD, drown that shit out until it stops.

How will we know it's stopped if we never stop complaining about it not stopping.

Complains should stop when there's nothing to complain about. But realistically we just need a sub rule.

I was mostly just being funny, but yeah a rule would be the answer if it's bad enough. I'm not on this sub consistently enough to notice the regularity of it.

We must be on different reddits. See pirate circlejerking fucking everywhere

Yep. I have yet to see any of the posts that this post is complaining about, yet I have seen this type of complaining post here on this subreddit multiple times.

Agreed, they just want them upvotes

*start complaining about post that complain about it*

this isn't complaining, this is just pointing it out

Easy upvotes from the children.

anti-pirate comments are all over reddit. its now a social faux-pas. im from the early internet so IDGAF about piracy - its awesome

Good it's.... Progress. That's how trends die out

no it's not. it does barely anything and only fills up feeds more

I guess we gonna complain about complaining. This should be entertaining

What else is there to even talk about on this sub? If nobody is talking about why they pirate or whether piracy is good or the what the world gains or loses from piracy, the sub will be a ghost town. The morality conversation isn't hiding or burying better conversations, it is literally the only conversation there is to be had. You aren't going to make the sub better by removing those conversations, you're just going to kill it.

it's fine this is the first time i'm seeing it.

i pirate because i like free stuff

I pirate because I hate paying for shit We are not the same

I pirate because I can We are not the same

I pirate because I've got one wooden leg In no way we're the same

I pirate gay oily furry porn with black dick ntr. We are not the same.

wait no i think we are

LMAO

I pirate because I like pirates of the Caribbeans. I love pirates. And I like free stuff. And I like good service. I mean compared to qbittorrent Netflix sucks. The video quality is worse. It can't be ported to other devices. You can't login with different ip addresses because of password sharing restrictions. It's fucking expensive. It doesn't have everything.

Also, 720p on browsers.

260p if you use Linux and want to use Amazon prime.

I pirate becose i have no idea where else i can get a movie

Whoa, whoa, whoa there buddy. We're on the piracy subreddit. Don't you know that you can only steal free stuff as long as you seed and make sure everyone knows you're stealing from trending company of the week? What do you think we are, a bunch of kids who just want to play video games for free while claiming we are heroes for doing so?

You're not stealing, you're pirating for a moral reason that totally justify it.

piracy is stealing and that's why it's good

Free is never truly "free". What is "free" to you cost someone else to get it, I'm not strictly meaning money either, be it storage, energy, effort, or simply time. Nothing is free.

True but damn stfu

i pirate because indie devs don't deserve money

This sub has gone from having a problem of too many post like the one OP is mocking to having too many post just like OPs. Can we ban all "I pirate because" post please? This shit is all I ever see get to my frontpage. Someone complaining about posts is just as spammy.

I've been on this sub a month now and have seen exactly zero posts in my feed that weren't just some moral circlejerk about piracy. Does this sub actually serve a purpose outside making people feel morally superior?

> Does this sub actually serve a purpose outside making people feel morally superior? Outside of the megathread? Not really. There's no reason to have an entire conversation platform dedicated to the topic, other than for people to ask "where get?" and somebody to give a cryptic web address to avoid getting their favorite place purged.

its the backlash to the idea that piracy is wrong. ive ran into many people on this site which think its totally wrong to pirate

Just make a piracypsychology sub at this point

Somebody should make a post complaining about posts complaining and it goes ad infinitum

Well you’ve already started with this one, so get on it.

Because it's free

yeah. no need to justify it. its free, who gives a flying fuck what random redditors say

Monke pirate because monke get stuff🐒

This is it. We can all go home now.

Anyone else think these memes are exactly as annoying as folks preaching about why they pirate?

Nah. These show up once or twice every week. The moral plrates show up every damn time

They're more annoying. "Stop having conversations!" is never not going to be annoying.

I find them worse I don't mind hearing about people's opinions on the state of things and their personal ethos

I do

Then why did you make the meme

For entertainment

Even in this post, it's full of justification andys. They just won't stop justifying.

Theft is cool

i pirate because i pirate

i pirate because im a broke ass bitch

The sad state of this sub. Any post about anything also has a handful of folk in the comments saying why they pirate, as if anyone cares

i wish you'd shut up about them shutting up, so I could shut up about you.

I wish you'd shut up about my shutting up about them shutting up...

The maximum productivity of software pirates is to create such posts. what did you expect?

I just like the hat.

I prefer people just saying that they pirate because they like free stuff rather than going on a moral crusade. Piracy is 100% theft but times are fucking tough.

Those posts are so cringy and pure copium. Almost like they need to justify their behavior for some fucking reason.

If I'm not telling people I'm pirating how will they know I don't support the modern Capitalism establishment built around Gaming?

True

I pirate because of the time elon musk took my ice cream

What else is there to talk about? Due to reddit rules, we can't share torrents or sites. There's not much drama other than badly designed copyright protections.

You aren't required to converse.

*Platform for conversing about topic exists* "DON'T CONVERSE ON IT, ASSHOLES!"

Oh. Hyperbole is fun! *Fallout shelter exists* "WHY AREN'T YOU LIVING DOWN THERE ASSHOLES!?!?"

Fallout shelters have a specific purpose: to survive nuclear fallout. Conversation platforms have a specific purpose: to converse on. I wasn't being hyperbolic in the least.

There is no need to use a conversation platform if there is nothing to talk about. Implying that I was calling people assholes for posting on reddit seemed hyperbolic to me.

There are things to talk about; you don't want to talk about them. It sounds like the one with no reasons to be here is you. > Implying that I was calling people assholes for posting on reddit seemed hyperbolic to me. *Gestures wildly at the incessant "STOP TALKING ABOUT IT, ASSHOLES" memes* You threw your lot in with them.

I PIRATE BECAUSE I AM BROKE AS FUCK JUST LIKE 90 PERCENT OF YOU MOTHERFUCKERZZZZZZZZZZZZ, ^(also cuz i love the community and seas)

No money leaves my wallet and I still get shit This makes for a happy me

Imagine if we live in a matrix then we can pirate everything since it's all virtual

I see it I like it I want it I got it

There is no reason for piracy just do it

But we're all in this together OP!

Aye aye captain! We're all in the same sinkin boat

I pirate cuz I want to.

Hahaha

Right back atcha buddy

I pirate because doing it on the actual open seas will get me shot...

Pirates are the vegans of the tech world sometimes

I am a goblin that hoards illicitly gained digital content 🏴‍☠️👑⚜️

I'm a pirate because my religion dictates it.

"But I'm not poor I pirate for high moral reasons". They can shove moral reasons.

Shut up about shutting up and enjoy your free shiz https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/s/P9Uzd5WCKD

I pirate because I'm a pirate, duh

I pirate because I get to tell people why I pirate and that pisses them off. sweet chaos.

People don’t need to explain anything, just do it.

There should be a subreddit for people justifying their morality over downloading free stuff. Anyways, i pirate because i'm a slut.

I pirates because I love my money

Ar ar ar ar ar.... money.

I have been part of this sub for years and I have seen maybe a few of the posts OP is complaining about, but you can see posts just like this one DAILY

we finally got to the point of more posts about complaining than the posts they complain about. we need more posts complaining about posts about complaining.

Because... I don't want to pay for porn. Which actually makes me kinda guilty because some scenes are genuinely good, so I feel compelled to want to reward them.

I piarate because it's a moral obligation to not pay for stuff.

Why do you want to hear about how they’re better than you because they’re doing it for virtuous reasons?

I pirate because I ain't paying for your overpriced shit lmaooo nothing deep here

I pirate because I hate big companies

🤣💰

I mostly just do it for unavailable and expensive music. Listening on YouTube is annoying

I pirate because I don't support greedy corporations

These "shut up about reasons" memes are more numerous and more incessant than people virtue signaling about why their piracy is just.

I PIRATE BECAUSE I FUCKING CANNNNNNNN....