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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Can't say you wouldn't steal a car without this from The IT Crowd.

https://youtu.be/ALZZx1xmAzg

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

It's actually the first thing I think of.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

And the memes kept on giving on that one

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When this first came out, I was like: then, you don't know me that well.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't steal a car. But if I wanted a car, and I could illegally get a copy of one for free without taking someone's car away from them, you bet I would do so.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago
[–] didnt1able 8 points 1 month ago

You wouldn't download a bear

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of this one:

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A group of old white trust fund beneficiaries sat in a board room like "What should we call this to make it sound less fun and cool? How about Piracy?" "That's perfect, Bob, no one idolizes thieving from the upper class while sailing the high seas on waves of freedom."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Likewise, a 2022 behavioral economics paper published in The Information Society found the PSAs may, in fact, have increased piracy rates.

I believe this. It certainly reminded me how easy it is to pirate things and how stupid it is to be told not to.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't steal a car. But I would copy one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

The aluminum coalition: you wouldn't steel a car!