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I showed him this picture, I think I found it on here actually, that says that you get 5 years in prison for illegally uploading Michael Jackson music, whereas the doctor who killed him got 4 years, and irony and all that. And he was like "Well Amy, piracy IS a crime." Me: "But you're not hurting or killing anybody by uploading music" Him "YES YOU ARE OMG HOW COULD YOU BE THAT INCONSIDERATE"
So then I asked him what he really thought of SOPA. He said it had a few flaws but overall it was a good idea. He also said something about the morals in this country and how it would help us to be more moral. Like the US government is a parent disciplining an unruly toddler and teaching it morals.
Go to work. Send your kids to school. Follow fashion. Act normal. Walk on the pavement. Watch TV. Save for your old age. Obey the law. Repeat after me: "I am free."
Wow, your dad must really love the state regarding those statements.
Ask him if you were going to get in trouble for pirating something, then what will his reaction be.
(01-10-2012 02:15 PM)Maelstrom Wrote: Efs, your nihilism is beautiful.
Manicrose nothing personal but your dad has always struck me as a stupid cunt.
This don't surprise me and his last statement makes him sound like a lazy tool who couldn't even learn his own morals(nothing personal but how the hell were you born to such a man and I mean he seems to lazy to be a parent). I would tell your dad that he would love to live in Nazi Germany and he would love Hitler telling them all what to do.
No seriously, it's fail. Try not to let him end ANY sentence. Always yell CENSORED when he tries to say something. When he want to leave or gets angry, tell him "And this is how SOPA will be like".
(01-25-2012 09:38 AM)aCol Wrote: I'd like to visit with a .45 caliber. /jk
No seriously, it's fail. Try not to let him end ANY sentence. Always yell CENSORED when he tries to say something. When he want to leave or gets angry, tell him "And this is how SOPA will be like".
^Pretty nice idea heh
(01-10-2012 02:15 PM)Maelstrom Wrote: Efs, your nihilism is beautiful.
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(01-25-2012 08:19 AM)Efs Wrote: Wow, your dad must really love the state regarding those statements.
Ask him if you were going to get in trouble for pirating something, then what will his reaction be.
Just asked him. He's refusing to answer. "IT DEPENDS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES..." ok now he just said that he would be very upset. He keeps asking me, in a serious tone, if I'm planning to pirate something. He just came over to try to look at what I'm doing on the computer.
Quote:Manicrose nothing personal but your dad has always struck me as a stupid cunt.
I've been thinking that for years. My dad is the definition of stupid cunt. I keep hoping that he's not my real dad and that my real, awesome dad will magically show up out of the blue one day and kick him out.
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I haven't bought anything from iTunes since I was about ten
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Lol it's a complete waste of money...the people that make the music already have enough money. The south park episode about piracy sums it up pretty nicely. I don't think people should pirate movies, it encourages Hollywood to make "safe" movies like transformers, because they know it will get them money.
(01-25-2012 12:03 PM)StadiumArcadium Wrote: Lol it's a complete waste of money...the people that make the music already have enough money. The south park episode about piracy sums it up pretty nicely. I don't think people should pirate movies, it encourages Hollywood to make "safe" movies like transformers, because they know it will get them money.
I am not spending 20-30 dollars for a freaking dvd... add another 10 for blue ray. Let's not forget it comes in a shitty package on a shitty flimsy dvd. I will never buy a dvd.
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Neither will I. If I pirate I get the film (or a virus...) - if I buy a dvd I get unskippable ads, and those copyright infringement warnings. It's almost like they challenge you to do it.
DVD's are overpriced for the shit they are.
And plus, iTunes is gay. Whenever I get thos iTunes cards for my birthday, I give them to my little brother and sister so they can buy apps/games on their ipods. PIRATE LIFE!
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SOPA is shit. And for the copyright things at the beggining of DVDs... It took over 10 years for Osama Bin Laden to be found (dead)... Trust me, the FBI is not gonna arrest you at your place while you're watching the fucking movie and tell you to pay a $250 000 fine.
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(02-02-2012 11:18 PM)proud-scene-kid Wrote: SOPA is shit. And for the copyright things at the beggining of DVDs... It took over 10 years for Osama Bin Laden to be found (dead)... Trust me, the FBI is not gonna arrest you at your place while you're watching the fucking movie and tell you to pay a $250 000 fine.
Except I'm not hiding out in a cave in Afghanistan
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