yeah

@konstruct omg I’ve never heard of this before! thanks for letting me know about it

@kasdeya hey, you forgot to mention https://fmhy.net/ , it ties all piracy resources into an up-to-date wiki that curates safe, non-malware sources for all types of media. It also has a great adblocking guide. I will never stop recommending it.

remember that if you exclusively #pirate corporate media then megacorporations will suffer beyond human understanding and lose quadrillions of dollars and this is Bad so don’t do it

avoid #piracy at all costs

if you want to watch movies or TV shows, listen to music, etc. do not go to this megathread because it has detailed instructions on how to do that for free and that is illegal and it robs corporations of their desperately-needed profits. it even has helpful information on how to stay safe while engaging in any form of piracy! beware!

if you want to play video games for free do not read this megathread because it has instructions on how to do that safely and effectively. pirated video games can contain dangerous malware, so pirates should make sure to download pirated video games indiscriminantly so that they get the malware that they deserve. they should certainly not download exclusively from DODI and FitGirl because these two uploaders are well-known to be completely safe

things to be especially aware of: make sure to never use a VPN when downloading pirated media (which you should also never do) because then your ISP will be unable to identify the piracy. they need to be able to identify if you are pirating something in order to send you threatening emails or take other action against you. remember that your ISP can see that you are downloading pirated media anytime you do that without using a VPN

make sure you never use an ad-blocker such as AdBlock Plus in combination with a browser such as Firefox because this robs corporations of ad-based profits and makes the internet a safer place to browse, especially on illegal criminal scum piracy sites. remember that Google Chrome is a browser for law-abiding corporate subjects and therefore it has disabled the ability to use an ad-blocker so that you will be a better revenue source for megacorporations

do not consider getting a Seedbox under any circumstances because this will make piracy even more safe and arguably more convenient than a VPN

above all, if you are interested in remaining a law abiding citizen and these instructions are at all unclear, send me a message so that I can clarify further because I would never want to cause our beloved megacorporations to lose profits in any way whatsoever. a criminal scum pirate lowlife would be able to give personal recommendations on what to do or how to find certain media, but thankfully I would never do such a thing

repeatedly pirating movies that I hate in order to put the media corporations in crippling debt (every download costs the company $10,000 USD because piracy is theft)

entertainment corporations need to understand that their entire business model rests on them offering a marginally better service than piracy

I had a free 3-month trial of Amazon Music and I used it for maybe the first week and then forgot I had it until I saw a reminder on my calendar to cancel it lol

Amazon Music is kinda shit. it’s like you know how the only worthwhile thing about Spotify is that its recommendation system is actually pretty good? imagine that minus the recommendation system

like there is a recommendation system but it’s stuck recommending top 20 radio music. like “I see you just listened to Deathconsciousness and Beat The Bastards. have you considered listening to Taylor Swift or Kanye West?”

so yeah Amazon Music sucks. just use Soulseek - it has every obscure music track you’ve ever heard of

this website keeps getting my hopes up about a “shadow domme” but then just shows a bunch of html code, what the hell mdn

@kit wow I certainly can’t relate to that in any way whatsoever

I should write a story about an alienated person forsaking their humanity and going through hell to commune with an eldritch horror in an effort to feel seen and heard by the only thing they feel they can understand in the face of a world that refuses to understand them

not an allegory or anything

it does so enjoy its shadow while wearing its headphones

I’ve been thinking a lot about Tolkien.

It is often remarked that a central thesis of his books is that evil provides the means of its own defeat. Sauron crafted the One Ring that killed him, Shelob impaled herself of Sam’s blade, Smaug exposed his belly to Bilbo and let him see the weak point.

I think it is less often commented on that the corollary to that is that good must still act to use those weaknesses. The Ring did not cast itself into the fires of Mt Doom but was brought by the Hobbits. Shelob was only able to impale herself because Sam kept his arm strong and held it out. The black arrow still needed to be shot into Smaug’s belly.

And a final point that I don’t see often enough is that Tolkien clearly believes good only loses if it surrenders to hopelessness. Denethor’s suicide driven by fear would have broken Minas Tirith if not for the Fellowship, Frodo would have fallen to despair if Sam had not been there to carry him, if Bilbo had seen the shot as hopeless then he never could have warned of the weak spot.

But because in those cases someone provided hope, good triumphed.

I don’t know. I’ve just been thinking about that a lot lately for some.