• mrfugu [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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    8 days ago

    The pirate life is making a comeback and the chuds are landlubbers.

    A major chunk of the Gen Xers I know these days have the piracy fire sticks and a lot of those younger than that are returning to their janky tube sites and torrent trackers.

    Nintendo might be able to essentially end physical game media to fight piracy but the video execs will never be able to stop screen capture.

    • totally. I wonder if it will make streaming programming even shittier over time, because the segment of paying subscribers will dictate popularity metrics.

      and, essentially, paying subscribers are increasingly those poor souls lacking the skills and bravery for living one’s best life on the high seas. 🏴‍☠️🦜🌊

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        8 days ago

        nah you got “youtube” first of all and afaik the term “tube” originates from old tvs (the T in CRT). People used to call television “the tube.”

        • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.net
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          Yes, the term was coined ultimately in reference to YouTube, and YouTube was itself ultimately named in reference to CRT — but if you type “tube site” on Wikipedia it redirects you to the article “Porn 2.0”, and if you search “tube site” on Wiktionary it only lists a pornographic definition, and anecdotally I have personally only ever seen the term used in reference to porn.

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    9 days ago

    I stopped watching Kill Tony.

    Can’t stand all that stupid Trump dick-sucking.

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      all I know about him is that he’s a racist dipshit, I’ve never watched a second of Kill Tony. I have no interest in doing so unless the final episode lives up to the promise of the show’s title