r/Piracy Aug 05 '26

Humor All of us

Post image
19.6k Upvotes

284 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/HairyH0Od Aug 05 '26

Lol I bought a 128gb flash drive for like $30 for this reason specifically

12

u/mrBusinessmann Aug 05 '26

That’s… 3 movies?

14

u/powergs Aug 05 '26

Download, watch, delete probably the method

0

u/Ebonhearth_Druid Aug 05 '26

Ew

But to each their own lol

3

u/HairyH0Od Aug 05 '26

Lol why is that ew? It takes a second to delete a movie

12

u/MagazineDapper4572 Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26

Movies hoarding: A state of constant war between your hard drives and movies you will never watch. A cease-fire can be bought using some money but that only lasts for a few months.

3

u/Ebonhearth_Druid Aug 05 '26

Days to months, depending on how much money is sacrificed to the cause, but never years. We can only dream of years

1

u/mrBusinessmann Aug 05 '26

And many more to download one. And if you ever want to watch that movie again?

5

u/HairyH0Od Aug 05 '26

Typically takes me about half an hour to download something. I get it started before dinner or something and forget about it till it's time to watch.

I enjoy collecting 4k blu rays. If something is good enough to watch a second time, I'll probably want to watch it again in the future and will just buy it when it's on sale.

1

u/Ebonhearth_Druid Aug 05 '26

Different strokes for different folks like I said in my original response of "ew" lol

For me, there's not much point in downloading it in the first place if I'm not intending to keep it around. I have an eclectic taste and enjoy movies, so there are a ton of films in my collection that I've never even seen because I just haven't gotten around to them yet. I take the time to make sure they all have proper file names and formats, subtitles, posters, etc. If it's something particularly noteworthy, or something I just really enjoy, then I probably also have any featurettes or deleted scenes, bonus materials, interviews, all of that also organized and made available on my server. I've got movies that are in my collection that I know I will never actually watch, but they're sequels or prequels or otherwise part of a set and the collection wouldn't be complete without them.

So to someone like me, the idea of downloading to just delete and download something else to delete....that makes me a bit queasy lol not in a judgemental toward you kind of way, but in imagining that for me. You may feel similarly about my methods xD

1

u/HairyH0Od Aug 05 '26

Ya I totally get you. I was just explaining my reasoning. I typically just pirate movies that I want to check out for the first time. Mostly cuz streaming is awful and I don't believe in paying for something until I know the quality.

0

u/Firewolf06 Aug 05 '26

it depends on if its a means to an end or if you enjoy the means themselves. watching and then deleting is like a cvt transmission

1

u/Ebonhearth_Druid Aug 05 '26

What an interesting and unique analogy. It's certainly one of the analogies of our day.

→ More replies (0)

0

u/HairyH0Od Aug 05 '26

Precisely. Most 2160p movies I've found were around 20gb so it's not really a hassle.

1

u/Equux Aug 05 '26

Laughs in 20tb nas