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Every one always talks about how piracy caused a loss in sales but no one will ever talk about the positive aspects of Piracy apart from the pirate community.

I saw a post on reddit a while back from the developers of Ableton. Someone asked in the subreddit if they had permission to pirate the program because they are in high school still and don't have the money to purchase the $600+ program but really wanted to start making music using that DAW. A developer responded saying something along the lines of "We'd prefer you pirate our program to start learning and being creative instead of using another DAW. Then, when you start making a profit on your music you created with the pirated program set some aside and eventually purchase Ableton." This creates lifetime loyalty tbh. These developers know that they'd rather you use their programs via pirating because they know if those users like it enough they will eventually purchase it. This is exactly what I did. I pirated the program and released some songs until I hade the money to purchase it myself.

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How Disney and Warner Bros. Are Causing Internet Piracy to Boom | Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever.

I also recently started pirating again. The cost is too damn high for all these streaming platforms, not to mention a lot of the base packages have ads/commercials (gross). I use Stremio+Torrentio+Real Debrid (which is insanely cheap compared to purchasing 6 different streaming platforms). Until there is a massive change to how media is circulated this is gonna be my setup.

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one year clean

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Find the Lemmy user "mizu". They've been posting things about needing to hold in their poo for several days and it's become a huge meme on Lemmy. Still not sure they are serious or if it's performance art

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It was more, I ain't gonna finish my route if I drive 10 min to a gas station so I'd rather pee in a bottle and continue my route than drive the 10 min away to a gas station. But yeah

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Updated my Samsung phone and it installed unwanted apps

I just barely had to go get a new phone because my Note20 broke. Was hoping they'd have another in stock but of course not. That's waaaaaay to outdated 🙄 so I got the s23 or whatever. We moved all my data from my old phone to my new one. Once it updated everything I had 12 "new" apps and games installed. Wtf. Deleted most, but some are so damn hidden and protected. Samsung truly makes you know you don't own your own device.

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Thoughts on psychiatric medication?

The problem is without the medication, I absolutely cannot stand friends family or social connections and would prefer to put a gun in my mouth. It depends on the outlook of things, yes therapy and understanding your inner demons is a huge step in dealing with your personal issues, but the psych medication gives just that little extra boost to keep me sane.

I don't let the doctor dictate what I take, I use his advice and figure out what best works for me so that I may live a somewhat happy life knowing I'm not gonna go over the deep end. In conclusion, I agree with taking medication, as long as it is to HELP (not replace) with what you learn in therapy.