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Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by shaan7 on Sunday July 11, 2021 @10:26AM (#27801090)
> I’m in Germany. I’ve got Disney+, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video.

Damn. Let me know if you ever host movie nights, I'll come over :3

Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by kuschku on Monday July 12, 2021 @06:55PM (#27816043)
I've also got a full Dolby Atmos setup, so I'm already the one in our friend circle responsible for movie nights c:

But often enough, I still need to rip blu rays to get proper, high quality versions of movies that otherwise aren't available at all, so movie night can end up with glitches from my custom setup

Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by CRConrad on Sunday July 11, 2021 @06:59PM (#27805187)
Weird smiley. What's it supposed to depict, "eyes directly above scrotum"? Or "...above buttocks"?
Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by shaan7 on Monday July 12, 2021 @08:48AM (#27809684)
Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by CRConrad on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @01:06AM (#27829899)
Also weird. What's the picture supposed to show; someone with two wads of chewing tobacco under their upper lip?

If anything, that picture seems to be a desperate attempt at retrofitting something, no matter what exactly, onto the smiley -- just look at the name: "3smile".

(So I think I'll stick to "ballsack with eyes".)

Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by shaan7 on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @05:21AM (#27831155)
Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by CRConrad on Thursday July 15, 2021 @06:55PM (#27851065)
Aha, OK, kittycat. But also: Looks perhaps even more like a pinniped (eine Robbe). So I propose to use this as a marker for pointing out sealioning.

EDIT - Also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27849412

Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by etripe on Monday July 12, 2021 @05:17AM (#27808485)
To me it looks like either "cleft palate wide smile" or "twirly moustache grin".