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[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Don’t forget that he owes his entire life earnings to a corporation for downloading 180 songs. 

[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

They started investigating him as soon as he started downloading that MP3. Did some reconnaissance around the house, got some surveillance intel, consulted a judge and a few expert witnesses, then commenced the on-site op and apprehended him when it was about 90% complete. (That's about how long it took to download MP3s in the 90s.)

[-] SippyCup@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

At what point did they shoot the dog?

[-] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Kristi Noem wasn't working with the government back then.

[-] areakode@riskeratspizza.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

ACAB. They'll all kill your dog, She just somehow took pride(?) in doing so.

[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

Noem is unique in that she killed her own dog instead of someone else's, and then bragged that it spoke to her leadership skills.

[-] washbasin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago
[-] architectonas@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Wait, why does the song not start playing when I double-click it?

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

You have to run the song as an administrator.

[-] cozzy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

go into powershell and type sudo [song name]. sudo is the music player

[-] nexguy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Su su sudo

Finally makes sense!

[-] ignotum@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I miss that,

These days they just shoot you on the spot

[-] criss_cross@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

He threatened me with his crt

[-] ignotum@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

"he raised his hands, presumably to grab a gun from the ceiling, i had no choice but to fire five warning shots in his head and emptying the rest of the clip in his dog that was tied outside in the yard"

[-] criss_cross@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

“Fucking bitch”

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Swatting became a verb in the 90s.

[-] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 weeks ago

Swatting wasn't really a thing until the 2000s. The term wasn't even really coined until nearly the end of the 2000s. The FBI was using it in like 2008 or so.

See Wikipedia or this FBI archive article https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2008/february/swatting020408

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

There weren’t many ways to make anonymous phone calls in the 90s, you had to find 10¢ and go into town to find a pay phone.

[-] Slashme@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

The only time I even got a notice from my ISP about pirating shit is if I downloaded anything made by Disney or Nintendo.

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago
[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

it really was like that.

I remember one time I got spooked that I was about to be raided and took all my backups (on DVDs) to a friends house after a loooong and winding path to their house to ensure I wasn't followed.

when I dropped it off all he asked was, "can I copy what you have?"

told him he could copy whatever he wanted if he had the drive space. it was a full binder of 100 data DVDs.

was never raided but I was looking over my shoulder for weeks after that.

[-] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

These days, making a U-turn could be your last.

[-] crandlecan@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Don't exaggera...

Never mind. My bad.

Heil Trumpler! 🫶🙏✝️🫣

[-] fennesz12@feddit.dk 1 points 2 weeks ago

Still remember downloading nirvana_smells_like_teen_spirit.mp3 for the first time. It may have taken 25 minutes on Napster, but nothing has ever sounded so good played out of my aux speakers in Winamp.

[-] kossa@feddit.org 0 points 2 weeks ago

Narrator: "what sounded so good was horse porn"

[-] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

In the 00's, its the same except he's playing CoD. 

[-] glibg@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 weeks ago

Gotta love the frosted tips detail.

[-] N0MAD@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

I liked the can of Surge

[-] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

now this happens when you post wild shit on social

[-] Slashme@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago
[-] motruck@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Got'em. Wie peinlich.

[-] ghostsinthephotograph@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Growing up for the final 6 months of the 90s, you mean? Napster launched June 1, 1999...

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you for bringing logic here. I remember Napster and Kazaa and LimeWire being a problem in the early 2000s.

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Pretty sure the stormtroopers were murdering 500,000 iraqi kids too... But I guess that's not a popular tale in the imperial core.

"Worth It" - Madeline Albright

this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2026
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