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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 82 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Aw yiss. You know what's cookin'?

[–] Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 27 points 1 year ago

John Oliver so sexy you don't even have to ask the AI to make him so ...

[–] Evono@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fucking hell that T shirt with Abs lol overall it looks pretty awesome but also comical.

is this stable diffusion ? and if yes which model?

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago

Yes and Deliberate, but I'm using Loras as well

[–] equalszero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let Reddit die, they've monetized our content and then spit at our faces, especially at the mods.

Please create a decentralized harbor to share piracy related content. Dont visit this site again.

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[–] IsThisLemmyOpen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm still confused why they forcefully reopen a subreddit about PIRACY? 🤔🤔🤔 Shouldn't they actually be glad that it closed?

[–] OtakuAltair@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Because they know people will actually leave reddit if it's closed

and we did

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[–] Wildchandelure@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I love the Malicious Compliance from the moderators lately, and the fact John Oliver is just becoming the ultimate meme symbol for the movement and protest.

[–] hydra2023@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just close the sub and make it full link through to this page. 1 link, explain why you've closed and link this Lemmy. Cut your losses & gtfo

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 70 points 1 year ago (6 children)

That won't work. That's what we originally did and they demodded me to reopen it

[–] DarkTides@lemmy.fmhy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

What about turning piracy into a porn sub only allowing submissions of pirate themed porn. Seems like the best malicious compliance with how advertisers don't really like to be associated with porn.

[–] porcariasagrada@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

keep it open, add automod(if those will even be possible) explaining the situation in every post linking alternatives.

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[–] Tricki2056@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 year ago

I vote for our Lord John Oliver

[–] gjghkk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Instead of John Oliver, every post must include a link to this site (lemmy).

That'd get the sub banned too quickly. We have to resist, but not make it too obvious. A reasonable person would've seen the fallback site and move here, but if we make things too obvious, we'll not have the sub to act as a redirect to here.

ooh like that idea!!

[–] rm_dash_r_star@lemmy.one 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm done with Reddit. This latest debacle prompted me to look into Reddit's history, had no idea before. What an awful company. Also a community not subject to corporate interest is better for everyone. Anyway, I'm not going back there so if the sub gets closed down, no skin off my nose. Yeah do what you will.

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In case you don't know how to find some relevant pictures to post, have I got just the tool for you!

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/56846

Simply talk to my mastodon bot like this, or my reddit bot like this (You can summon the reddit bot from anywhere in reddit btw)

Alternatively, just use a dedicated client like Lucid Creations or ArtBot and make up your own style

[–] warmike_1@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 year ago

Allow direct links to pirated content. If they ban you, then so be it.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Question: Would sexy pirate pictures of his fursona, John Ottiver, count?

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago
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[–] Vertelleus@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's only one choice here...

Open it up and allow only sexy pirate pics?

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[–] dbemol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Incredible to see so many Huffman's simps in the comments, no wonder why the blackouts weren't that effective

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It just means most of the people with principles have already moved here, or that reddit is engaging in disgusting levels of astroturfing. The latest Announcement is even worse. Regardless, it's just ruined.

[–] DarkTides@lemmy.fmhy.ml 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pirates crying and simping for reddit are truly the dumbest thinking piracy dedicated communities have a future on a company trying to artificially inflate their value so they can sell it off to other investors. Probably don't even use any sort of adblock.

[–] TheTrueLinuxDev@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

I guess it's for the best that those astroturfing people stay on Reddit while we can enjoy the Lemmy-verse.

[–] azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have already created some ai images and they are so silly. I can't wait.

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[–] IsThisLemmyOpen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey Captain, this instance seems to be hosted in Germany? Is that correct? How safe are we from the empire? What is our battle plan if this gets shut down? Shouldn't you make an account on one of the other instances so we can coordinate if this does get shut down?

(Also, is it weird to post 2 top level comments? I feel like editing my other one wouldn't get the attention needed, since you don't get notified for edits.)

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 year ago

The rules are there to protect us. If I get enough funding for hosting, I plan to move this to a safer harbor.

[–] OtakuAltair@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would be funny to only allow pictures of John Oliver wearing an eyepatch; so as to not give admins the excuse that the name is unrelated or something.

Then a link to this lemmy comm for 'discussion' around actual online piracy on the sidebar or a pinned post; this is our main hub now after all.

A subreddit poll like what r/pics and r/aww would be great, because then you're just doing what the community wants.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 year ago (6 children)

it's pictures of sexy pirate john oliver

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[–] anirbanbiswas@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm only on reddit till Infinity dies.

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[–] DeathWearsANecktie@lemmy.fmhy.ml 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who tf wants discussion about digital piracy on Reddit? Sexy pirate John Oliver pictures is way better

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John Oliver becoming to redditors what Adam Driver is to John Oliver and I'm here for it

[–] promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi 11 points 1 year ago

Wow, that was my first time back on reddit since all this happened, and even though it was for good, I still feel a bit... unclean. Like I helped them out by sending traffic their way

[–] Cralex@lemmy.one 11 points 1 year ago

Yarr harr! All hail the swashbuckling matey of Reddit freedom, John Oliver!

[–] LostCause@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I deleted my accounts and refuse to click Reddit links, so I can‘t vote or even see it, but I hope whatever option is most annoying to the admins wins.

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[–] gjghkk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago

I don't get the reasoning behind the poll. If the admins don't allow to shut r/piracy down then just post links to pirated material. It's closed.

Wasn't this sub in danger of being closed a few years ago? So let them.

[–] AtomicPurple@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm disappointed they're just doing the John Oliver thing again instead of something more unique like making the sub about literal high seas piracy.

[–] DarkTides@lemmy.fmhy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

I think it should be literal piracy themed porn, since advertisers don't really like to be associated with porn. Every sub should be moving the shift to becoming porn.

[–] OtakuAltair@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Doing something unique is too engaging.

The entire point is making the site boring and useless so people move

[–] immibis@social.immibis.com 13 points 1 year ago

@AtomicPurple @db0 Now that /r/piracy is officially endorsed by Reddit staff I reckon they should allow direct links to copyright-infringing content. Disney's lawyers would get a good payout from Reddit.

[–] jet@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My only interaction with Reddit in the last week has been voting on these polls.

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[–] Rentlar@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Glad to see there wasn't a hostile takeover of the sub. +1 for the Lemmy link.

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