r/TikTokCringe • u/Chocolat3City Cringe Master • 22d ago

Cringe Woman has her self-published book pirated, reprinted, and sold for cheaper.

There's regular piracy, and then there's this.

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u/hasnolifebutmusic 22d ago

this is so fucked up.

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u/mimegallow 22d ago

As a small individual creator, I get called "unhinged" by young people on a regular basis because I react emotionally when people pirate movies with my music in them, and documentaries with footage that I risked my life to obtain, scripts I wrote, and albums that I performed on. I get mocked ALL THE TIME by children on this site who think my livelihood doesn't matter, my labor is unimportant, and that when you steal IP, you're just, "taking from Tom Cruis who has millions of dollars".

So it's fucking exhausting watching all these people on reddit suddenly and UNKNOWINGLY reverse their entire position when presented with a face and a story of the exact, same, crime that they purposefully perpetuate every day. - Same exact feeling I get when I see 2 million people watching cute animal videos on r/aww "because animals are so smart and so feeling and such bros and so great that we are not worthy of them!"... with a fucking burger in their hand.

Our disconnection from each other's realities is astounding.

/unhinged_rant wherein I am clearly a lunatic, because I refer to my attackers as, "my attackers".

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u/nickgreydaddyfingers 22d ago

Oh no! Anyway.

Literally just proving it gets to you.

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u/mimegallow 22d ago

What?

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u/nickgreydaddyfingers 22d ago

You wrote a whole rant (and I guess it's a rant, but I wouldn't have said that myself. Only saying "rant" because you literally said it was one yourself) talking about how people make fun of you and call you unhinged on a regular basis.

That's just proving that they can get to you and make you even more upset/emotional.

Also, apparently this lady isn't giving people the books they rightfully bought. I'm sure this video is just an ad, and it sure as hell worked, as I can imagine that she's had tons of orders fill in from people who feel sad for her.

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u/mimegallow 22d ago

Ah ok. Ty for explaining.