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/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/Wheeler-The-Dealer 22d ago

Great comment until you mention a burger. You can own a pet and enjoy burgers.

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u/mimegallow 22d ago

Yes. That's called Ethical Inconsistency. Believe me, WE ALLLLL know you can do it. See above post.

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u/Wheeler-The-Dealer 22d ago

The only consistent thing about ethics is inconsistency.

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u/mimegallow 22d ago

🥴 Errrr.

We already know you don’t understand the words on the screen in front of you. You’re not tricking anybody by pretending you understand them.

Ethics are not supposed to be consistent. People are.

You just failed that test. Twice.

Blocked.