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The original was posted on /r/piracy by /u/purplepoppy_eater on 2024-06-08 21:53:31+00:00.

When my now 20 something son was about 9 I had a friend pirate us a movie not yet available to rent that we had been very excited to watch. Now my son is very by the books probably hadn’t broken more than ten rules in his life and would make himself physically ill if he even did it accidentally. At 6 he was constantly speed checking me while driving, worried about how full the gas tank was etc. While watching the disc on the laptop while laying on the top bunk at night watching it he asked where I got it, I told him my friend hoping to leave it at that, but he never let anything go. I finally admitted to him 1/2 hour or more into it that it was pirated. Poor kid started panicking about how illegal it was, so I tried to rationalize that it was fine we would be ok. He was terrified we would get caught, I asked how is that even possible? He answered that what if the cops drove by and looked into the second floor bedroom window and saw us watching a movie on a laptop screen! He did begrudgingly finish the movie but he really didn’t enjoy it lmao.

(He now watches and plays mostly pirated things lol so he did get over it)