I miss that,
These days they just shoot you on the spot
this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2026
951 points (98.6% liked)
Comic Strips
22490 readers
1900 users here now
Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.
The rules are simple:
- The post can be a single image, an image gallery, or a link to a specific comic hosted on another site (the author's website, for instance).
- The comic must be a complete story.
- If it is an external link, it must be to a specific story, not to the root of the site.
- You may post comics from others or your own.
- If you are posting a comic of your own, a maximum of one per week is allowed (I know, your comics are great, but this rule helps avoid spam).
- The comic can be in any language, but if it's not in English, OP must include an English translation in the post's 'body' field (note: you don't need to select a specific language when posting a comic).
- Politeness.
- AI-generated comics aren't allowed.
- Limit of two posts per person per day.
- Bots aren't allowed.
- Banned users will have their posts removed.
- Adult content is not allowed. This community aims to be fun for people of all ages.
Web of links
- !linuxmemes@lemmy.world: "I use Arch btw"
- !memes@lemmy.world: memes (you don't say!)
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Swatting became a verb in the 90s.
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
load more comments
(1 replies)
load more comments
(5 replies)
Don’t forget that he owes his entire life earnings to a corporation for downloading 180 songs.
Most heinous crime. Almost as bad as downloading a car
You wouldn't!!
I did. In fact, I've downloaded more cars for Cyberpunk 2077 and GTA IV than I've been inside of IRL.
Username almost checks out
I'm a big bearded Scandinavian (born in Denmark and lived here all my life) with far left political views and a love for tie dye, so I'd say it fits quite well 😁
I'm even growing out my beard to go for a viking braid like this 😁
I just meant you paid for the cars, rather than just take them, because you can. As a Viking.
Lol I'm dumb don't worry.
Sweet beard though. I gave one of my employees an award at my Christmas party for having the best beard. The only beard actually.
I gave one of my employees an award at my Christmas party for having the best beard. The only beard actually.
Nice! Was she pleased?
After she calmed down she accepted...
load more comments
(1 replies)
load more comments
(1 replies)
i so would. downloading new car, while the uploader keeps theirs? that's a fucking no-brainer.
load more comments
(1 replies)
2pac.mp3.exe
Wait, why does the song not start playing when I double-click it?
You have to run the song as an administrator.
Its soo good its needs full read write acess to your drive.
Its for uh surround sound 👌👌👌
load more comments
(1 replies)
go into powershell and type sudo [song name]. sudo is the music player
load more comments
(3 replies)
Nah in the 90s you were always running as administrator unless on a school computer or using Linux or something...
load more comments
(1 replies)
Oh, that one was good. 😙
load more comments
(1 replies)
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.)
load more comments
(2 replies)
Today the corporate AI downloads all of the songs, artwork, movies, text, etc. on the internet and the police will just shoot you in the face for no reason.
load more comments
(2 replies)
now this happens when you post wild shit on social
Quote charlie kirk being racist and they will come take you away
load more comments
(3 replies)
YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A CAR NOW WOULD YOU??
That's the spirit!
entered the chatspoiler
Hackers
Mess with the best...!
I might kill a constable, shit in his hat, and then send that hat to his widow, though.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Metallica seen by people through the decades :
80s : Oh wow, it's a fun thrash band with a cool bassist
90s : Fuck you, and the horse you rode in on you sellout piece of shit
00s : Fuck you, and the horse you rode in on you sellout piece of shit also you're fucking clowns 🤡🤡🤡🤡
10s : Oh wow, they're still going
20s : Oh wow, they're still going
(NB : My opinion is still the 00s opinion because I'm a millenial)
load more comments
(3 replies)
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.
load more comments
(1 replies)
And the file ends up being 5mins of toilet sounds... and 17 viruses.
They always protect the owner class, never the people.
Gotta love the frosted tips detail.
I liked the can of Surge
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.
What gave you the feeling you were about to be raided? Did you receive threats? Was law enforcement stalking you?
load more comments
(2 replies)
'90s? This came out in June 1st of 99 so I guess for 6 months it was the 90s. Napster was mainly the early 2000s. Before really LimeWire and stuff came around.
Ah, now they bust down your door in full paramilitary tactical gear after rolling up in an MRAP and APC, then just shoot you for “resisting.”
90’s were the good old days.
Remember the ‘80s, where a lot of the action films were heroes wiping out boardrooms full of evil dystopian executives…? Yeah. Funny we don’t see much of that anymore.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Growing up for the final 6 months of the 90s, you mean? Napster launched June 1, 1999...
load more comments
(3 replies)
The only time I even got a notice from my ISP about pirating shit is if I downloaded anything made by Disney or Nintendo.
Should have become an AI CEO.
view more: next ›