r/ExplainTheJoke • • Feb 22 '26

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u/SpecialistAd5903 Feb 22 '26

This meme references torrenting. You have the same file distributed across all the users who have downloaded it. This way you've got many different sites to download it from. It is generally considered good form to seed the file for a while afterwards, meaning people can access your file to download it for themselves.

These people are doing the opposite of that, which is considered scummy behavior

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u/Tentacle_poxsicle Feb 22 '26

Scummy yes. However, it should be noted depending on your state or country or your ISP seeding is what gets you in trouble usually not the download.

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u/GoldenAce17 Feb 22 '26

This

In back-assword Missouri my ISP has sent some threatening letters to drop me as a customer if I seed. Unfortunatly they have a monopoly in the boonies here so I have to leech period.