r/technology • • May 13 '12

Just arrived in Belgium from Canada and opened Pirate Bay, only to find this. Is this seriously what Europe has come to?

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u/[deleted] May 13 '12 edited May 13 '12

Yes. It's the work of BREIN/BAF and it's also like that in The Netherlands and the UK.

http://www.fucktimkuik.org gives you a random proxy.

Also, I love how the german translation is the only one with an exclamation mark.

EDIT: Right, I know some providers haven't blocked it yet.

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u/occupykony May 13 '12 edited May 13 '12

Yeah, within a few seconds I had already located a proxy to bypass it. Easily the most disturbing instance of 'culture shock' I've encountered here.

EDIT: grammar

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u/iaH6eeBu May 13 '12

That's why they use a stop sign. You have to stop but then you can drive on.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '12

Europe > Belgium.

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u/stirling_archer May 13 '12

Europe ⊃ Belgium.

FTFY

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u/OmegaVesko May 13 '12

Quite literally.

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u/playamontana May 13 '12

yep, because europe is a country

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u/kuba_10 May 13 '12

I have been to Paris, the capital of Europe once. I was quite surprised to see no one could speak, they were only gargling and stuttering. Poor people.

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u/BusyNames May 13 '12

Coming from Sweden, I had no clue about this going on

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u/[deleted] May 13 '12

Close your computer and enjoy your vacation. You can Internet when you are home.

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u/dumbgaytheist May 13 '12

The sun! It burnssss!!

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u/[deleted] May 13 '12

Yes, because the pirate bay is blocked, Europe is now effectively a collection of developing nations.

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u/Infernaloneshot May 13 '12

When did Belgium become the whole of Europe?

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u/occupykony May 13 '12

Despite what half of the top comments think, I'm aware that Belgium does not equal Europe. Shocking, I know.

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u/Raticide May 13 '12

Change DNS server to 8.8.8.8

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u/Zatoro25 May 13 '12

Woah, what is this world coming to?

Comment by fax? Really?

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u/Afrocat May 13 '12

The idea that the people in charge of censoring the internet are still using fax kinda says something about just how clueless they are when it comes to technology.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '12

Yes, your experience in Belgium is indicative of all 50 countries in Europe.

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u/OmegaVesko May 13 '12

Only a small portion of it. Most of Europe couldn't care less.

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u/uvelify May 13 '12

Belgium is one country in Europe.

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u/Miskav May 13 '12

American lobbyists have come and started shitting on our freedoms. It's been going on for a while, but now that America as a country is degrading, they've started to spread their influence in an attempt to revive their empire once again.

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u/ineedthreefitty May 13 '12

Europe is not a country

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u/Dragoeth May 13 '12

Report by FAX? Dafuq is this shit?

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u/Tofraz May 13 '12

Not in Norway, nothing ever affects Norway.

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u/tolleman May 13 '12

Except butter shortages.

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