1. Get stuff before your friends – feel like a dick

“So hey, have you guys heard the new Arctic Monkeys album?”
“What! I thought that didn’t come out until June…?”
“Yeah…”

2. Makes you watch/listen/consume content you’d otherwise laugh at the thought of paying for.

Question: Did I need to watch any amount of Breaking In?
Answer: No.
Real Answer: It was there.

3. Way too much porn

Coming from a guy, you have no idea how much porn is really out there until it is put in front of you everyday while trying to locate the latest episode of Doctor Who.

4. Too many discussions about Vinyl bitrates and MP3 Encoding techniques

I have come to the conclusion that people that pirate music are actually superheroes with the incredibly lame power of super hearing. Also, why would you rip a Vinyl to mp3? That is like taking a Jimmy Johns sandwich and tossing out the bun and then putting it on a bun from Subway.

5. Downtimes disconnect you from reality

When one of the sites you frequent goes down, prepare to devolve into a huddled mass that cowers in fear of nameless government lackeys breaking into your home and stealing your computer for evidence.

6. Having to explain to your un-tech savvy parents where this copy of Eat Pray Love came from

This one is pretty self-explanatory.

7. You end up a dealer with no commission

Not sure what kind of take a weed dealer gets, but you’ll get a big fat 0 for the trouble of finding, downloading, and then uploading that bootleg copy of How To Train Your Dragon.

-Anonymous