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The Pirate Bay's 'Move' To Korea Was a Prank

Posted by Unknown on from the couldn't-wait-three-weeks dept.

judgecorp writes "The Pirate Bay's announcement that it was moving to North Korea was a prank, making fun of gullible readers. Admitting the hoax, the site said 'You can't seriously cheer the 'fact' that we moved our servers to bloody North Korea. Applauds to you who told us to f*** off. Always stay critical. Towards everyone!'" The essence of a good troll: so absurd it could just be true.

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  1. Oh really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well I don't believe you.

  2. A day of mourning in North Korea by Grayhand · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently Kin Jong Un was inconsolable as he read the story in his pirate outfit. Then some one explained to him Pirate Bay wasn't an actual bay with pirates.

    1. Re:A day of mourning in North Korea by Freshly+Exhumed · · Score: 4, Funny

      Stop the presses! Kim Jong Un has just announced that Gnome founder Miguel de Icaza is moving to North Korea to head their complete IT move to Apple platforms. Kim's statement read: "We like Apple and their approach. We, of all people, GET IT. The customer must be fully managed, just as we fully manage our freedom-loving citizens."

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    2. Re:A day of mourning in North Korea by interkin3tic · · Score: 5, Funny

      He briefly paused eating cake.

  3. Re:North Korea by bennomatic · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why did the NK submarine fleet sink? They left the screen doors open.

    Why did the submarines have screen doors? To keep the fish out!

    I'm sure that Poland is thrilled that NK has taken over their long worn mantle.
    full disclosure: there is a lot of Polish peasantry among the branches of my family tree.

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  4. Re:North Korea by Ol+Biscuitbarrel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did you hear about Kim Jong dying? I hadn't heard that he was il.

  5. Re:North Korea by Antipater · · Score: 5, Funny

    His son took over, though. Did you at least know that he had Un?

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  6. Re:North Korea by GameboyRMH · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wasn't sure who to side with but I'm ready to admit that NK is a bit worse than the MPAA/RIAA.

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  7. Re:Frist by istartedi · · Score: 1, Funny

    Don't mod parent down. Parent is most glorious first post ever. Dear Leader has cleverly disguised as "Anonymous Coward" and controls most of Slashdot. All hail!

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  8. Re:North Korea by CanHasDIY · · Score: 4, Funny

    As in, "I was going to move my server farm to North Korea, but the Ping count is just way too high."

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  9. Re:in other words by CanHasDIY · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is what is most disappointing. It's hard to take people seriously when they're pulling childish pranks like this. And there are a lot of issues regarding copyright and piracy that we *should* be taking seriously and debating. Stunts like this are annoying distractions, and only strengthen the RIAA/MPAA and its ilk.

    Read: "I totally fell for it."

    You know what makes it really hard to take someone seriously? When the get all butthurt because they didn't get the joke.

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  10. Re:North Korea by evanism · · Score: 3, Funny

    Indeed your argument is true.

    I don't agree with countries that torture, hold extraordinary renditions, run black concentration camps, indiscriminate murder other countries citizens, incarcerate its innocent citizens or bankrupt them to protect corporate larceny, but I do host my sites there.

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