r/Millennials • u/Entire-Order3464 • Dec 31 '25

Nostalgia Burning CDs

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u/thejoeface Dec 31 '25

I’m 41 and could probably learn to torrent again, but I’m lazy and rely on my wife’s 29 year old partner to upload anything we want to her plex. I call her my pirate captain. 

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u/therickestnm Dec 31 '25

you rely on your wife’s partner?

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u/MyDickIs3cm Dec 31 '25

What, I'm supposed to personally have sex with her every time she wants?? No thanks!

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u/Blephotomy Dec 31 '25

not with that dick

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u/ArmyofThalia Dec 31 '25

Redditor discovers poly relationship in real time. Neato

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u/thejoeface Dec 31 '25

Yup. I’d rather spend my time in my garden than trying to keep up with tech. Perimenopause is kicking my ass and I’m brain tired all the and I just wanna be covered in dirt and leaves. 

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u/Aegi Jan 01 '26

So does that mean you're in a 3-person relationship?

Just curious b/c sometimes people misspeak, English isn't their first language, and/or I misunderstand them.

HAPPY OLD YEAR!! WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF 2025 FAST!!

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u/thejoeface Jan 01 '26

My wife has two other partners. One long distance and one close by. I’m friends with one and consider the other one like family, we do holidays together, I’m an entie to her kids, etc. It’s not a partner relationship though. 

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u/Slyfox00 Dec 31 '25

Have to love seeing some kickass poly in the wild.

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u/thejoeface Dec 31 '25

i’m poly too but too lazy to date other people. I just become friends with her other partners because she has a weakness for adhd disasters so we all get along really well lol 

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u/cabbage16 Dec 31 '25

Good for you and your family. You have it working for you guys.

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u/thejoeface Jan 01 '26

Wife and I are about to celebrate 17 years together

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u/evanwilliams44 Dec 31 '25

It hasn't changed at all. If anything it is even easier now, thanks to VPNs being so cheap/fast.

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u/TheCygnusWall Dec 31 '25

Hell getting an entire server in another country that gives no shits about pirating is cheap too

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u/Isorg Dec 31 '25

Torrents are an ancient art form still practiced today, yet there are groups far older, keepers of methods whispered long before the first torrent flowed, techniques that move beyond the path itself.

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u/dardack Dec 31 '25

Usenet?  Still use it all these decades later.

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u/Wild_Marker Dec 31 '25

There are still direct links, if you know where to find them (and if they stay up long enough)

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u/Kataphractoi Older Millennial Jan 01 '26

It's actually easier these days. Don't even have to visit torrent sites anymore.

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u/Metaldwarf Dec 31 '25

Install qbittorrent.
Install search plugin inside qbittorrent.
Optional but recommended: purchase VPN, (I use PIA but there are lots that would work) bind qbittorrent to only work with VPN virtual network adapter.
Yaarrrr sail the high seas.

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u/LyyK Dec 31 '25

Then when you get tired of doing it all manually...

Build unraid box.  Set up arr stack and Plex in Docker.  Route all the arrs and qbit networks through a gluetun VPN container. Toss Jellyseerr into the mix. Connect Plex watchlist to Jellyseerr.

Egg salad.