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My mom wants "free" full movies on Youtube

Some things that make it very annoying to me:

  • She complains whenever she can't find certain movies
  • She usually searches using the complete video title in the search bar, it's usually something like: Movie name - Complete Movie - Dubbed - Pirate Site or Uploader - Genre
    • She has a list of saved movie/video titles in a .docx file, where she also writes whether she liked the movie or not. Whenever a YT search shows something she thinks she'll be interested, she copies the title to the doc.
    • Will usually use that same search on Netflix, or continue typing and adding more despite no search results showing already.
  • Complains about video/audio quality
  • Complains when there's no dubbed version
  • Complains when the "movie" is just a trailer repeating for 1 hour
  • Seems to willfully ignore my explanations to why searching for and watching full movies on YT sucks (it's pirate content on a platform that doesn't allow piracy)
  • Ignores some 🏴‍☠️ alternatives I've set up, because "there's nothing interesting there"
  • "Forgets" anything I teach her about searching and search terms in 5 minutes

To be fair, most of the movies she "wants" to watch aren't available on any streaming services. Feels like I'm dealing with the world's worst pirate.

justlookingfordragon ,
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I hope this doesn't come across as rude, but as someone who has an aunt that behaves VERY similar, I can only say that some people do not want solutions - they want to be mad about something and others to agree with them. Finding easy ways to remove the problem instead of being allowed to complain about it is the opposite of what they expect to achieve.

ICastFist OP ,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

Not rude at all, and not the first time someone said something along those lines about my mom. I've heard the same from other relatives.

tias ,

Ironically, you came here instead of asklemmy to complain about your mom.

ICastFist OP ,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

Not looking for a solution, just complaining

Viking_Hippie ,

Have you tried turning her off and on again?

KbinItTogether ,
@KbinItTogether@kbin.social avatar

This is definitely troubleshooting tip #1 but in this specific case I will advise against turning your mom on!

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