# This SOPA blackout is ruining my internetz

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [January 18, 2012, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sopa-blackout-is-ruining-my-internetz/219829 "2012-01-18T08:42:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sopa-blackout-is-ruining-my-internetz/219829/1 "2012-01-18T08:42:21Z")

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**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sopa-blackout-is-ruining-my-internetz/219829/2 "2012-01-18T11:46:37Z")

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[http://theoatmeal.com/sopa?\_ft\_qid=5699056298422387944&\_ft\_mf\_story\_key=10151191495565192&\_ft\_filter=live&\_ft\_substories=7&\_ft\_fbid=104857896303225%2C171246632979689%2C266134156786120%2C171519462955082%2C253578078047577%2C235060126571197%2C310774172299243&\_ft\_c=m](http://theoatmeal.com/sopa?_ft_qid=5699056298422387944&_ft_mf_story_key=10151191495565192&_ft_filter=live&_ft_substories=7&_ft_fbid=104857896303225%2C171246632979689%2C266134156786120%2C171519462955082%2C253578078047577%2C235060126571197%2C310774172299243&_ft_c=m)

Way better. lol

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**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sopa-blackout-is-ruining-my-internetz/219829/3 "2012-01-18T12:45:53Z")

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> [@Daddie](#):
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> [TheOatmeal.com blacked out in protest of SOPA / PIPA - The Oatmeal](http://theoatmeal.com/sopa?_ft_qid=5699056298422387944&_ft_mf_story_key=10151191495565192&_ft_filter=live&_ft_substories=7&_ft_fbid=104857896303225%2C171246632979689%2C266134156786120%2C171519462955082%2C253578078047577%2C235060126571197%2C310774172299243&_ft_c=m)
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> Way better. lol

LOL this is fantastic.

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**Author:** ![Jskrapper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jskrapper/32/7570_2.png) [@Jskrapper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jskrapper)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sopa-blackout-is-ruining-my-internetz/219829/4 "2012-01-18T12:53:09Z")

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I love oatmeal. So funny.

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**Author:** ![honda4life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/honda4life/32/5300_2.png) [@honda4life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/honda4life)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sopa-blackout-is-ruining-my-internetz/219829/5 "2012-01-18T14:34:48Z")

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Sopa can s my d

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**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sopa-blackout-is-ruining-my-internetz/219829/6 "2012-01-18T15:24:28Z")

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The best quote I heard so far about SOPA/PIPA is “SOPA is like if your grandparents tried to outlaw VCR clocks because they couldn’t get theirs to stop blinking 12:00.”