# wARez rULez!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warez-rulez/56809>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 5, 2001, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warez-rulez/56809 "2001-03-05T12:43:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warez-rulez/56809/21 "2001-03-06T11:13:15Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \*  
> \*\*BTW: this message board has no government affiliation. There is no need to post in triplicate. 🙂 \*\*

I have no idea just what the hell happened :o

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warez-rulez/56809/22 "2001-03-06T15:35:54Z")

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People who use the word ‘warez’ aren’t up to the times. It’s now referred to as ‘wares’. People who refer to it properly as ‘wares’ refer to people who still use ‘warez’ as lamers.  
Or perhaps ‘lamerz’ 🙂

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warez-rulez/56809/23 "2001-03-06T15:57:34Z")

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…and we must all be up with the timez.

🙂

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