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16208874 No.16208874 [Reply] [Original]

>mfw I just saved hundreds of dollars pirating college textbooks

>> No.16208908

imagine not loving your textbooks for what you study

>> No.16208924

>>16208908
>getting deceived by the paper jew

>> No.16208928

>>16208908
>he paid $300 for the newest edition of a textbook that just shifts things around slightly

>> No.16208929

>>16208908
why would i love some massively overpriced >paperbacks

>> No.16208931

>>16208874
>his textbooks are online still
Either a comp sci bug or freshman

>> No.16208933

>>16208874
That's common practice in Poland
Actually only minority buys them

>> No.16208935

>>16208874
Hell yeah. Felt so smug every semester.

>> No.16208989

>>16208874
If you aren't at some two-bit scam university, then your college library will have pdfs of all your textbooks.

>> No.16208996

>>16208933
Based Polish pirates

>> No.16209058

>>16208933
bazowany i czerwonopastylkowany

>> No.16209081
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16209081

>my face when I pirate books at the school library

>> No.16209097

>>16208931
If you know where to look, you can probably find like 85% of textbooks that are on the market, regardless of whether it is humanities/sciences/whatever and regardless of class level

>> No.16209110

>>16208874
did you like torrent it? where did you find?

>> No.16209126

>>16209110
b-ok.org

>> No.16209133

>>16209081
based, do the same thing. Actually borrowed one for category theory and then covid happen and i don't have to return it

>> No.16209135

>>16209126
based thanks anon, are they all typically there? are there other websites that work as well? i have at least three different manga/anime torrents sites, i would presume itd be similar for textbooks

>> No.16209144

>>16208874
Don't you get them for free in your country ?lol

>> No.16209168

>>16209144
Textbooks are not free in the United States of America.

>> No.16209202

An instructor told us to get the Internaional Editions to save over half the price of a new book, they are very similar as well, just not hardcover usually

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>>16208874
feels fuckin good
I'd suck the lad who runs libgen's dick I love them so much

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>>16208874
AI.

>> No.16209310

>>16208874
>he thinks he'll actually use his textbooks
Imagine being this much of an amateur

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16209345

>mfw I pirate the professor's shitty book and sit in the first row with my laptop.
Did that boomer really think he could charge me twice? My tuition pays your salary.

>> No.16209360

>mfw I just called 911 and reported you to the police for intellectual theft and they are tracking your IP address as we speak with criminal culpability falling on your mom and dad by extension
You fucked up.

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>>16209360
>yfw
>inb4 b8
i know

>> No.16209390

>>16209345
based
you should send a group email to your entire class with the download link.

>> No.16209391

>>16209081
Incredibly based

>> No.16209559

>>16209135
>>16209110
Read the sticky before posting on my board

>> No.16209818

I only had to purchase 2 books that require their online counterpart. The rest I found online.

>> No.16209853

>>16209559
nig i never even knew there was a link i havent ever bought textbooks for college and i havent ever been so poor i cant buy fucking books

>> No.16210100

>>16208933
based pollacks

>> No.16210111

>>16208933
my based motherland

>> No.16210117

>>16208874
i have never purchased nor read a book in my life

>> No.16210150

I did this too. looking back i sort of regret not having it to show my kids one day what their old man studied. but its really too expensive to justify

>> No.16210180
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16210180

>first year english
>just read the wikipedia page on IPA for the phonetics class
>remember all grammar without studying at all
>never show up to speaking class and ad lib my presentation
>literature classes all focus on public domain stuff that teachers print out for us
>steal my friend's essay that he sent to me for my opinion on it, change some shit to make it seem original
>this worked
>pass the year with no failing marks, 0 spent on books
>meanwhile the majority of my classmates spent like 300 on books we never read

>> No.16210279

>>16208874
There are brainlets who don't?

>> No.16210632

>>16210180
imagine being proud of this

>> No.16211624

>>16210632
It's the school, lecturer and class who should be ashamed (and quite frankly out of a job)

>> No.16211783

>>16208874
/marked/

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>>16208874
You wouldn't happen to know where to illicitly acquire the 2019 AMSCO US Government and Politics book, would you?

>> No.16211809

>>16210180
>I wasted a year of my life and learned nothing
Congrats on saving $300 bucks though

>> No.16212111

>professor start listing necessary literature
>"the hardcover costs 100€ but i overheard something about a print shop having the full scan"
>he winks
>tfw he's talking about the print shop at the entrance of the building

based chad professor making us pay for printing costs and plastic binding instead of running an americuck textbook scam

>> No.16212119

>>16211624
correct
>>16210632
seething bugboy

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>>16208908
>>16208928
>>he paid $300 for the newest edition of a textbook that just shifts things around slightly and for which he cannot even get 20% back of its original price should he decide to sell it
FTFY. The textbook industry, if such a thing exists, is a fucking mafia. Fucking damn expensive textbooks that you only use once, don't read most of it, cannot sell back for a decent price and take up space should you decide to keep them. And fuck those professors that require you to buy a license to a fucking online textbook that you need to submit the homeworks.

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>>16212111
I've had professors who'd selectively print the chapter to discuss and distribute it among the class. This type of professors are a godsend.

>> No.16212248

Are there not proper university libraries for you guys?

>> No.16212256

>>16208874
Based.

>> No.16213229

i never understood the "oh no i need to buy a book to pass this class" meme. do your universities not have free libraries or something? is this an american thing?
i mean, not even that, but most of my professors don't give a shit if you pirate books or not, hell some even explicitly host pirate torrents themselves.

>> No.16213292

>>16213229
based
no, in american unis pretty much everyone buys several hundred dollars worth of books a semester

>> No.16213381

>>16208874
I'm so mad. I pirate most of the time but because this covid meme all my classes are remote and we're forced to buy access code bullshit.

>> No.16213390

>>16212209
this. for personal textbooks, as opposed to required course material, just get the older editions. almost nothing is different

>> No.16213436

>>16213229
they jew you through access codes that some professors make mandatory.

>> No.16213481

>getting textbooks in the first place
nigga i just youtube the topic i want to study. I finished uni without opening a book once

>> No.16213514

>>16208874
>his class doesn't have a google drive with every single referenced text of all related courses

>> No.16213534

>>16210180
>takes shortcuts in easiest phase of school
>builds habits of cheating and stealing
Yeah, I’m sure you’ll grow to be a productive and successful member of society, definitely won’t be a burnout loser

>> No.16213557

>>16213534
>he doesn't know that irl everyone takes shortcuts, and tries to get by with as little work as possible
>falling for the (((productivity))) meme
lmao what are you a teenager?

>> No.16213586

>>16213557
based. i would have done a lot better in school if i had known this earlier

>> No.16213639

>>16210180
Incredibly based

>> No.16213649

>>16213534
You don't know how the world works, I bet you're also very young

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>>16212111
>not in first world countries
>professor literally sent pirate books to class group

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>>16213534
hey bud you have to be 18 to post here

>> No.16214354

>>16208874
>His trust fund didn't cover text-books
Thanks great-grandparents :3