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This is a 3-panel meme using a scene from the Marvel movie *Thor: Ragnarok*. The first panel shows the villain Hela labeled as 'GAME COMPANIES' saying 'You can't defeat me'. The second panel shows Thor labeled as 'FILE SHARING WEBSITES' replying 'I know, but he can'. The third panel shows the fire giant Surtur, who is destroying Asgard, labeled as 'TORRENT'. The meme jokes that while file sharing sites may not be able to bypass game companies' anti-piracy measures on their own, torrent services easily defeat game companies' attempts to stop their games from being pirated and distributed for free.
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GAME COMPANIES: You can't defeat me.
FILE SHARING WEBSITES: I know, but he can.
TORRENT

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The text compares game companies, file sharing websites and torrents using a Marvel movie scene to joke about video game piracy via torrents.

Overview

This is a 3-panel meme using a scene from the Marvel movie Thor: Ragnarok. The first panel shows the villain Hela labeled as 'GAME COMPANIES' saying 'You can't defeat me'. The second panel shows Thor labeled as 'FILE SHARING WEBSITES' replying 'I know, but he can'. The third panel shows the fire giant Surtur, who is destroying Asgard, labeled as 'TORRENT'. The meme jokes that while file sharing sites may not be able to bypass game companies' anti-piracy measures on their own, torrent services easily defeat game companies' attempts to stop their games from being pirated and distributed for free.

Origin notes

This meme originates from the Reddit Meme subreddit, obtained via an RSS feed. It uses the widely popular 'You can't defeat me' meme template taken from Thor: Ragnarok, edited using an image meme generator (indicated by the imgflip.com watermark) to create the piracy-related joke.

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