Earlier this month, the adult-film star Siri hosted an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit. As is the case with most porn-star Q&As, Siri mostly fielded softball questions about the business and her personal life. Does she watch her own porn? Yup, with her husband. Does she fake orgasms on camera? Actually, not often. Did anything surprise her about porn when she first entered the industry? She’s got a detailed (and NSFW) response.

At one point, however, the conversation took a marked turn:

Her response was intended in jest. (“I thought, ‘Well, let’s get this started on a light-hearted note,’” Siri told me later.) But many redditors on the thread didn’t see it that way, interpreting the comment as hostile and accusatory. The response in defense of piracy was swift and vitriolic:

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