Why 'Firestick that s—t' became shorthand for pirating our favorite films and TV shows

Firestick that shit. 

It's a phrase I picked up last year, but I'd assumed it was just another passing internet colloquialism related to using Amazon's Fire TV Stick. 

Oh how naive. 

Over time, I quickly began to glean that this was in fact the new slang for using a Fire TV Stick to somehow pirate movies and TV. But I've run across scores of piracy trends over the years, all of which usually fade into the background after a few months when some new piracy tool comes along. 

But this one is different for a couple of reasons.  Read more...