Please. Give me a break lol. 

I'm sure you've never broken the law. Never drank underage. Never stolen anything or done any drug. Never lied, cheated, or done something you shouldn't have. 

You sound so robotic. "I don't have to listen to music, play games or watch movies". LOL. What a joke. I love games, but music is literally my life. One of my great passions. I love it to death. It is a need for me. (Obviously not the food, water, and shelter kind). So if I went broke yes I would pirate all my music. 

You must be great at parties. 

I don't like pirates, but I think it can be something understandable (not justified though) in some special cases.

I don't support piracy, because I'm a musician and gamer that knows how both industries work, I also am a big fan of paying someone for their work if such work is something that I enjoy/get something good of. They give me hours of fun with their awesome games and their hard work, I support and appreciate their efforts. They give music that I love listening to, music that I can learn from: I support their hard work.

You pirate whatever you want, hopefully you won't complain when you achieve something and don't get credit for it/it flops/somebody steals your hard work.

I'm Muslim so I've never drank or done drugs. I'll admit I pirated when I was a kid. My parents weren't rich and I didn't have money so I downloaded my music illegally. However, since a getting a job, I've haven't pirated anything.

Besides you should have checked my edited post in which I said I don't have a problem with people that do pirate. If you want to pirate something, go for it, it's your life. However, asking people why it's wrong or calling out people that don't like it makes you like like a fucking idiot.

Also, lying isn't illegal.

No, pc development is more shoddy because despite the millions of pc gamers they make more money on console one of those reasons is because of piracy.

interesting convo so far

let me throw in a new spanner into the works.

What if you own the original published copy but download for convenience a digital one?

what about being frustrated with the DRM on some games that you can't get them to work when you have nero installed as they assume oh no mr pirate and are forced to get a crack to crack the legit game you just installed?

First things first, modding is not the same as pirating or stealing. It is not illegal since you bought a product and are allowed to do what you want with it (it may break warranty labels, but that's dependant on the company).

Second, why is it fair that I but a game at full price and you pirate it for free? To pirate a game is to steal it. Plain and simple. You are not excused from stealing just because you only steal from the rich.

"but what if I get hard to get games or old games from older consoles?" I'm sorry, but you are still in the wrong. Such company may have plans to announce backwards compatibility, remakes/remasters, or ports. Or they just want to end said franchise. Whatever the reason, they have every right to do so.

I admit, I have pirated before, but I don't try to excuse myself for it, nor do I plan to do so for major titles

If you own the original published copy, then you are not pirating, you are emulating. This is the basic argument for keeping emulators as not illegal. When you buy a game, you buy the ability to play the code, so you are allowed to play said code on an emulator. However, you are not allowed to redistribute said code. Redistributing and recieving without the purchase of the game is pirating and then things become illegal. This is the basic argument against emulators.

as for your second hypothetical, apply it to a physical purchase. If you buy a game and it doesn't work, you bring it to the attention to the company (perhaps through a lawsuit). But you don't go stealing/pirating another copy

No saying you download the pirated copy. Just the crack to patch over the installed original exe.

Because even though it isn't theft, it can still prove harmful.

Lots of people do it. Downloading from torrent sites is fair game.