Am I not with it or what?

I really dont understand how torrents, zips, rar, or anything file whatever works. I now respect all hacking computer freak nerds like 10x more than I did 24hrs ago. I seriously dont get this shit!! Piratesbay.. wtf? iserial, amazing concept now if only i can get it to work! zips what the hell, jayme sat for like 20 mins explaing it to me and im more confused now then I was before. I'll just stick to my limewire pro and see what I can do... Done.