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[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I know what modern pirates look like but I ALWAYS picture the cartoon pirates first, who swing off the pirate ship and go “Arrrrrg.”

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

these pirates say "Oorah"

[–] brem@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Technically (iirc) they'd be closer to privateers (privateers have permission from their government to loot)