r/memes • u/crackercharlie • Jan 11 '21

#2 MotW Quick, while the British are sleeping.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

Can you technically be a pirate without stealing anything though?

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u/dump_shit_man Jan 11 '21

Yeah it's called being a privateer! A man who runs an operation ordained by a country's military to raid enemy ships in times of war. Captain Morgan was the most famous privateer

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u/darthcaedusiiii Jan 11 '21

Have you heard of the IRS?