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[–] [email protected] 58 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Silly question: is there a community for real, sailing piracy?

[–] [email protected] 71 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

Not sure how many Somalis use Lemmy and how good their 5G is on the water

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Their spell check sucks too. "I'm the capstan now!"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

You're a winch, wench!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Probably better than at&t in the middle of the city.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

Make a lemmy instance for somalian pirates

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

You could pick them up from Twitter if you weren't a bunch of reddit brained tweaking crackers

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

There was that hot Somali who was Tik Tokking himself while boarding a cargo ship.

But he was enforcing a blockade enacted by his government within Yemeni territorial waters so unfortunately it wasn’t piracy.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I don’t think the worlds remaining sea pirates are very technical, or smart at all for that matter.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

If Piracy wasn't a legit, high technician career, why would MIT offer a Pirate Certificate?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Students who have completed Archery, Fencing, Pistol (Air Pistol or Rifle) and Sailing should send an email to..."

When a university education becomes a fantasy story meme. At least if you're attending MIT, you're probably multiclassed into some kind of technomancer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I mean, it's just a piece of paper for competing an otherwise random set of extracurricular activities. MIT students do memes all the time. Well, they use to. I think the administration is trying to crack down on fun stuff.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The MIT Pirate Certificate is for entertainment purposes only and does not give the recipient license to engage in piracy or any pirate activities.

Guess I'm not going to MIT, then.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well of course they can't offer a real certificate for piracy. It would actually be for privateering.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Because you need a privateering license, i've heard Russia gives away some

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

~~does not~~ give the recipient license to engage in piracy or any pirate activities.

I repacked it, enjoy guys, arr

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"A lot of technical terms there. We're naught but humble pirates!"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I imagine there are fan groups for Our Flag Means Death.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Got cancelled though, so don’t expect much growth