The Worst Pirates You've Ever Heard Of

BlueJay
15 Mar 202422:32

Summary

TLDRThe video script narrates the tale of Captain Johnny P RIT, a pirate captain, and his adventures on the high seas. It also delves into the life of Major Stede Bonnet, a gentleman pirate from Barbados, whose journey from wealth to piracy is filled with comical misadventures and unfortunate encounters. The script humorously contrasts the romanticized image of pirates with the harsh realities of their lives, highlighting the failures and blunders of some of history's least successful pirates, including the infamous Somali pirates who mistakenly attacked military warships.

Takeaways

  • 🏴‍☠️ Captain Johnny P RIT is depicted as a pirate captain with a dream of plundering the Spanish treasure fleet.
  • 🎮 World of Warships is a free-to-play naval game offering an authentic nautical experience with various battleships and submarines.
  • 👑 Major Stede Bonnet was an aristocrat from Barbados who turned to piracy, an unusual background for a pirate.
  • 🚢 Bonnet's inexperience led to a series of misadventures, including mistaking a Spanish man-of-war for a merchant vessel.
  • 🔥 A pirate's life was often short and brutal, with many failings and few achieving the riches and fame they sought.
  • 🤝 Bonnet formed an alliance with the notorious Blackbeard, but their partnership didn't last long due to Bonnet's lack of seafaring skills.
  • 🏴‍☠️‍♂️ The Golden Age of Piracy was a time of many would-be pirates, but only a few succeeded, with many ending in failure or death.
  • 💸 Despite being granted a pardon, Bonnet returned to piracy with a new strategy of compensating victims to mask his criminal activities.
  • 🔫 Somali pirates were known for their brazen attacks on commercial vessels, including several comical mistakes of targeting warships.
  • 🌊 Piracy has evolved over the centuries, but the underlying conditions that breed piracy, such as poverty and low social status, remain the same.

Q & A

  • Who is Captain Johnny P RIT in the context of the video?

    -Captain Johnny P RIT is a fictional young pirate character created to illustrate the adventurous and often exaggerated tales of piracy.

  • What does the video suggest about the life of pirates compared to popular tales?

    -The video suggests that the life of pirates was not as glamorous or successful as popular tales like those of Bartholomew Roberts, Francis Drake, and Blackbeard make it seem. Most pirates faced failure and miserable conditions.

  • Who was Major Steed Bonnet, and what was unique about his entry into piracy?

    -Major Steed Bonnet was an aristocrat from Barbados who unexpectedly turned to piracy despite having no seafaring experience. Unlike typical pirates who stole ships, Bonnet purchased his own ship to start his piracy career.

  • What led to Steed Bonnet's downfall as a pirate?

    -Steed Bonnet's downfall was due to his lack of seafaring and pirating experience, which led to the loss of respect from his crew and eventual capture by pirate hunters.

  • How did Steed Bonnet's relationship with Blackbeard affect his piracy career?

    -Bonnet's relationship with Blackbeard led to him temporarily giving up command of his ship to Blackbeard, who had more experience. This partnership brought temporary success but eventually contributed to Bonnet's downfall when Blackbeard left him without resources.

  • What is the significance of the King George I's proclamation in the context of piracy?

    -King George I's proclamation offered a one-time pardon to any pirate who surrendered, aiming to reduce piracy by offering criminals a chance to reform. This played a key role in Bonnet's decision to seek pardon, albeit he later returned to piracy.

  • How did Somali pirates differ from the traditional image of pirates depicted in the video?

    -Somali pirates were depicted as modern pirates using AKs and motorboats instead of swords and sailing ships, focusing on ransoming ships along the Somali coast, contrasting with the traditional image of pirates from the Golden Age of piracy.

  • What led to the emergence of piracy off the coast of Somalia?

    -Piracy off the coast of Somalia emerged as local fishermen started defending their waters against foreign vessels exploiting their resources, which eventually escalated into ransoming foreign vessels for profit.

  • What were some of the comedic errors made by Somali pirates according to the video?

    -Somali pirates made several comedic errors, such as attacking military vessels mistaking them for civilian cargo ships, including multiple instances where they attacked the French warship S mistakenly.

  • What is the video's take on the transition of piracy over time?

    -The video suggests that while the form and methods of piracy have changed over time, from the Golden Age of piracy to modern Somali pirates, the underlying conditions such as poverty and seeking freedom or wealth continue to drive piracy.

Outlines

00:00

🏴‍☠️ The Misadventures of Captain Johnny P RIT

This paragraph introduces the video's theme centered around the life of pirates, using a fictional character, Captain Johnny P RIT, as a representation of the romanticized pirate lifestyle. It humorously contrasts the imagined grandeur of piracy with the harsh realities, highlighting the often tragic and short-lived careers of many pirates. The paragraph also transitions into a plug for the game 'World of Warships,' a naval warfare game that offers a modern take on naval combat, contrasting it with the outdated equipment of historical pirates.

05:02

💥 The Unlikely Turn of Major Stede Bonnet

The second paragraph delves into the story of Major Stede Bonnet, an aristocrat turned pirate.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Pirates

The term 'pirates' refers to individuals who engage in maritime robbery and criminal acts at sea, often seizing ships and plundering their cargo. In the context of the video, it highlights the adventurous and sometimes comical tales of sea pirates, emphasizing their pursuit of riches and the reality of their often brutal and unsuccessful endeavors.

💡World of Warships

World of Warships is a free-to-play naval warfare-themed massively multiplayer online game that features detailed models of battleships, destroyers, and submarines from various historical periods. The game emphasizes strategy and teamwork, allowing players to engage in naval battles and experience a form of virtual piracy.

💡Golden Age of Piracy

The Golden Age of Piracy refers to a period in the late 17th and early 18th centuries characterized by the unprecedented rise in pirate activity, particularly in the Caribbean and along the eastern coast of America. It was a time when piracy was rampant, and many pirates became infamous figures.

💡Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing ship characterized by its fore-and-aft rigging and typically two or more masts. It was a common vessel type used by pirates due to its speed and maneuverability, making it ideal for pursuing and capturing other ships.

💡Flintlock

A flintlock is a type of mechanism used in early firearms that creates a spark to ignite the gunpowder and fire the bullet. It was the predominant firearm technology during the era of piracy and is often associated with the weapons pirates used.

💡Treasure Fleet

A treasure fleet refers to a group of ships, often Spanish galleons, that were laden with valuable cargo such as gold, silver, and other precious items. These fleets were highly sought after by pirates for the immense wealth they carried.

💡Sailors

Sailors are individuals who work on ships and are involved in maritime activities, including navigation, maintenance, and other duties necessary for the operation of a vessel. In the context of the video, sailors are part of the pirate crew, contributing to the pirate's endeavors and often being victims of pirate attacks.

💡Cannons

Cannons are large, heavy artillery pieces typically mounted on ships that fire large projectiles over long distances. They were a crucial part of naval warfare and piracy, used to engage enemy vessels and defend against attacks.

💡Pirate Sanctuary

A pirate sanctuary refers to a location that provides a safe haven for pirates, where they can rest, repair their ships, and plan their next ventures without fear of legal repercussions. These places were often remote and difficult for authorities to reach.

💡Blackbeard

Blackbeard, also known as Edward Teach, was one of the most notorious pirates of all time, known for his fearsome appearance and brutal tactics. He is a central figure in pirate lore and is often cited as a symbol of the golden age of piracy.

💡Pardon

A pardon is an official forgiveness for a crime, absolving the recipient from the legal consequences of their actions. In the context of the video, it refers to King George I's proclamation offering pirates a one-time pardon for their crimes if they surrendered themselves by a certain date.

Highlights

The video is sponsored by World of Warships, a naval game.

Captain Johnny P RIT is introduced as the scourge of the Seven Seas.

Pirates often dreamt of grandeur but faced harsh realities and failure.

Major Stede Bonnet's unique origin as a pirate from aristocracy.

Bonnet's unusual decision to pay his crew a salary instead of sharing plunder.

Bonnet's first encounter with a Spanish man of war, resulting in a costly defeat.

Bonnet's association with the infamous Blackbeard and their partnership.

Bonnet's loss of command and subsequent reinstatement by Blackbeard.

King George I's proclamation offering pardons to pirates who surrendered.

Bonnet's return to piracy after receiving a pardon, with a new strategy of compensating victims.

Bonnet's capture and eventual execution despite his attempts to escape.

The story of Somali pirates, known for their exploits in the 21st century.

Somali pirates' mistreatment of their own fishing waters by foreign powers.

The humorous and repeated mistakes of Somali pirates attacking warships.

The absurdity of Somali pirates attacking the French command ship in the Indian Ocean.

Transcripts

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this video is sponsored by World of

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Warships at the height of the M the sun

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pierced its cloudy prison to cast its

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radiant gaze upon Captain Johnny P RIT

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the scourge of the Seven Seas squinting

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through the Brilliance of molten gold

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Rays the young pirate swaggered along

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the length of his Schooner every second

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step proclaimed by the resonating clunk

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of his peg leg on weathered Timbers the

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splashing sea sent sparkling salty spray

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showering the sun soaked smiling sailor

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accenting his striking pose like a Badge

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of valiance at the bow of his ship the

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aspiring pirates's eyes locked into his

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approaching prey the prized gallion of

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the Spanish treasure Fleet and ass soon

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to be first Big Score as captain of the

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flintlock fiends with a wave of his hand

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these poor rap scallions would bear

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witness to the Wrath in Judgment of his

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Schooner's payload all that was left to

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invoke his trial by Iron and Flame was

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one word fire while The Adventurous

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Tales of Bartholomew Roberts Francis

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Drake and Blackbeard paint a tantalizing

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picture of life plundering booty on the

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high seas the gods of statistics and

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reality are always there to remind us

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that pirate life was much more likely to

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be a successful and abrupt as our little

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friend Johnny's here as for every pirate

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who succeeded in finding riches there

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were dozens more who ended up as

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pathetic wretched miserable failures

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we're talking piracy of the seafaring

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chase some parrot flocks because today

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we're going to talk about the worst

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Pirates you've never heard of

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yeah I'm going to be the most dangerous

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pirate on the Seven Seas yeah let me

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hear your best y y wow that's awesome

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video it's 1717 the Golden Age of piracy

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and major Steve Bonnet set sail for the

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first time as a pirate captain and also

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for the first time ever there were

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numerous ways one could find themselves

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pirating during the Golden Age many were

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poor Sailors seized by dreams of riches

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and freedom others were normal Sailors

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seized by pirates for their riches and

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freedom and some were seized by the roal

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Navy before seizing command to seize

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riches and freedom Bonnet on the other

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hand Had An Origin unlike most others in

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that he did not come for mediocrity but

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rather aristocracy seed Bonnet grew up

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in Barbados on a wealthy estate of over

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4 100 acres of sugarcane fields which he

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inherited at the young age of six after

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his parents passed away now you might

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think growing up on a farm would build

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this sort of rugged and handy character

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necessary for swashbuckling piracy but

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this is the 1600s uh okay I know this

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looks bad yeah 94 African slaves doesn't

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really scream tolerant no that's not

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fair I have three whites as well a

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social it of society charmer of faint

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Hearts major Steed Bonnet was known to

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be a proper gentleman but don't let that

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major deceive you he got that from the

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Barbadian militia which was essentially

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just a bunch of land owners who hunted

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down runaway slaves like I said with his

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wife and four kids he was all set to

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cruise The Lazy River equivalent of the

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good life but all that would change one

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faithful day when he decided to take a

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detour it's 8 in the morning ah that

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can't be right the life sucking vampires

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would be back in their coffins by now

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yet instead here you are sucking down

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madira wine like it's the first job

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you've ever had well Mary I just thought

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it was about time someone did some

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sucking in this house and it's

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pronounced m oh go down to the harbor if

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you want to gargle the Spanish so much

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Portuguese Mary it's Portuguese from the

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subtropical archipelago of Madera which

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spoiler alert is in the name if you put

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half as much thought into this household

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as you do the bottom of a bottle here we

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go then Mr peppers would still be alive

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how was I supposed to know the dog

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couldn't tuck and roll because who

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launches a dog 60 ft in the air with a

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sugar cane trebuchet he had a dream Mary

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what a cherished aspiration or ambition

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I know what a dream is then why'd you

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ask Mr Peppers died because I wasn't

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sure if I just heard the most ridiculous

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five-word sentence in my life since I

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said yes I will marry you that's just

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you're a five-word

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sentence George I swear to God if you

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touch my wine glass I will force feed

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you rose thorns sorry

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sir I also need you to go pick some rose

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thorns of course in a very Bonkers and

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blue jay approved midlife crisis Bonnet

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decided to spontaneously abandon his

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life to become a pirate many sources

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claim it was because he was tired of his

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nagging wife's constant yapping others

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speculated it was due to the stress from

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having lost a child and some theorize

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that the Avid Bookworm was captivated

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with Wonder lust of the pirate life from

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the novels of the time but whatever the

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reason I think it was pretty clear that

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our little Steed had a be in his Bonnet

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per se so despite having literally no

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seafaring experience he set off to

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Kickstart his new career on the high

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seas typically the first thing every new

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pirate had to do was steal a ship but

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that sounded like a lot of poor people

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work to Steed so he just bought one

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instead after getting the other

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Essentials like cannons ammunition and a

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private library in his personal quarters

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all he had to do was Wrangle himself up

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a crew hello good sir uh you seem to be

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of the rather swashbuckle

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sort how would you like to join me

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Pirates crew y pirate what because I

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have a parrot that's kind of [ __ ] up

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man what it can talk no no just knows

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that one phrase that's kind of

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unsettling what is your Monumental ego

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threatened by the mere idea that

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something you see as just an animal

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could possibly be more intelligent than

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you or are you just surprised by the

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fact that someone told you no for the

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first time in your privileged life or

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perhaps is this reaction just an outlet

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for how unsettled you are your own life

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circumstances as a whole spanning from

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the obvious contention plaguing your

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marriage to the pable insecurities

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encompassing your fostered resentment at

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the predetermined trajectory of your

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affluent life okay maybe too Brock after

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Gathering a crew Bonnet kept up his

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tradition of breaking pirate tradition

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by paying them a salary from his own

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fortune as opposed to the norm of just

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splitting shares of plunder with all his

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boxes checked the gentleman pirate snuck

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out of his home out of the island and

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out of a family that he would never see

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again adjusting to the pirate life

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aboard the Revenge would have been

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rather interesting for Bonnet instead of

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his usual lavish courses of ve caviar

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and gummy worms which I only assume are

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Staples of every wealthy man's diet he

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would have had to settle for slabs of

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salted meat dry biscuits and whatever

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other crit they can scrunch up whilst

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plundering booty how cute I think I'm

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going to call you donatell which isn't a

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reference for anything yet no it's not

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that's good but I think he's more of a

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bow staff guy the Pirates started their

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hunt around the East Coast where they

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found some success at first capturing a

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handful of ships without a fight and

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releasing them after they were deified

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except for the Barbadian ones which in

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order to keep word of his activities

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from reaching home he burned to the

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ground even with the profitable start

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bonnet's inexperience really started to

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shine in these encounters and the crew

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began to lose what little respect they

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had for the gentleman pirate but

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hopefully all that was about to change

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as they spotted a massive Spanish

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merchant ship on the horizon and race

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Interceptor with their Jolly Roger

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raised high this is it Peter the Big

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Score set the blowy sheets to Max and

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let's get this booty y blowy sheet full

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sale the men say full sale sorry and

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these men pay your

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salary blowy sheets to Max men Dave

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Jones that's no Merchant vessel it's me

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a Spanish man of war I mean Peter come

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on we've all dabbled in red light

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districts what not a man of [ __ ] Man of

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War uh listen I'm not one the judge but

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if you're into being eaten just don't do

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it on company time no not man of war man

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of war Cortez himself he's here what how

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did you get Kung toor the Pirates

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quickly realized they weren't facing a

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merchant vessel packed with luscious

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amounts of shiny metal but a Spanish man

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of war packed with scary amounts of

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deadly metal the ambitious hunt turned

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into a rapid Retreat as the Revenge

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scurried off faster than Bonnet left his

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family but not before the man of war

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made the sky a lot more inclusive of the

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periodic table killing and wounding half

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of bonnet's men including the big man

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himself after their escape the Revenge

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sailed towards the pirate sanctuary of

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nasau where Bonnet would get to network

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with his new co-workers per se aask our

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gentleman pirate was well accustomed to

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just like white collar networking events

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the biggest criminals stood out the most

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and Bonnet found himself making friends

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with none other than Edward Teach

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himself iconic for his rather dark andus

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filled facial hair a black beard if you

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will that's right the arguably least

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experienced pirate in history struck up

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a bromance with one of the most

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notorious Pirates of all time while the

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early details of their relationship are

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speculative we do know that the two

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captains agreed to sail together however

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with bonnet's captaining skills being

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about as competent as his parenting ones

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Blackbeard quickly caught on to the

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man's lack of seafaring expertise and

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hashed up a plan all right so just hang

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out in the quarters here and let me

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worry about the captaining oh okay I

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mean I I kind of feel like a lazy

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prisoner though no no think of it as an

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apprenticeship you're going to be

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learning the most important part about

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being a pirate y lowrisk plundering

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tactics uh y spot on matey and you can

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learn with uh with this Monopoly there

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be no better way to learn theft than

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capitalism matey uh okay and should I

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also start sticking lit fuses in in my

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hair what oh [ __ ] wow that could have

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been bad I swear they have a mind of

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their own they do anyway to work with ye

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pirating be tough Work Fit for Only the

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strongest men sir you're uh Missing ice

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cream time you better have saved

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pistachio Blackbeard persuaded Bonnet to

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give up command of a ship and become

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just a measly passenger aboard it a

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change that was definitely a relief for

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bonnet's crew the Revenge found a good

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deal of success under Blackbeard oh

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while Bonet kind of just hung around

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awkwardly like an engineer in well pick

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a social setting day after day bonnet's

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command felt more artificial than a Call

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of Duty code of conduct but he fell past

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the point of no return in his pirate

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life and even confided in some crewman

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that he was tired of it and would gladly

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leave it all behind to live life a new

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in Spain or Portugal a few weeks later

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According to some versions of the story

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Blackbeard would get a new Flag ship and

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separate from Bonnet after reinstating

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him as Captain sailing through the Bay

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of Honduras Bonnet and his men soon

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found themselves face to face with a new

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prize a massive 400 ton 26 Cannon

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merchantman the Protestant Caesar a

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score to a attractive for Bonnet to let

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slip by having much more combat

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experience than his run in with the man

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of war the year prior Bonnet closed the

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distance cut behind his pre turn in open

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fire Bonnet lost the cannon fight and

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retreated into the night with his

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Timbers thoroughly shivered leaving his

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crew to grow ever more resentful towards

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their gentleman Captain who just

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couldn't seem to catch a break after

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making Port they just so happened to run

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into Big Daddy again who proposed Bonnet

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be replaced by a new captain named

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Richards a proposal bonnet's crew wasted

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no time in accepting having once again

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lost command Bonnet was back to being a

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puppet challenging Elmo's record for the

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longest time spent with a hand up their

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ass fast forwarding a little bit because

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believe it or not there are other

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Pirates I want to talk about both

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Blackbeard and Bonnet decided to

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surrender themselves for a pardon the

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latter taking a small boat to a town in

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North Carolina to do so in 1717 King

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George I was getting real fed up with

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the amount of swashbuckling and

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deification plaguing the high seas so

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being the buzz kill that he was he

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issued a proclamation that provided any

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pirate who surrendered themselves a one

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time pardon for all their various

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piratey crimes therefore any and all

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Pirates Scallywags and or Marauders who

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surrender thyselves before the 5th of

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January in the year of our King 1718

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shall be pardoned one time only for all

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their crimes all crimes you say

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including the most heinous does that

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include stabbing Spanish people uh yes

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and all other peoples as well I don't

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want to Pardon for the French ones what

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about eating stolen sushi with a knife

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and fork the king will forgive you but I

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can't say God will how about the

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smearing of copious amounts of butter on

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door knobs and or floors to make people

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sticky that's that's not a crime that's

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just weird but what if now here's an

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example of said proclamation in action

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as I will now pardon myself for the

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murder of that little [ __ ] now I trust

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you're all done wasting my

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time you said you only get one

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pardon

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now is it a good idea to blindly Grant

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pardons to some of the most violent

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criminals in history I don't know is it

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a good idea to pop threeyear expired an

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acids when you have a stomach

13:39

ache is it when Bonnet returned to his

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ship Parton in hand he found that

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Blackbeard had one more surprise in

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store for him the Legendary Pirate was

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long gone having taken with him all of

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the loot as well as various weapons

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Provisions supplies and the best crewman

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at this point in his life Bonnet was

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what we'd call not a happy sailor and he

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was said to have developed a mortal hate

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hatred for Blackbeard it's believed he

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initially sought revenge against his

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former Ally but he failed to chase him

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down and would never cross path with him

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again so instead the man who had just

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gotten a pardon for piracy returned to

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said piracy but this time he had a new

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strategy to mask his piracy he would

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compensate the victims to make his

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predatory looting appear like a fair

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trade on paper therefore it's not

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stealing it's just good business thank

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you thank you okay great pleasure doing

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business with you an old cable this is

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worthless uh-uh uh the value comes from

14:30

your imagination check this out now can

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you imagine what I could do with

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this having been the victim of a

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stupendous amount of comical blunders

14:42

Bonnet had become a lot more violent now

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even training to kill his own crewman if

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they refused to fight at times but this

14:48

renewed piracy would be shortlived as he

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was soon captured after a lengthy battle

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with pirate Hunters he was taken to

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Charles Town where he was imprisoned to

14:55

await trial but luck would strike one

14:57

more time for our little gentleman

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pirate as he escaped captivity to begin

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his life on the run ah

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perfect uh I believe you gentlemen have

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me mistaken for another handsome devil

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for I am Duke Jeffrey snickles of

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Worthington how do you do yep that's

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Steed Bonnet right there book him boys

15:16

your parrot can talk no no he just knows

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that one phrase seed was recaptured

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after only 4 days and despite much

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pleading from not only him but also

15:25

various damsels Enchanted by the charms

15:27

of a gentleman pirate he was hanged at

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The Gallows on December 10th 1718 while

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he met a Bitter End at least he can say

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that he fulfilled his dream hanging out

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with pirates okay so I had a lot more

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pirate stories I wanted to talk about

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and I didn't really expect Bonnet to

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steal the spotlight more than he ever

15:43

did from ships so let me know in the

15:44

comments if you'd like a part two but

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there's still time left for one more

15:47

pirate story and for this one we'll have

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to swim on over to the second most

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iconic pirate sanctuary in history

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Somalia when you think of piracy you

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think of plank walking parrot squawking

15:57

booty gawking Buccaneers but don't let

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Pirates of the Caribbean deceive you

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piracy has been and always will be a

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thing while it may change in shape and

16:04

form the piracy breeding conditions of

16:06

poverty and low social status remain

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constant and the pirates that plagued

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headlines from 201 to 2017 were the

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infamous Somali pirates sure they lost

16:15

sex appeal switching out cutlasses and

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sloops for AKs and Rusty motorboats but

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it doesn't matter how tetnus prone a

16:21

pirate vessel gets you can never scrub

16:23

out the Whimsical buffoonery Somali

16:25

pirates took advantage of their

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119,900 thousand Gumball long coastline

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along one of the busiest commercial

16:31

trade routes on the planet to capture

16:33

foreign vessels and hold them for ransom

16:35

after the Somali government collapsed in

16:37

the 9s foreign powers exploited the

16:39

unregulated Somali waters for their

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various dumping Andor fishing needs hey

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what's going on out there um nothing

16:48

what's that over

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there this exploitation got to the point

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where foreign fishing in Somali Waters

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surpassed domestic fishing so local

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fishermen took it upon themselves to

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start defending their resources by

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capturing and robbing invading vessels

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seeing the potential in this practice

17:06

things rapidly escalated into the

17:08

ransoming shenanigans that we're more

17:09

familiar with today but if we learned

17:11

anything from Arch Duke ferdinand's

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driver it's the things that always go

17:14

according to plan and what might start

17:15

off is one small mistake on paper can

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quickly unfold into disastrous results

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such was the case for a group of Somali

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pirates in 2009 who set off on a routine

17:24

capture of a merchant vessel in the

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cover of the night they snuck up on

17:27

their Target in two Skiffs and began

17:29

firing their small arms to intimidate

17:31

the crew and prep them for boarding but

17:33

something was different about this

17:34

attack this merchant ship wasn't

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behaving how it was supposed to instead

17:38

of maneuvering in an attempt to shake

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off the attacking Pirates it started

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heading towards them to respond this was

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probably due to the fact that this was

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not a vulnerable cargo ship this was the

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S the French command ship for all Naval

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forces in the Indian

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Ocean whoa didn't see you

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there

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in the darkness of the night the Pirates

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mistook the silhouette of the S to be a

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civilian Merchant vessel so it started

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off as a routine assault quickly turned

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into a hasty Escape for their lives as

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the French warship began its Pursuit the

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ski split up forcing the S to pursue one

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of them for an hour before they finally

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surrendered and were arrested you could

18:17

probably imagine the French crew got a

18:19

good laugh out of this I mean Somali

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pirates and glorified canoes attacking a

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warship in the middle of the night was

18:24

probably the stupidest thing to ever

18:26

happened to them until 6 months later

18:29

when it happened

18:30

again again you

18:33

guys like a blind person with a bow and

18:36

arrow the Pirates kept hitting the wrong

18:38

target again accidentally attacking the

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French warship in the night before they

18:41

realized their mistake but as we all

18:43

know blind people are very easy to

18:45

tackle so while they tried to run the S

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gave Chase and promptly captured them

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now you're probably waiting for me to

18:51

say this happened yet a third time and

18:53

you'd be wrong this has happened like

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dozens of times and not just with this

18:58

sh mind you I found stories of Pirates

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attacking warships from not only France

19:02

but from Spain America the Netherlands

19:05

Kenya and so on now accidentally

19:07

attacking a military tanker you thought

19:09

was a cargo ship is a little

19:11

understandable but accidentally

19:12

attacking a floral class frigate

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sporting what is clearly a 100mm ticket

19:17

to the afterlife is a conversation I

19:19

really wish I could have overheard uh

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are we sure this is a cargo ship yeah

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look you can see the containers right

19:25

there what about that long angled tube

19:28

pointed precariously outward as if in an

19:30

Aiming fashion oh well that's obviously

19:34

a pool noodle pool noodle what ship has

19:37

a 30ft long pool noodle sticking outside

19:39

of a big box I don't know Dan a water

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park Supply ship for fat Americans just

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[ __ ] grab the AK and let's steal some

19:46

floaties again in 2009 Somali pirates

19:49

mistakenly attacked the French frigate

19:52

uh assuming it was a merchant vessel but

19:55

to be fair this time the French were

19:57

being a little devious had positioned

19:59

themselves in the sun to try to lure the

20:01

Pirates in before capturing all 11 of

20:02

them so I guess if the sun was truly

20:04

shining in all Apollo's Glory that day I

20:07

can kind of buy a few dudes in a little

20:09

boat treking through the waves of an

20:10

open ocean not making out a warship

20:12

until the last second but there's really

20:14

no excuse for the time in 2006 where

20:17

Simo Pirates were faced with not one but

20:19

two US Navy warships and still decided

20:22

to fight an American Destroyer the USS

20:25

Gonzalez was on an anti-piracy Patrol

20:27

when it spotted what looked like a

20:28

pirate mother ship on the horizon it was

20:30

joined by the missile Cruiser the USS

20:32

Cape St George Who both trailed the

20:34

oblivious Pirates until dawn they then

20:36

sent barding teams and inflatable boats

20:38

to investigate but once the Somali

20:39

Buccaneers noticed them approaching they

20:41

decided to open fire on the boarding

20:43

parties from nearly Point Blank Range

20:46

the Americans returned fire as they

20:47

retreated but this was only the tip of

20:49

the batshit insane iceberg that was

20:51

these Pirates decision-making skills as

20:53

they then decided to shoot their AKs and

20:55

RPGs at the American destroyer in

20:58

missile Cruiser hey so this is a

21:00

destroyer right correct short for

21:02

torpedo boat Destroyer actually they

21:05

were invented to specialize in

21:06

destroying specifically smaller vessels

21:09

oh yeah anyway fulfilling its ancient

21:13

Duty the American Destroyer made short

21:15

work of this battle igniting a skiff and

21:17

American Hellfire when his Tracer rounds

21:19

hit a fuel drum this seemed to be just

21:21

the stimulant the other Pirates

21:22

prefrontal cortexes needed to finally

21:24

engage as they then decided to surrender

21:26

after leaving just a few scratches on

21:28

the war ships it's really hard to

21:29

imagine what the you know game plan was

21:32

for these SMY Pirates maybe they thought

21:34

they could intimidate and confuse the

21:36

Americans for just long enough to make a

21:38

quick Escape or maybe they were looking

21:39

to commit suicide in a way that was most

21:41

expensive for American taxpayers but

21:43

perhaps their full plan hasn't been

21:45

realized just yet while 12 captures and

21:47

one kill were tallied a Somali pirate

21:50

spokesman said that 27 Pirates had gone

21:52

out to seea so my theory is that the

21:54

remaining 14 had snuck aboard the

21:56

American ships slowly integrated in into

21:58

the military-industrial complex and have

22:00

been creeping their way up through

22:02

government ranks so that one day they

22:03

could maybe just maybe have enough power

22:06

to reinstate Johnny Depp as Captain Jack

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Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean

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movies The One and Only King of the

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Pirates godp speeed Somalia wacky

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Pirates 12 out of 10

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