29 points | by robaato 2 hours ago
8 comments
Somali pirates WERE fishermen before being pirates... They turned to piracy to combat other countries fishing their waters.
That’s a great story, with very little attachment to reality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy_off_the_coast_of_Somali...
Maybe read the first paragraph
And then they turn to piracy for its own sake because they realized how lucrative it was
No, the pirates are organized crime syndicates. They are not the same people who were fishing the waters 35 years ago
> Both things can be true.
Ughhh I hear this like 5x a day now. It's the new emdashery.
Unless someone is a structural engineer or something, I never want to hear the term "load-bearing" again.
Aha...gold star =)...10 points to Gryffindor....well played, Sir.
Somali pirates WERE fishermen before being pirates... They turned to piracy to combat other countries fishing their waters.
That’s a great story, with very little attachment to reality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy_off_the_coast_of_Somali...
Maybe read the first paragraph
And then they turn to piracy for its own sake because they realized how lucrative it was
No, the pirates are organized crime syndicates. They are not the same people who were fishing the waters 35 years ago
> Both things can be true.
Ughhh I hear this like 5x a day now. It's the new emdashery.
Unless someone is a structural engineer or something, I never want to hear the term "load-bearing" again.
Aha...gold star =)...10 points to Gryffindor....well played, Sir.