They are robbers and murderers who live dirty, dangerous lives. Yet there is a glamour about pirates, especially pirates from long ago. I obviously feel that way too -- but I wonder why? 🤔
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it's far enough away that it can be romanticized, underscoring things like independence, virtually complete freedom, adventure, and discovering new and exotic things while ignoring things like the possibilities of starving, having all your food stores ruined, dying from an infection from a splinter, or getting scurvy and having all of your scars dissolve and reopen because you couldn't find a good vitamin c source on your months-long sea voyage.
