4. A mysterious or fascinating quality or appeal, as of something adventurous, heroic, or strangely beautiful
Well, Pirates are certainly adventurous.
As far as Pirate Utopias... the Antebellum South was a bit of a Utopia too -- it certainly is to the people who think it will rise again. Sparta was great as long as you were strong. Athens was great if you weren't a woman. As soon as we can concoct a paradise that isn't dependant on the exploitation on a chunk of humans I'll feel comfortable calling it a utopia.
When I was a kid I lived on an island with a pirate history. All the teams were pirates. The annual festival had pirate costume contests. It was deffinately a "thing".
But hand in hand with all the fun there was frequent mention of, "You know these weren't great guys, right? They were murderers. They were thieves. This is a game." I don't really see that in the pirate glee nowadays.
ita, so very you even if it isn't silver!
Or this one.
What the fuck with Hotmail wanting me to get a windows LIVE id to get to my fucking mail and then not letting me get one?
I just want to check my fucking mail. I was able to an hour ago. Fuckers.
And, according to Wordnik:
It has to do with a literary tradition derived from Medieval Romances. To cite a dictionary in this instance is like saying the Ramones aren't punk rock because Merriam-Webster said the Sex Pistols are punk rock. You're cherry picking one of many meanings and missing the entire history.
To argue that pirates are not romantic figures is so far from my frame of reference that I don't even have the energy to connect the dots from Amadis of Gaul to Orlando Furioso to Dafoe to Byron to Robert Louis Stevenson to Sabatini to the Dread Pirate Roberts.
Pretty much anyone can be a romantic figure if you hype them enough. Dick Cheney? Outsider! Rebel! Not held captive by silly laws! Thirst for power! blah blah blah
Aiee! I miss new clothes. Not that I have much call to wear much variety, but those pieces make me drool, Kat.
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Ah, nothing like a hot shower to even a temper.
ita, I also like the underbust cinchers in red and white stripes.
I think I am speechless:
Right there with you, Sue. Right there with you.
