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Re:Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1 is out by Barrin92 on Friday October 07, 2022 @05:04AM (#33118958)
we had literal pirate parties as fairly legitimate political actors, I think the term has long been reappropriated
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Re:Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1 is out by Andrew_nenakhov on Friday October 07, 2022 @04:16PM (#33126394)
You should probably learn the difference between 'literally' and 'figuratively'.

Literal pirate parties exist in Somali and prey on nearby shipping lanes.

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Re:Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1 is out by pessimizer on Friday October 07, 2022 @05:27PM (#33127071)
If your political party documents and registration are under the name "The Pirate Party," you're quite literally the pirate party.
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Re:Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1 is out by Andrew_nenakhov on Saturday October 08, 2022 @06:58AM (#33131290)
And you plunder ships in high waters?
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Re:Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1 is out by Barrin92 on Friday October 07, 2022 @06:27PM (#33127616)
literally has been used as figuratively for rhetorical purposes for a long time my overly literal friend
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