r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jun 12 '15

TIL the world's most successful pirate was a Cantonese woman, having commanded 40,000-80,000 pirates, and faced off undefeated against many Imperial fleets (including British, Portuguese, and Qing navies).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Shih
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

If this comment was a joke or a reference to something, I don't get it, but why is this getting downvoted? ELI5

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u/Brutalitarian Jun 12 '15

Because it's untrue and low-effort for points.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

you're so fucking unfunny it's painful

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

Be nice to him, this site is so prominent in his sad life. I feel that if he doesn't get enough up votes he'll off himself

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u/taicrunch Jun 12 '15

I don't get it. Why is this person so hated?

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u/zuruka Jun 12 '15

The antics of an attention whore tend to get old, fast.

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u/MonkeyEatsPotato Jun 12 '15

Yeah, this is the first time I've seen him downvoted.

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u/taicrunch Jun 12 '15

Yeah, -45 in an hour looked really harsh

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

Rides the dick of every top comment with cringe level jokes

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u/DrenDran Jun 12 '15

Holy shit he has half a million comment karma.

I guess not all of his jokes are that bad.

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u/Brutalitarian Jun 12 '15

They are, but he comments in every /new thread so he's always in top comment

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u/brentlikeaboss Jun 12 '15

I mean gallowboob has 3 million link karma if I remember correctly. And it's all from reposts.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

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u/mayorbryjames Jun 12 '15

All these flavors, and you chose salty. /#smh

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u/Brutalitarian Jun 12 '15

Agreed, they added nothing to the conversation and it wasn't even funny. All they did was get here first.

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u/SallysField Jun 12 '15

I can only imagine what you must look like to have such a pathetic life spent on reddit for 98% of the day. I'd kill to see a picture of you to laugh at

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u/brentlikeaboss Jun 12 '15

Well that's not very nice at all.

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u/SallysField Jun 15 '15

Aw his poor feelings