eli5 what was the point of the skull and bones pirate flag? why would you give away that you are a pirate?
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It’s like the sirens and lights on a cop car. Pull over or else. Different flags had different meanings.
It was easier (and often preferred), lots of times, to just put your hands up and let them take stuff than it was to fight off a ship load of pirates.
Beyond that, different pirates had different flags. They weren’t all skull and crossbones.
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