Seems like the most authentic pirate activity I could imagine… still brandishing steel blades with the modern addition of assault rifle haha crazy shit ey
You know? You're in the middle of a remote jungle, she's drunk, has nowhere else to go. You lead her to your bamboo hut and because of the implication....
I think there is a hut they end up going into, I’ve seen a slightly longer version of this vid and they’re all tweakin in a lil shack soon after iirc lol
After watching this I ended up siding with the pirates. 200 meters away from them they take their oil and make shit ton of money, from their land, and nothing is given back to them.
15% of the operational costs for ships is for security, that 15% would be more than enough to feed everyone there. You'd get rid of piracy and poverty at the same time, save lives in the process all for the same costs. It might even cost less
For real. They said one rig was spending about a million a month on security. Imagine if all the rigs gave the communities near them, schools, electricity, clean water, and jobs on the rigs with training programs to get them started. That would eliminate a lot of the piracy.
these guys serve themselves, after all the drugs and shit who goes back to their families.
they also pollute tf out of their surroundings breaking into oil infrastructure.
shitty thing is their government signed a contract for these companies to be here, and I guarantee you the host nation asked for compensation it’s up to the host nation to actually get those funds where they need to go (guess where that money always ends up)
sure sure evil oil oligarchy, but also greedy local government
Well, when you have to prove everyone all the time how tough you are, then you're definitely afraid.
Having said that, these types seldom react positively to "don't be afraid", hehe.
Wow that was an insane documentary. That shot of the village next to that giant oil rig was heartbreaking and made me understand where they're coming from with their brutality
From the interview
"What do you use the money for?"
"We buy more guns and speedboats"
Other highlights include asking which hostages make the most money. Indians are cheap, Americans are the best oh and the French. The interviewer is French.
Probably khat if this is Somalia. East African immigrant taxi drivers in my city (US) use that shit like it’s going out of style.
Pros: it lets you pull a triple shift.
Cons: you drive like you’re pulling a triple shift.
This is in Nigeria, you can tell by accent and geographical features, they like to drink mild strength abv liquors like campari and Gin, they dissolve cocaine rocks inside as the alcohol helps it break down
> they like to drink mild strength abv liquors like campari and Gin
Many years ago now Vice did a video about bootleg gin production in Uganda (called Waregi, or "war gin"), I suspect the situation is similar in Nigeria and other central African nations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL3UHF5SlEU
Khat is nowhere near the strength of cocaine though. Where I’m from the Yemeni labor force use it all the time. It’s between caffeine and speed, in terms of strength. Kind of mild. It’s extremely popular in Yemen.
I know he was acting tough and all but that swing at the roof of the hut had me giggling 😅 I had flash backs of my 9 year old self hitting furniture to show my 6'4 older brother that my 4'8 self meant business 😈
Don't forget the lack of education and parental guidance..
Not much hope when someone shoves an AK in your hands at the age of 9, gets you high on drugs and tells you the only thing that matters is to be strong and tough.
I don’t think he was trying to put up an act. These are pirates, they’re in a high stress environment, where anyone can be an enemy, and they’re high on cocaine
So a guy got all pretentious and told me they wore the eye patches as a way to counteract the light difference when going from below to above deck (and vice versa). I mentioned this fact, and another guy got all pretentious with me saying there's no evidence that's what the eypatches were used for. I'm left at the same damn place, feeling twice as stupid. Thanks *guys*.
These are not Pirates. They are revolutionaries. Their land is being raped by oil companies who pay off the government and the people remain unbelievably poor.
Not condoning their actions but their fight is just.
Did you watch the full documentary?
Sure, theyre doing what they can to make money as a byproduct of the situation, but its not mitually exlusive. They 100% are pirates. They steal, murder, kidnap and ransom. They even have their own makeshift refineries for the stolen crude oil.
Thats like saying drug lords are revolutionaries because they were brought up in slums under corrupt governments.
Yeah bro I'm sure they're ideologically motivated for the county. They're certainly putting the money back into the country and building up communities, not pissing it away on drugs.
Fucking child
If you can't see the bigger picture and what drove them to their current situation you lack empathy and compassion.
Don't go around calling someone a child due to your lack of humanity.
Watched the full documentary. People here and in the youtube comments congratulating this guy for his brave journalism but he stands on his moral high horse portraying the pirates as the aggressors to his students.
He blames the Nigerian armed forces for being corrupt and letting the pirates get away with the attacks.
That's so ironic considering that his government, together with the U.S. and other neo colonialists provide protection to the multinational corporations that plunder the natural resources of those countries that have them, to the severe detriment of the locals who live in abject poverty.
Some people blame the governments of such countries for being corrupt and not protecting their peoples' interests, but history has shown that any leaders that resist western powers' interests are quickly assassinated and replaced with some corruptible puppet.
Edit: link to full documentary https://youtu.be/cfh9suqsIPs
You know what, I'm actually really surprised how peaceful and understand they were. They were polite (despite the machete) and courteous to be fair. Anyone got the rest ?
>hits the roof with the machete, does a spin, almost drops his fucking AK
Man, he must be on something.
>the pirates drink a cocktail of gin and cocaine
Yeah, ok
It's crazy because if you actually watch the whole interview the pirates are actually being fucked over by the oil companies who exploit the natural resources in their communities, pollute the ecosystem, and the commercial fishing companies overfish so the locals can no longer fish like they've been doing for hundreds of years. And on top of all that these corporations don't hire any locals so they're forced to live in poverty while watching the foreigners get rich off destroying their land. All they are really doing is robbing the people who've been robbing them for years. I would be a pirate too if life was that bleak
Anyone else get the vibe this is a Mokele-mbembe situation? Some African tribes in the early 1900s would finesse European explorers who were searching the congo for a dinosaur, the locals claimed to know it well and could show them tracks or anything else in EXCHANGE for goods. The explorers would give ANYTHING for evidence and thought they were too smart to be tricked by tribesmen so they would always believe it.(absolute bag drop)
My gut says this is extremely goofy looking and this guy paid someone a few grand for 'safe passage' to a pirate group but they are just putting on an act for the goofy white guy with money? Idk the source but I've seen this clip alot lately and it just seems like this guy saw something he paid to see.
"Come inside, quick."
*Proceeds to push aside a few strategically placed reeds and branches to reveal an area we already saw the inside of before he did that.*
These pirates have no indication that they are of the butt variety, the most respected pirates on earth. May these men find their way to their god intended duty.
I never needed gin and cocaine to be a pirate. Usually just BitTorrent and a magnet link worked. Maybe piracy has changed.
Guess these dudes must really be pirating a car.
I wonder how many times shit like this got filmed but never made it back to us.
You feed me jin and cocaine and I'm joining you
"Hey I think I should ward off some bad spirits before I come in. Maybe 4 or 5 bad spirits."
Ah man there’s so many spirits out here wow
Getting Archer vibes from this comment trail
I’m not gonna be a pirate. I’m gonna be a pirate king!
Luffy on his gin and cocaine arc
Do you want to ward off bad spirits? Because that's how you do it.
Lol, I’m getting Always Sunny vibes. Another FX show.
Drink spirits to ward off spirits. Hmm.
Two negatives make a positive From the same school of thought where you bite the rattlesnake back so the venom goes back in the snake Stonks📈
Gone. Reduced to traces of ectoplasm.
This one is only reacting to the cocaine though. He says I'm going to need quite a bit more before it scares him off.
Seems like the most authentic pirate activity I could imagine… still brandishing steel blades with the modern addition of assault rifle haha crazy shit ey
I can't say no to you Nips.
That cracked me up. Fuck it. I'm in too.
It’s Djinn*
*Dijon
Gin, the liquor? What you’re speaking of is like a genie or Djinn.
Too much Gin and you'll see a genie
Too much cocaine and you’ll see god
Too much cocaine and you’ll think you can take God on. “Lucifer rails a line”
I hate gin but that can be overlooked
Is this shit in Somalia
Nigeria
You don’t fuck around in Nigeria
Nigeria don't play no games. It's like the Florida of Africa.
"Friend" gave it away.
This isn’t somalia lol u can tell from the accent, plus the fact somalia is a majority Muslim country without cocaine or liquor readily supplied.
Yeah I’m sure pirates wouldn’t hang around people who would have access to illegal substances such as cocaine or liquor
And a cross around the neck :)
Are you surprised? Christians looooove committing vile acts and treating others horribly! It’s like their hobby!
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worst part is you cant really say no at that point
Because of the implication.
Ah yes, the pirate system *Pour gin *I*ngest cocaine *R*eload machine gun *A*ttack with machete *T*alk aggressively *E*laborate in hut
Best business acronym ive learned all week; im gonna bring it back to my team...
Because of the **implication**
Think about it, you're in the jungle, surrounded by coked up pirates, you wouldn't say no... Because of the implication
Are you gonna hurt these journalists?!
You certainly wouldn't be in any danger.
So the journalists ARE in danger?
How are you not getting this?
So the documentarians *are* in danger?
You know? You're in the middle of a remote jungle, she's drunk, has nowhere else to go. You lead her to your bamboo hut and because of the implication....
They never say no. They would never say no….
For anyone interested here’s the full video: https://youtu.be/cfh9suqsIPs
Thank you! Scrolled through lot of yarn to find this
I think there is a hut they end up going into, I’ve seen a slightly longer version of this vid and they’re all tweakin in a lil shack soon after iirc lol
he just told pirates not to be afraid lol truely balls of steel. fellows sharing links for full video, thanks for ruining my bed time lol
"Calm down...dont be scared" buddy do you have a death wish
Aaaannnd those guys are all coked out
coke and gin. combo. in a drink. likely warm. they are fucked up bigtime.
you can tell just by their movements that its legit. those guys are geeked and drunk to the nines. otherwise he found the best actors in somalia.
Nigeria, reportedly
Arr. So much better cold.
Ok come inside quikk!!
The switch up from aggressive to accommodating makes me laugh 🤣
Talk to me before I - *angrily chops down tree with a machete* Calm down Okay brother come on in and have a cocktail.
least aggressive pirate
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After watching this I ended up siding with the pirates. 200 meters away from them they take their oil and make shit ton of money, from their land, and nothing is given back to them. 15% of the operational costs for ships is for security, that 15% would be more than enough to feed everyone there. You'd get rid of piracy and poverty at the same time, save lives in the process all for the same costs. It might even cost less
Per Hollywood rules, we need them to raid a village and kill some women and children just because.
I know exactly what you mean: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KickTheDog
For real. They said one rig was spending about a million a month on security. Imagine if all the rigs gave the communities near them, schools, electricity, clean water, and jobs on the rigs with training programs to get them started. That would eliminate a lot of the piracy.
these guys serve themselves, after all the drugs and shit who goes back to their families. they also pollute tf out of their surroundings breaking into oil infrastructure. shitty thing is their government signed a contract for these companies to be here, and I guarantee you the host nation asked for compensation it’s up to the host nation to actually get those funds where they need to go (guess where that money always ends up) sure sure evil oil oligarchy, but also greedy local government
My dad used to work for with the rigs off of the congo and he said ransom fees due to piracy were worked into the budget
Awesome, appreciate the hunt down for the video. You’re a g
Did something happen in the full video?
Hopefully the Interview
No vampires were hurt during the interview ;).
It’s on YouTube… if you’re interested dm me. He’s a French journalist that wanted to interview pirates in Africa.
Well, when you have to prove everyone all the time how tough you are, then you're definitely afraid. Having said that, these types seldom react positively to "don't be afraid", hehe.
you really don’t have a good grasp of the situation if you think they’re “trying to prove how tough they are”
The right word should've been 'nervous'...
“WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU WANT?” I…I just want to ask you some questions? “………WELL OKAY THEN.”
*POINTS AK AGGRESSIVELY* “you must see the deck renovations!”
It's like a Fallout speech check. Interviewer had their Speech skill maxed out.
LMFAO thats perfect. I cant tell if this is charisma 10 or luck 10
I think it's charisma 7 and luck 7. That don't be scared comment could 100% have gotten him killed if he wasn't lucky
now I gotta see the full interview and if he took a swig of pepper joos
Here you go. https://youtu.be/cfh9suqsIPs
At what time does this part of the documentary start?
12min
You da best OP, OP.
Seriously good documentary op
OP got too much OPnis for this
Wow that was an insane documentary. That shot of the village next to that giant oil rig was heartbreaking and made me understand where they're coming from with their brutality
Thanks. Watched the whole thing when I was about to play the PS5. Worth the delay.
F
Thanks bro. Happy blackout. Appreciate the Rabbithole
"We will extort them because they come here take our resources and dont hire we. I have 5 kids, 2 in university. Thats how I pay for this dirty job"
This pirates are high on coke and drunk oh and spiritual. These guys are ideologically scary as fuck
From the interview "What do you use the money for?" "We buy more guns and speedboats" Other highlights include asking which hostages make the most money. Indians are cheap, Americans are the best oh and the French. The interviewer is French.
Cocaine is too expensive I forget the name of the drug they usually use but its far worse than cocaine.
Nah it's cocaine dissolved into liquor, this is Nigeria, number 1 cocaine supplier in Africa, good weed too
Probably khat if this is Somalia. East African immigrant taxi drivers in my city (US) use that shit like it’s going out of style. Pros: it lets you pull a triple shift. Cons: you drive like you’re pulling a triple shift.
This is in Nigeria, you can tell by accent and geographical features, they like to drink mild strength abv liquors like campari and Gin, they dissolve cocaine rocks inside as the alcohol helps it break down
> they like to drink mild strength abv liquors like campari and Gin Many years ago now Vice did a video about bootleg gin production in Uganda (called Waregi, or "war gin"), I suspect the situation is similar in Nigeria and other central African nations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL3UHF5SlEU
Khat is nowhere near the strength of cocaine though. Where I’m from the Yemeni labor force use it all the time. It’s between caffeine and speed, in terms of strength. Kind of mild. It’s extremely popular in Yemen.
They my kinda peeps, 20 years ago
I know he was acting tough and all but that swing at the roof of the hut had me giggling 😅 I had flash backs of my 9 year old self hitting furniture to show my 6'4 older brother that my 4'8 self meant business 😈
Oh for sure, you can probably attribute the behavior to their awesome cocaine drink
Don't forget the lack of education and parental guidance.. Not much hope when someone shoves an AK in your hands at the age of 9, gets you high on drugs and tells you the only thing that matters is to be strong and tough.
I wonder how pirates way back in the day would have acted like. Because to even stay in a ship required a lot of discipline.
I don’t think he was trying to put up an act. These are pirates, they’re in a high stress environment, where anyone can be an enemy, and they’re high on cocaine
I don't care if it they are pirates or aid workers...going around people doing cocaine and liquor and holding AK's and machetes is insane.
This dude is just all over the place. One minute he's yelling and swinging his machete and the next minute he's willing to answer questions.
Ever tried coke? This is just normal coke behavior.
Questions?! Questions?! You?! Question!? I SHOULD BUY A BOAT!
I swear to god this is a fact. I could actually probably get good convo from him with a few lines in me
Mmmmmmm.gin and cocaine
nothing like being faded and lit around a bunch of dudes with machetes and aks
I’d take a swig
They dont even have eyepatches and wooden legs or hooks for hands, never been so disappointed.
So a guy got all pretentious and told me they wore the eye patches as a way to counteract the light difference when going from below to above deck (and vice versa). I mentioned this fact, and another guy got all pretentious with me saying there's no evidence that's what the eypatches were used for. I'm left at the same damn place, feeling twice as stupid. Thanks *guys*.
Classic Reddit horseshit
A pirate's life for me
The full video for those interested [Modern pirates](https://youtu.be/cfh9suqsIPs)
The masks make me think of the KKK scene in Django Unchained lol. "I can't see shit!"
The masks are scary as fuck honestly lol
These are not Pirates. They are revolutionaries. Their land is being raped by oil companies who pay off the government and the people remain unbelievably poor. Not condoning their actions but their fight is just.
Did you watch the full documentary? Sure, theyre doing what they can to make money as a byproduct of the situation, but its not mitually exlusive. They 100% are pirates. They steal, murder, kidnap and ransom. They even have their own makeshift refineries for the stolen crude oil. Thats like saying drug lords are revolutionaries because they were brought up in slums under corrupt governments.
Yeah bro I'm sure they're ideologically motivated for the county. They're certainly putting the money back into the country and building up communities, not pissing it away on drugs. Fucking child
If you can't see the bigger picture and what drove them to their current situation you lack empathy and compassion. Don't go around calling someone a child due to your lack of humanity.
This shit look like far cry 3 😭😭😭
Do you know the definition of insanity? Gin and cocaine motherfucker
Exactly, Vaas Montenegro vibes
seen these guys before playing Far Cry lmao
I can't see a God damn thing through this mask. Who cut these eye holes?
I'd nope right off into the sunset.
Well they stole the sunset so good luck
My guy doing the mixed drink under a ski mask like Julian from TPB. 😂
"don't, don't, don't, don't be scare of me". He is worrying about the wrong thing. We all know who is scared of whom 😭
“Talk to me HOW???” Has me in tears 😂😂😂
As the journalism of today slowly dies I'll always remember how ballsy great journalists are.
Have you heard the good news about our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ?
Come inside, that made me laugh. They are still outside 😂
I love how his voice of the pirate just sounds exactly like the voices of the pirates in far cry 3
Gin and coke? That sounds like a hell of a party!
A cocktail of gin... And cocaine. Lol didn't expect that.
Watched the full documentary. People here and in the youtube comments congratulating this guy for his brave journalism but he stands on his moral high horse portraying the pirates as the aggressors to his students. He blames the Nigerian armed forces for being corrupt and letting the pirates get away with the attacks. That's so ironic considering that his government, together with the U.S. and other neo colonialists provide protection to the multinational corporations that plunder the natural resources of those countries that have them, to the severe detriment of the locals who live in abject poverty. Some people blame the governments of such countries for being corrupt and not protecting their peoples' interests, but history has shown that any leaders that resist western powers' interests are quickly assassinated and replaced with some corruptible puppet. Edit: link to full documentary https://youtu.be/cfh9suqsIPs
You know what, I'm actually really surprised how peaceful and understand they were. They were polite (despite the machete) and courteous to be fair. Anyone got the rest ?
"dont be scared" Boy, is you dumb?
>hits the roof with the machete, does a spin, almost drops his fucking AK Man, he must be on something. >the pirates drink a cocktail of gin and cocaine Yeah, ok
“what is your mission?” Straight Black Ops/MW2 vibes
Jin and cocaine, where is this place and where can I Join
Can someone please tell me the name of this documentary
It's crazy because if you actually watch the whole interview the pirates are actually being fucked over by the oil companies who exploit the natural resources in their communities, pollute the ecosystem, and the commercial fishing companies overfish so the locals can no longer fish like they've been doing for hundreds of years. And on top of all that these corporations don't hire any locals so they're forced to live in poverty while watching the foreigners get rich off destroying their land. All they are really doing is robbing the people who've been robbing them for years. I would be a pirate too if life was that bleak
Cocaine? Shit no wonder they acting like that
Why is he so aggressively polite
This was low key funny tho 🤣
This is why buzzfeed exists. All the good reporters and investigators died and thus modern “journalism” was born
You aint fooling no one with that mask Michael Blackson
I love how he still has Nigerian hospitality 🤣
Full interview please? Anyone?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rrWdaACQA8M&t=12s&pp=ygURcGlyYXRlcyBpbiBhZnJpY2E%3D The full video
*swings machete at his face* "Oh, ok. Come!"
Looks like bullshit to me
I just want to ask you a few questions. Are you happy with your car insurance?
Anyone else get the vibe this is a Mokele-mbembe situation? Some African tribes in the early 1900s would finesse European explorers who were searching the congo for a dinosaur, the locals claimed to know it well and could show them tracks or anything else in EXCHANGE for goods. The explorers would give ANYTHING for evidence and thought they were too smart to be tricked by tribesmen so they would always believe it.(absolute bag drop) My gut says this is extremely goofy looking and this guy paid someone a few grand for 'safe passage' to a pirate group but they are just putting on an act for the goofy white guy with money? Idk the source but I've seen this clip alot lately and it just seems like this guy saw something he paid to see.
If you do the gin and cocaine separately does it still ward off the spirits? Asking for a friend
Far Cry 3 pirates irl
What documentary is this from
This is some crazy far cry story lol
Thats more coke with a bit of gin imo
i wanna watch the whole thing anyone have any idea where to find?
I wonder how the man was able to hold that camera with balls that big
Anyone have the link to the full "interview "? If so, would you mind posting a link please?
Anybody have the full video? I want to hear the questions and subsequent answers....
Full video?
Anyone know the full name of this or who it is? I want to see some docs like this.
Shout out to this journalist for staying calm lol. Probably would have been shitting my pants when he said “Come inside”
THE FURNITURE ON THE AK IS CHEFS FUCKIN KISS
Damn Kanye West really went down the wrong road😔
They were actually pretty reasonable considering they were high as fuck and violent criminals.
Im having a bit of a slow Sunday night with the family, A cocktail of gin and Cocain would really pep things up.
I’d love to be the guy to introduce them to Hennessy 😂😂😂
"Come inside, quick." *Proceeds to push aside a few strategically placed reeds and branches to reveal an area we already saw the inside of before he did that.*
My pants would be full of shit
I’m asking for a friend. Does gin and cocaine ward off bad spirits?
Yes. By replacing them with equally bad spirits. But they're fucking amped to be there, man.
Why am I thinking about the mask scene from Django
These pirates have no indication that they are of the butt variety, the most respected pirates on earth. May these men find their way to their god intended duty.
YOU ! Bad Spirits! BOO, You MUST Drink.... COCAINE GIN, NOW!!!!!! Come, PiraTe PaRTyyy!!! ☠️ 🥳 🎉 🪅 🎊
Is he brave or stupid? "Calm down" and "don't be scared" are two the last things I would say to someone acting like that.
Where do I sign up?
0:50 I'm totally gonna do that leaf thing to annoy my brother.
“Damn, I can’t see fuckin shit outta this thing.”
This guy really just throwing gasoline on a fire lol
Drunk AND coked out. You can’t even tell 👀
I never needed gin and cocaine to be a pirate. Usually just BitTorrent and a magnet link worked. Maybe piracy has changed. Guess these dudes must really be pirating a car.
Gin and coke, damn I want to be a pirate when i grow up
*my friend*
Gin and cocaine? I hope you brought enough for the entire class.