This wouldn't really pass in a Slice of Life type work, however (unless, of course, the character is chronically unemployed, is retired, or is suffering from a long-term illness and can't go to work). It could also be a bit of an attempt to dodge the tedium of portraying someone working a day-to-day job if there isn't there anything significant to the story, especially if the writer doesn't know how that job really works. They may, for one, use a different, looser definition of the word pirate than the typical one, one that allows for as much cordiality as the characters feel like. Tropes Are Tools first and foremost however and there are better reasons for this to apply. May bring A Million is a Statistic into play. This can result in a strange dissonance where the friendly, messianic nature of the characters is at odds with the openly predatory nature of the professions they claim to engage in. or just people who don't understand the difference between pirates and sailors. This may be because writers and fans are in love with the romanticism implied in a life of adventure and crime, but don't want to actually show the characters doing any of the myriad things that make thieves, assassins, mercenaries, bounty hunters, and other unsavory types pariahs in Real Life. They might indeed be pirates who rarely go out and steal treasure and raid ships - but they might just as easily be mobsters who don't steal or smuggle, students who don't go to class, office workers who never seem to do more than hang out in bars, or ninjas who just didn't get the memo about that whole "stealthy assassin" thing. In general, members of The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything are any characters who, despite having a certain canonical (and not necessarily disreputable at all) job, are rarely, if ever, seen engaging in that job. Or maybe they'll just tell you, "We don't do anything."
If you ask them, they'll say that they like the way it looks on their resume.
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, in fact, seem to mostly just drift aimlessly on the high seas, drinking rum and possibly singing sea shanties. and they've never been to Boston in the fall. They don't invade Port Towns, kidnap beautiful maidens, battle the Royal Navy on the high seas, broadcast without a license, or swap files on the intertubes.
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