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[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

this "experiment" is SO much funnier than this post implies, the idea of the experiment is that in nature if you put males and females together they will either turn to 100% hate or 100% lust.

When the people were just having fun on the boat away from society he was upset that they weren't fucking he would act like an asshole to them.

When they inevitably got sick of his ass and yelled at him he wrote in his notes something along the lines of "I think my experiment is leaning twords pure rage side"

there's so much more to it that I'm forgetting but this video is 100% a watch https://youtu.be/BHXw3E1VqK4

[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I tgink I heard of that. Didn't the "scientist" just like self isolate, angry that they didn't fight eachother, while the other passengers became lifelong friends and had a great time?

[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

It went beyond that. In an attempt to ferment discontent in the group he started reading their reports out loud. Airing all their dirty laundry. Instead of getting them mad at each other he basically forced them to settle all their issues and form together, closer than ever. After that didn't work he started trying to usurp authority from the captain that he selected because he thought as a woman she would crumble under the pressure of command. His greatest accomplishment as the new captain was damaging a fuel line and failing to fix it by swimming in the fuel and water.

If I remember correctly they had to rescue him and distract him while they fixed it themselves and after that he basically sulked in the corner of the raft. Only getting the balls to try something near the end of the experiment, trying to Shanghai the raft and expand the experiment to try and force his theories into reality. After they finally got back the subjects would get together every few years to relive the good old days without him.

It's ironic, by trying to get them to hate each other he accidentally became something for all of them to rally against.