#and im reading this sitting here like oh cheap (thats the captain) buddy you are INsane like INSANE
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fuckin LOVE a good story about the hubris of man
#am reading the wager which is a book about the british naval ship of the same name that got wrecked in the gulf of pain#and the crew were stuck on a nearby island and ~naturally~ all hell broke loose#and the men are trying to recraft a new boat to sail to safety in brazil but the captain thinks that once this new boat#('boat' bc really it sounds like it will BARELY do the trick if at all)#once this new boat is built the captain thinks they will use it to /complete their mission and attack spanish ships and commandeer then#to continue on with their wartime mission#and im reading this sitting here like oh cheap (thats the captain) buddy you are INsane like INSANE#buddy yall are marooned on an island your ship is torn asunder you have no food#your men are sick and hungry and are ALREADY ON THE VERGE OF MUTINY#and you want to try to get them to CONTINUE THE MISSION??#you think thats even POSSIBLE??#the hubris of this man is HUGE#its HUGE#(the sentiment of this post ALSO applies to the terror ~naturally~. it is laregly why i am so drawn to it i fuckin love stories like this)#the wager
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