Teachers have tried this and are amazed when their classes don’t go feral like in the book.  It’s almost as if the book was supposed to be satire and not a treaty on the nature of humanity.

there’s a timeskip

THERE’S A TIMESKIP

THERE’S A TIMESKIP

THERE’S A TIMESKIP

after losing control of the signal fire there’s a FUCKING TIMESKIP and when the next chapter starts everyone’s hair is several inches longer and their clothes have rotted to shreds and they’re still just kind of chilling!!!!

IT TAKES THE TERRIBLE IMPERIALISM MIND-POISONED EXCESSIVELY BRITISH BOYS IN THE ACTUAL BOOK SEVERAL MONTHS TO COMMIT A SINGLE ACT OF INTENTIONAL VIOLENCE, EVEN THE ONE (1) CHILD WRITTEN AS AN ACTUAL SOCIOPATH

AND then when they DO turn on each other it is because

THERE’S AN UNSPECIFIED WORLD WAR HAPPENING

AND A PILOT’S CORPSE CRASH LANDS ON THE ISLAND POST-DOGFIGHT AND THE CHILDREN MISTAKE THE PARACHUTE FOR A MONSTER AND SPIRAL INTO PARANOIA

BECAUSE CHILDREN INHERIT THE LEGACY AND TRAUMA OF VIOLENCE FROM THE ADULTS WAGING WAR AROUND THEM

HURR DURR IN THE REAL WORLD IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN LIKE IN LORD OF THE FLIES -

IT DIDN’T HAPPEN THAT WAY IN LORD OF THE FLIES EITHER YOU JUST HAVEN’T READ IT SINCE HIGH SCHOOL IF EVER AND DON’T REMEMBER WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THE GODDAMN BOOK

#tbf the dude wrote it to be a dick

yes. yes he did. i’m also gonna direct you to the real life ‘lord of the flies’ which occured in the 1960s, when six tongan schoolboys got stranded on a desert island for over a year before being rescued by an australian fisherman (who, it should be noted, later took on all six as crewmembers because the reason they were out in the first place was because they wanted to see the world, and named his ship the Ata after the island they were stranded on). nobody died. the only injuries that occurred were accidental, and when one of the boys broke his leg falling down a cliff, the others braced it and looked after him so well that it healed perfectly. if they argued, then they would literally go to opposite sides of the island until they’d cooled off. after leaving the island, they remained friends for the rest of their lives. here’s a photo of them as adults, with their rescuer (who is third from the left) and other members of his crew.

i read about this in rutger bregman’s human kind, a book i cannot recommend highly enough, but if you don’t want to go and read a whole book about the inherent goodness of humanity (which again, you really should) then the relevant excerpt can be found here.

> sees nihilistic depiction of human nature

> looks inside

> hope :)

Share this, please. Do not be fooled by ICE’s administrative warrants. They are NOT a legal basis for a search or to enter your home or business. For that, ICE must present a JUDICIAL WARRANT.

The difference is shown below. Study it.

we should all be deeply deeply ashamed that the staff and users of this website have succeeded in making a social media environment that is more hostile to black people than that of a website currently owned and operated by an unabashed white supremacist

girl this site is an archipelago of self absorbed blogs that know nothing beyond their favourite fandoms .if you want to do a callout post for the staff behind their usual bs you need to elaborate and give the entire story

the entire story is that i am talking about a site-wide culture problem beyond any individual incidents. and it is a culture problem that you are participating in with this exact response by implying it's somehow unreasonable to expect the average tumblr user to notice or care about the ways in which this site has alienated its black userbase. and by completely tunnel visioning onto the idea of staff having done something "callout post" worthy instead of taking the time to sit back and actually think about this situation long enough to connect the dots between what i said about the users of this site and your characterization of those exact same people as "self absorbed blogs that know nothing beyond their favourite fandoms". the self absorption is not what stops fandom bloggers from realizing there is racism on this site, the self absorption is the source of the racism.

honestly i never thought the phrase “i want that twink obliterated” was like a sexual thing. like when i read the phrase i imagine “a meteor like the one that killed the dinosaurs is summoned from the heavens and hits the twink in question” type situation

Wait, it's a sex thing? I've always assumed it was a supervillain giving his henchman orders to destroy the lithe young hero invading his evil lair.

Yes exactly!

he’s not “just some guy” he’s my girlfriend. don’t touch him.

this post has breached containment so hard I don’t even think the people reblogging it know the image it’s referencing 

Happy Halloween everynyan :3

"okay ❤️ yay ❤️" remains an unmatched response

call me asexual the way i dont give a fuckkkk. then call me asexual because i am. btw

The world will always need more happy women who love being women in it than it will miserable men who hate being men.

It will always need more happy men who love being men in it than it will miserable women who hate being women.

It will always need more happy nonbinary people who love life outside the binary in it than it will ever need miserable men and women who hate being binary.

Do not live half a life for the comfort of transphobes and exorsexists. Don't die wondering, and don't let them bury you a stranger. Even if you're wrong, you'll still know your own heart better after exploring more of its corners.

In Stars and Time: An Act 7 Epilogue Mod

(aka Of Souls and Cycles: A Test Demo)

For those who want a bit more gameplay of what happens after our silly little rogue goes on to travel around with his family.

An Act 7 Epilogue Mod takes place after the events of ISAT, when the party pays a visit to a quaint little tavern during their travels across Vaugarde.

Siffrin has the hardest possible task ever given to them since the loops ended…

Publicly socializing with OTHER PEOPLE!!!!

Absolutely nothing will go wrong and no mysteries will be had. None at all.

“But Elegy”, I hear you say, greatly confused, “Why do you also keep calling this mod by another name?”

Well, spoilers about that under the cut! I’d recommend actually playing the mod before reading further down!

Or do whatever. I’m not your parent.

Oh?? What's this??? An ISAT Fanmod??? Thats a demo for an ISAT fangame?? Oh?? And one of the devs??? is tumblr user @that-guest-named-pie ??

Ok dropping the question mark bit: My friends and I are doing a thing!! An ISAT Fangame!! And the demo is out RIGHT NOW!! You can check out the specifics of the game itself on the official @ofsoulsandcycles blog as well as meeting my other two homies who are on the project also!! <33 And if you're interesting in checking out the demo and meeting the goobers my friends and I have made then you can check out the demo above ^^ If you do decide to check everything out I hope you enjoy it lots <33

having art as your job or school focus is so embarrasing you'll be crashing out like fuuckkk... fuuckk ive got all these images due... my shapes and colors deadline is coming up.... fuckkk....

It matters that we refuse.

It matters that we resist.

It matters that we be loud about our refusal and resistance.

I am fairly confident that even if we werent resisting it, these companies will still go bust.

Its a high price point for an end user. And *eventually* someone will do analytics that show poor consumer adoption of the free to you versions (like Gemini and what every tech company is trying to shovel at you). Even people that were using chatgpt's paid service are canceling it once the novelty wears off.

Its just hype and marketing. And its hollow.

Out of context digital circus episode 6 spoiler

there will be a lot of posts soon from people sharing how much they achieved in 2025. but in case someone needs to hear this, it's okay if the only thing you did this year was just get through it.

absolutely INSANE things happening on twitter rn

BEACH DAY!

For context, i did this before the episode dropped aww...we were so innocent